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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

5,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250

Privy Council Plea by Sodeman One Brief Month Foe Counsel to Prepare Case Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 9

ALTHOUGH the High Court, by a majority decision, quashed the appeal of Arnold Sodeman against his conviction and sentence of death for the murder of June Rushmer, 6½, at Leongatha, the Privy Council is…

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Labor Council Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 19

To enable the unions to conduct a review of disputes in the industrial field, Labor Council officers have convened a special meeting of the…

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Council Coal Tenders Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 1

A THIRD departmental inquiry was ordered by the County Council yesterday, following…

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The Loan Council's Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

THE Loan Council will meet next month. It will decide the amount of loan money to be made available for public works…

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Car For County Council Chief

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 9

To facilitate his work, the chairman of the County Council, Councillor Lloyd, will be provided with an official motor car, the cost not to exceed £1100…

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County Council. Move to Purchase Trucks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 14

A recommendation was placed before the County Council yesterday that it should purchase its own railway rolling stock for the transport of coal to the power-house at…

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Block of Land. Question in Council

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

The chairman of the municipal Labour party (Alderman Shannon. M.L.A.) asked the Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie. M.L.C.) at a meeting of the City Council yesterday if he…

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Winooka Takes Another Prize Honor at Show Lord Mayor's Banjo Champion Shetland

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 19

WILNOOKA, former champion sprinter, won the prize for the champion thoroughbred stallion at the show to-day. His was an easy victory, said the judge, Mr. R. Wootton…

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Municipal Councils Protest Against Decrees Must Link with Unemployed (From the N.S.W. Council of Unemployed and Belief Workers.)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, April 3.—At the meeting of the Hornsby Shire Council last night, in discussion on Spooner’s proposed alteration of…

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Big May Day Meeting Newcastle Labor Council Decision

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, April 3. — The Trades Hall Council, at its meeting last night, endorsed a resolution of the unemployed organisations protesting…

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Labor Council Meets To Discuss Strikes And Unrest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

THE strike at the Alexandria works of Waygood-Otis Ltd., and pending amendments to the Transport Act, affecting railway and tramway employees, will be discussed at a special meeting of the State Labor…

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Vision Men Behind Show Careful Plans Work of Council

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 21

THE men behind the Show, whose work throughout the year makes possible the colorful life of the greatest display of its…

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Next Meeting of Loan Council Suggestion Made by Chairman Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 7

The Assistant-Treasurer, Mr. Casey, who is chairman of the Loan Council, said to-day that he had telegraphed the State Premiers…

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Ban on Two Unions. Affiliation with Council Against War. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 15

The Railways Union and the Wonthaggi miners have defied the ultimatum issued by the central executive of the Victorian Labour party thal they must abandon their…

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Electric Lamp "Combine" Suspicious of Similar Tenders, County Council Draws Lots

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 9

HAVING agreed that it was in the "grip of a combine" the County Council yesterday resorted to the unusual practice of drawing lots to decide what tenders to accept for the supply of electric lamps…

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State Council Meets Friday Next Indications Point to Record Number of Delegates

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Only a few days remain before the N.S.W. Council of Unemployed and Relief Workers' meeting. Reports received to date point to a big…

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Industrial News State Re-registration Opposed Members Will Take Ballot Ironworkers' Council Decides Kembla Dispute

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

AFTER unanimously adopting the report of the officers in respect to the settlement of the Port Kembla Steelworks' dispute, the State…

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“Inner Group’s” Crushing Defeat at Labor Council Outmanoeuvred In Battle of Tactics Left Wing Moves for Better Administration

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY.—At the last meeting of the Labor Council, the agents of the Inner Group received a sound trouncing. In two decisive votes, they had majorities of 72 to 48, and 68 to 50, piled up against them. Their chances of filching Station…

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Protection for School Children Aldermen on Road Risks

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 13

In an endeavor to minimise the risk of accidents to school children attending Stanmore school, Petersham Council last night decided to…

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Mayor of Adamstown. Sudden Death. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 11

Alderman Allen Randolph Cameron, Mayor of Adamstown, died suddenly at his home this evening. He complained of feeling 111, and collapsed while he was taking some medicine…

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