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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

5,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

On the Land Publicity and Research. Wool Council in Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 9

Commenting on a letter by Mr. George Aitken, published on February 1, Mr. G. Dalziel Kelly, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, writes:…

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Another £6000 For Training Unemployed Youths Relief Council Grant More Vocational Classes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

THE Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Dunningham, announced last night that the Unemployment Relief Council…

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Ramsgate Shark-proof. “Rockdale Council Is Wary. Why Was Sea-wall Stopped.”

The St George Call · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

The Metropolitan District Surveyor, in a letter read to Rockdale Council last week, acknowledged receipt of objections made to the granting of a…

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Dubbo Municipal Rate Increased Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 12

The Dubbo Council has approved levying a rate of /12[?] in the £ for 1936, an increase of /1 over 1935, or equal to the 1934 rate. The increase is attributed to the…

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Fight Against Police Control of Relief Vicious Drive Against Unemployed (From the N.S.W. Council of Unemployed and Belief Workers)

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Following close upon recent announcements in the daily press featuring the fact that several young “giants” had responded to the call for additional recruits to the police force, it is reported that a special squad of 80 or 100 police are…

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Drainage Coming If Council Installs Sewerage Mayor's Minute

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

THE issue of the interview that the Mayor (Ald. D. Fitch) and Mr J. Jackson, M.L.A., recently had with Mr Spooner was…

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Civic Reform Party. Alderman Tresidder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 21

A meeting of the Civic Reform party is to be held on Monday, to consider, among other things, the position of Alderman Tresidder in the party…

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The Royal Show. Lord Mayor's Broadcast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 21

The Lord Mayor Alderman How[?], M.L.C in a broadcast address from station 2f[?] last night, said that the Royal Show, held in Sydney at Easter was a spectacle that attracted…

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Council's Sympathy

The Sun · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 3

St. George County Council last night decided to ask the Lieutenant-Governor to convey to King Edward messages of sympathy with the Royal…

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Mayor's Loss. Netherlands Decoration.. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 17

The Mayor of Albury (Alderman Waugh) has either mislaid or been robbed of the decoration conferred, on him by the Queen of the Netherlands, the Order of…

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Castlereagh Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council was held on Wednesday, 5th inst., when there were present:—The Mayor (Ald. T. R. R. Smith) and…

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Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. D. Fitch) and Aldermen E. F. Rule, J. Cram, W. A. Plunkett, I. M. Barrow, and A. H. Hard attended the monthly meeting of…

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Scottish-shire Line. Berwickshire Loading

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 4

Turnbull Martin & Co., advise that the Scottish Shire steamer [?] shire is due at Newcastle on Monday from Brisbane to load wool and…

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Council of Progress Associations

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 7

A suggestion by the Rooty Hill Progress Association to form a council of Progress Associations throughout "C" Riding of the…

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Council Sat From 9 to 9

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.--Blaxland Shire Council has broken its record for long meetings. Commencing at 9 o'clock, Councillors…

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Problems of Miners Baddeley Discusses with Council

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

MAJOR problems affecting the mining industry, including the small mines menace, amendments to the Coal Mines Regulation Act and…

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Meeting of the N.s.w. Olympic Council

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 3

A meeting of the New South Wales Olympic Council will be held at the Sports Club on Thursday, February 20, at 7.45…

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Municipal Library. to the Editor Of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 16

Sir,—I desire, through your columns, to test against the proposal to transfer the Municipal Library from its present, position at northern end of the Queen Victoria Building…

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Heard by the Way Third Oldest Hospital—Monument to an Explosion—Affection in Finance—Cat's Ninth Life—Throwing Gold Away, etc. Big Suit against Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

THE action by the executors of the estate of the late Sydney Smith against Penrith Council for alleged damage to property (Belmore Park)…

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Council Doings Eastwood and Water Board Alderman's Evidence

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 6

Alderman A. E. Dole produced a bottle containing a quantity of discolored water at Wednesday night's meeting of Eastwood Council. He brought the sample…

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