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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

5,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Loan Council to Meet Today Members Express Anxiety No New Loans Till End Of Year Big Cuts Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 6

STATE members of the Loan Council, which will meet here tomorrow, have been informed that it is not proposed to consider any proposal…

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Erina Shire Council Loan Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 12

Councillor W. C. Grahame protested strongly against the Erina Shire Council's decision to borrow £8000 to carry on emergency relief work in the Erina Shire when at a meetting…

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Training Tragic at Moore Park Alderman's Suggestion

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

With facilities available for almost every branch of sport, Moore Park may yet boast an athletic ground complete with cinder track…

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Traffic Problems. King's Cross Congestion. Alderman Rowe's Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

The City Council will shortly consider a plan, suggested by Alderman Rowe, for the relief of traffic congestion at King's Cross. The scheme provides for a tramway station…

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500,000 TREES Lord Mayor's Approval

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 13

A suggestion that as a contribution to the sesqul-centenary celebrations in 1938, 500,000 trees should be planted throughout the State, was…

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Action Against Mayor. Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 12

Ernest Aubrey Mowle, an alderman of the Municipality of Port Macquarie, proceeded against Alban Charles Elliot, Mayor, on [?] charge of converting to his own use about 18…

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Backing Out of Washhouses Alderman's Sharp Comment on "Semi" Cottages

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 8

We should see to it that there are no pocket handkerchief rooms, and insist on more air space. More of the amenities of our social life should…

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Council Committees' Vice-chairmen

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

Aid. Marks and Aid. McMahon were elected vice-chairmen of the health and by-laws committee and the works committee, respectively,…

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Labor Council Election Victory for Right Wing

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY—The elections to the Labor Council excited considerable interest, and the attendance was by far the largest for a long time…

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Freehold of Sackville St. City Council and Tooheys

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 8

NEGOTIATIONS are still open between the City Council and Tooheys. Ltd. concerning the sale to the company of the freehold of…

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Sabotaging Tactics A.E.U. Com’th Council And Seamen’s Strike

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Despite the decision of the A.C. T. U. that all affiliated unions should give financial support to the Seamen’s Union, not…

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Loan Council "Biggest Step to Balanced Budgets" No Deficit Next Year, Premier Says

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday. -- "Telegraphic meetings" of the Loan Council will not be tolerated after…

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Balanced Budget Next Year for N.S.W. Premier's Anticipation. Statement to the Loan Council. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 11

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced at the Loan Council meeting to-day that after a preliminary survey of the Treasury estimates of revenue and expenditure, he anticipated that the New South Wales budget would be balanced in 1936-37…

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Loan Council Shock for Stevens Objection to Cost of Flotation Forced To Call Conference Sta Te Premiers Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

WHEN the strongest objection was taken by the Tasmanian Premier, Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, at the meeting of the Loan Council to-day, to an amount of £470,000 flotation costs in…

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Proposed New Municipality. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 12

The Erina Shire Council, at a meeting to-day, decided to oppose the proposal to separate Gosford and Point Clare from the shire of Erina and constitute the area as a new…

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Aldermen Came to Blows Armidale Council Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 7

"THAT is a lie," "You are a liar," were the angry words that passed across the Armidale Municipal Council table at the fortnightly…

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Association Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 19

Reports of the manager of the New South Wales team and the delegates to the Amateur Athletic Union conference in Hebart will be submitted to the council of the Amateur Athletic Association of…

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Scottish-shire Line. Berwickshire to Load

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 4

The Scottish Shire steamer Berwickshire, after loading 2002 tons of lead and 824 tons of wheat, left Port Pirie on the 31st inst. and arrived at…

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Home News. Lean Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of the Loan Council approval was given for the raising of a loan of £500,000 by the New South Wales Metropolitan Water Board. The money is to…

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Tree Planting Suggested for City Streets. Request to Lord Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 14

Members of the tree-planting section of the Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee waited on the Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie) yesterday and urged the co-operation of the…

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