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Council & local affairs, 1937

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Review of Policy of Finance Possible Move At Next Meeting Of Loan Council Keen Interest

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

INTENSE interest was manifest in Federal circles yesterday at the prospect of a move at the next Loan Council meeting for a re-orientation…

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GRANTED Urban Farm Rating in Penrith Municipality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

AS a result of the inquiry held in Penrith on 12th November by Mr E. R. Gallop, supervising engineer of the Public Works…

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Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Plans for new buildings passed at this week's meeting of Kogarah Council were valued at £2045, comprising four cottages, two private garages,…

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Aldermen for Sprint Race

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

St. George aldermen, having got a line on the form of their sprinters from last year's Aldermen's Athletic Relay Championship, are busy picking teams…

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Pigeon-box Shop. Alderman Condemns

The St George Call · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

“Kogarah is bad enough as it is, without allowing a little pigeon-box shop to be turned into a greengrocer’s business,” Ald. Marx informed…

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"Sport Is a Game" Says Mayor

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

"Treat sport just as a game," the Lord Mayor (Ald. Howie) advised interstate swimmers at a civic reception this afternoon. "Then it brings…

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Greyhound Control Council

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

Only six clubs, Wyong, Albury, Grimth, Norrandera. Gotubum and Condobolln have failed to affiliate with the recently-formed Greyhound…

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Early Meeting of Loan Council Canberra

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7

The Loan Council will be summoned before the Imperial delegation leaves for London if a majority of the States wish this…

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Electrical Trading. County Council's Plans. Air-conditioning Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

The Sydney County Council is preparing plans for trading in the heavier type of electrical apparatus. For the present, this will be confined to electric ranges and central…

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Roads Tax Cut Expected City Council May Benefit

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

Further Main Roads tax concessions, amounting to between £20,000 and £40,000, are hoped for by Civic Reform aldermen of the City Council…

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Extensions to Power House County Council and Local Labor

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 11

AS far as possible, the Sydney County Council will see that local labor and Australian-made material are used in the £2,000,000 extensions…

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Petrol Bowsers on Main Roads. Council Disagrees That They Are Dangerous

The St George Call · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

“The high-handed, semi-government measures of the Board will have to be tested,” Ald. Ferry told Kogarah Council last Monday night, when he…

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Municipal By-election Bulmer for Bexley Communist Candidate’s Programme

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Jan. 5.—E. W. (“Ted”) Bulmer is the Communist Party candidate for the by-election to the Bexley Municipal Council, which…

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Former Mayor's Death

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

Thomas Roberts Gilderthorp, who died at Randwick yesterday, at the age of 76. had been a resident of that suburb for many years. He was a…

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Council Elections. Gosford. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Nominations closed to-day for the first council election to be conducted in the new municipality of Gosford. The candidates are: Guy Rollo Adcock, Walter Michael Callan,…

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The Suburbs. Council Appointment. Not Returned Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 23

On the recommendation of its engineer (Mr. J. D. Webster), the Hurstville Council has decided to appoint Mr. N. B. Watts to the position of assistant engineer. Mr. Webster…

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Loan Council Will Meet Earlier Now Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

A MEETING of the Loan Council may be held before the Coronation delegation leaves for England--probably towards the end, of this month or early next month. THE Federal Treasurer, Mr. Casey,…

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Premiers Are Ready Meeting Of Loan Council MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

The Premier of Victoria (Mr. Dun stan), who, early in the week, suggested an earlier meeting of the Loan Council, said today that he would be…

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A World Welfare Campaign the Council of Churches and Other Bodies

The Methodist · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 16

Never in the world's history has there been such reason for anxiety for the world's future as exists at the present moment, concerning what…

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Dubbo Cricket Oval. Revocation for Council Chambers Refused by Land Board. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

The Dubbo Council recently decided to build modern council chambers inside the sports ground area on the edge of victoria Park. The Minister for Lands, after receiving a petition…

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