Municipal Jottings
The Railway Department has finalised the granting of a tenancy to Kogarah Council of railway land adjacent to Arrowsmith Park, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1937
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Criticism of Police in Council Alderman Talks of Bullying
ALDERMAN DEPENA told Rockdale Council last night that he had been the victim of bullyragging tactics by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Equitable Shire Rating Basis Promised
REPLYING to a deputation of shire councillors, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) said that he realised the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fined for Stealing Council’s Soil
Mr. Bardsley, Kogarah Council’s health inspector, reported at this week’s meeting that prosecutions were instituted against Edward Colbran and Keith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twice Weekly Garbage. Bexley Council’s Decision
Further extensions to the twice weekly garbage service in the Bexley Municipality hare been made by Bexley Council. The Carlton area is at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Negligence Alleged. McClur v Council of the Municipality of Liverpool
Hearing was concluded in this action, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff awarding damages of £300 and £51/6/ out-of-pocket expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →St. George County Council Auditor’s Annum Report
In his annual report for 1936, at the last meeting of the St. George County Council, the auditor (Mr. L. A. W. Pearce) stated that all requirements…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman's Fall Into Hole £351 Verdict Against Council
Having received injuries a leg and an arm in a fall on h[?] in the road on the night of May 2, 1936. Miss Margaret Ross McClu…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A.L.P. SPLIT. Mr. Pullan's Criticism. Labour Council Address
At a meeting of the Labour Council last night the president, Mr. J. E. Pullan, who is the only expelled member who was readmitted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Advisory Council Suggested. Remarks by Mr. Blain, M.P. DARWIN
"If the citizens of the Northern Territory are to have a voice in their own local government it is essential that the Government should institute an advisory council to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Position in Newtown. Statement by Mayor
The Mayor of Newtown (Alderman Fred. A. Newnham) said yesterday that his council had been approached by the Government in reference to the replacement of slums. Details…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sun Fong Sets a Problem and Mayor Cheng Solves It
THE assistance of Cheng Young Po, Mayor of Canton, and scholar in Chinese law, was necessary to unravel the legal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spooner's Tour Erina Shire's Big Plans New Resorts Gosford
IN a 100-mile tour of Erina Shire and Gosford municipality to-day, the Minister for Local Government (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Causes in No. 7 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury.) Verdict by Direction. Dundas v Council of the Municipality of Canterbury
The case for the plaintiff concluded in the action, in which Mrs. Dorothy Dundas, of Boronia-road, East Canterbury, sued the Council of the Municipality of Canterbury for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Divided on Road Extension Labor Urges Direct Route to Young-street
THE City Council is divided on the question of extending Elizabeth-street, which it will shortly reconsider. Aid. Shannon, M.L.A., leader of the municipal Labor Party, said to-day that Labor aldermen favored a direct…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman F. Williams
Alderman Fred. Williams, who died in a Burwood private hospital, in his 81st year, was for 16 years a member of Burwood Council, and before that was an alderman of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Chambers "Inadequate" Blacktown's Need Growth of Shire
In the interest of effective administration the present accommodation being totally madequace—an appeal for a new bu[?] or the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"PERNICIOUS" Transfer of Relief Workers Alderman's Criticism
"I don't approve of a man being taken away from one locality and being transferred to another, particularly when there is work for him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Side Shows at Show Alderman Talks Of Sweating
When city aldermen were discussing improvements in lighting streets near the Showground this afternoon, Aid. O'Dea suggested that "light"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collector's Slip; Call Upon Mayor
WHEN Bruce Nicoll, 58, estate agent, commenced collecting in Burwood "to furnish a home," he was unlucky in that his…
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