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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

4,411 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 221

New Report to Council on Power Plants

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 5

The Sydney County Council, on Tuesday, will again review tenders for the Bunnerong turbo-alternator contract…

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Nude Bathing at Beach for Elite Council Threat to Prosecute Innisfail

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 3

A prominent business man and others have been threatened with prosecution for nude bathing at…

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Council Expected to Be Against Early Loan Bank Board's Policy for Review

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 12

When the Loan Council meets in Melbourne this week it is expected to oppose the early flotation of another loan. A debate may arise on the policy of the Commonwealth Bank which has been criticised at previous meetings, but which…

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Secrecy of the Committee. Alleged Infringement. Alderman's Complaint. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3

A complaint that another alderman had made untrue statements about the confidential proceedings of a committee was made by Alderman A. Miller at a meeting of the…

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Tornado Relief Withheld Premier Replies to Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 2

THE Premier (Mr. Stevens) has informed the Mayor of Botany (Ald. Herford) that the Government cannot give…

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Broken Hill Dispute. No Action by Council. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3

The Barrier Industrial Council, which was expected to intervene in the week-end in the dispute between the management of the Zinc Corporation mine and the [?]tract miners,…

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State Council Wanted By North Coast Branch of A.I.S. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 7

The North coast branch of the Australian [?]arra Shorthorn Society has decided to ask the mid rivers, and South Coast branches to send a delegate to a meeting in Sydney with…

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Loan Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

Criticism of the Commonwealth Bank's policy in relation to State loan programmes is expected when the Loan Council meets in Melbourne on…

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Ogilvie for Loan Council Hobart

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 5

The premier, Mr, A. G. Ogilvie, decided to alter the election campaign arrangements to enable him to fly to Melbourne on Wednesday morning to…

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Open Meetings Again For City Council Committees

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 9

Civic Reform aldermen, in Caucus to-day, decided to rescind the ban upon the attendance of the Press at City Council Committee meetings…

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Loan Council's Problems Conflict on State Demands?

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 14

TO attend the meeting of the Loan Council in Melbourne on Thursday, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) will leave to- night. Important loan problems will arise and a conflict seems…

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Loan Council. Three Federal Ministers to Attend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

The meeting of the Loan Council to be held on Thursday in Melbourne will be attended by the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who has no attended a meeting of the council for…

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Foreign Gangsters in Canefield Towns Mayor Urges Deportation of Small, Lawless Element Ingham

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 13

"DEPORTATION is the only remedy for the small fringe of low- class foreign undesirables in this district," says Ald, J. L. Kelly, 26-year-old Mayor of Ingham. "There is no 'Black Hand' secret society of organised…

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Problems for Loan Council Open Revolt May Ensue Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 7

STATE discontent created by the tenacity with which the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Casey, has held to the opinion that caution Is still essential…

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Labor Council Election Wright Vice-President Pullan Re-elected President

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Jan. 29.—The annual election of officers of the New South Wales Labor Council was held last night…

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Bunnerong Plant Experts' Report. Council Meets To-day. Likely to Accept Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 12

The County Council will consider to-day a report by Messrs. Julius, Poole, and Gibson, engineers, regarding the purchase of plant for the Bunnerong…

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Council to Meet Government Bunnerong Vote Deferred Councillor's Reference To "Hidden Hand" Heated Discussion

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 9

SYDNEY County Council to-day unanimously decided to defer its decision on the Bunnerong turbo-alternator contract until Thursday. Council will confer with the Government with…

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Young Mayor

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 24

Ald. J. L. ("Larry") Kelly, the 26- years-old Mayor of Ingham, who denies the existence of a "Black Hand" secret society there. "But,"…

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Council Workers and Wages Doubt Concerning Payment Erina Shire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, informed "The Labor Daily" last week- that there would…

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Council By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 4

Messrs. W. P. Cook (Cabramatta), A. Ling (St. John's Park), and A. J. Reardon (Cabramatta) will contest the Cabramatta Council by-election on…

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