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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

5,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Narrabri Council Seeks Loan. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 12

The Narrabri Municipal Councils app[?] tion for a loan of £1700 from the Unemployed Relief Council to construct a bowling green and tennis courts has been refused. The…

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Olympic Games. Preparations in Berlin. No Expense Being Spared. President of the N.S.W. Olympic Council.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 8

Mr. J. Sigfrid Edstrom, president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation and a member of the executive council of the Olympic Federation, when giving an…

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Miners' Federation To Urge General Stoppage Council Endorses Decision Men to Decide Question Meetings On Wednesday Quick Vote

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

IN endorsing the decisions of the combined mining unions' conference, the Central Council of the Miners' Federation…

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City Council Meetings

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

The Town Clerk, Mr. Roy Hendy, announced yesterday that the City Council recess would end on Monday, February 3, when meetings of the…

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City Council Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 10

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Howie) has decided that the first City Council meeting this year shall be held on February 10, to be preceded by a…

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£750 ALLOWANCE County Council Protests

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

AT a meeting of the Sydney County Council to-day-- the first since it assumed complete control of the electricity undertaking-- Councillor S. A. Lloyd was unanimously re-appointed chairman for the…

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Training Young Men. Bulli Council's Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 11

The Bulli Shire Council is seeking means to overcome the difficulties in eng[?]ing young men for various kinds of local government work, due to the Returned Soldiers'…

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County Council. Proposed Trading in Electrical Goods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 9

The County Council, which from January 1 assumed control of the supply of electricity to the city, will shortly consider the question of trading in electrical goods and equipment, and…

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Council Meets By Moonlight No More DUBBO

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 9

NO longer do Talbragar Shire councillors meet at Dubbo each month on the night of the full moon ; young blood in the Council has upset that old custom…

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Dispute in Council. Police Called In. GULGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 10

At a meeting of the Gulgong Municipal Council, the Mayor (Alderman J. H. Stahl) threatened [?]o have Alderman T. Amies removed from the meeting, Alderman Amies…

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Medical Test for Workers Need Stressed at Council

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

"I KNOW several men. from this municipality, employed on the Banksia relief job, who are not in a fit state to work. They are barely…

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To Meet Miners' Council A.C.T.U. Representatives Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

The emergency committee of the A.C.T.U. to-day decided to send the president, Mr. A. E. Monk, and the vice-president, Mr. King (the…

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City Council £11,000 Out On Sale Committee to Go Into Cask

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 9

THE new City Council finance committee will investigate the circumstances in which a buyer failed to complete his purchase of the…

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Mayor Raises £300,000 BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

TO enable important council works to be carried out, the Lord Mayor. Ald. Jones, on behalf of the Brisbane City Council, to-day completed…

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Aldermen See Spectre of Eviction Fight Over Rent of Building

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 9

THE Spectre of Ejectment yesterday cut a sorry figure amid the softly shaded lights, the polished maple walls and…

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40-Hour Week at Waterloo Labor Aldermen Win Fight on

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

THE long fight to establish the 40-hour system for employees of the Waterloo Council ended last night in a victory for the Labor…

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Council Increases Rate

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

On the motion of Ald. Sinclair, supported by the Labor aldermen, Waterloo Council, last night, decided to increase the rate from 5½d. in the…

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Finances of Concord Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 9

In the annual report of the Mayor of Concord, Ald. H. R. Harrison for 1935, it is disclosed that the annual expenditure for the various services…

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Council Supports the Seamen

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

Balmain council last night granted the Seamen's Union the use of the Balmain Town Hall for a proposed mass meeting in connection with…

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Brisbane Council Loan. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman A. J. Jones) to-day completed arrangements with Melbourne for a private loan of £300,000 to finance important City Council works. The…

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