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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

5,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Deputy Lord Mayor Proposal Meets with Solid Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Appointment of a Deputy-Lord Mayor, suggestca in a minute by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Howie, who mentioned Alderman Parkes, evoked…

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George V. Memorial? Lord Mayor Will Call Public Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

To consider provision of a memorial to King George V., the Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie) is to call a public meeting of citizens…

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Removal of Street Barrows Lord Mayor Will Approach The Minister

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

STRONG indignation at the proposal of the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, to remove fruit barrows manned by returned…

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Sydney Labor Council Supports Ironworkers

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, February 7.—Although most of the time at last night’s meeting of the N.S.W. Labor Council was taken up by the discussion…

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City Vaults On Council Property

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 13

Any intending purchaser of the lots in Martin-place, between Elizabeth and Castlereagh streets, may submit an offer for a lease of the evacuated…

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Meeting of Fascist Grand Council

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

The Fascist Grand Council met in Rome on February 4 and reaffirmed its determination to attain the objectives in East Africa for…

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Award Breach Alleged in City Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

The Lord Mayor, Ald. Howie, told Ald. Shannon at the City Council meeting yesterday that he would investigate the complaint that sines the beginning of the…

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Citizens' Air Force Proposal to City Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

From Major P. E. Coleman, secretary of the Air Board, the City Council yesterday received a letter advising that following the…

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"An Achievement" City Council Commends Town Clerk

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

The Town, Clerk, Mr. Roy Hendy, was yesterday commended by the City Council for his work in the severance of the electricity…

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A Lively Night at the Sydney Labor Council

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Thursday’s meeting of the Labor Council was exceedingly boisterous at times. The cause of the excitement was the…

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Important Question for Judge Council's Claim Against Doctor for Guttering

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

WHETHER a municipal council, having curbed and guttered an allotment of land and charged the owner half the cost, can again call…

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Fruit Barrows. Removal from Part of City. Minister's Request to Council

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

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) has asked the City Council to remove eight barrow stands from the eastern side of Georgestreet, between Hunter and Market streets,…

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Loan Council's Work. Allocation of Borrowed Funds. (By Our Canberra Representative)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 9

Representatives of the Commonwealth and the States have met three times in the past twelve months at meetings of the Australian Loan Council. They have compared the financial position of each Government,…

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IN Q.V. BUILDING County Council AT £25,500 a Year

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 15

Sydney County Council to-day decided to occupy portion of the Queen Victoria Building at a rental of £25,500 a year, instead of £27,825…

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Stevens Boosts Migration Plans, But Unemployed Demand More Relief (From the N.S.W. Council of Unemployed and Relief Workers.)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

While the drive is being pushed to worsen the conditions of the unemployed and relief workers throughout the State, while…

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Women Will Organise Foe Rent Allowance, Free Milk Conference, Transport House, Sydney, March 29 (From the Women’s Bureau, N.S.W. Council of Unemployed and Relief workers.)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

In spite of the Government’s boast that “Prosperity has returned to the State,” we still find the unemployed and relief…

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Aldermen on the Run

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

ALDERMEN of the Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale, Bexley, and Sutherland Councils were on the run last night--not…

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Aldermen in Footrace Tight Underpants Caused Fall

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

IT was merely a matter of under-pants a shade too tight the caused Ald. Moguire to crash in the contest for the aldermanic…

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Premier's Promise Government Breaking It, Mayor Alleges

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The Mayor of East Maitland, Alderman H. C. Morton, alleged to-night that the State Government was dishonoring…

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Miners' Council Meets

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

Domestic matters were discussed at the opening session yesterday of the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation. The council is faced…

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