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Council & local affairs, 1938

3,978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 199

The Wesley Bi-Centenary We continue in this issue brief reports of the General Missionary Council in connection with the Aldersgate Commemoration in the Methodist Episcopal Church, U.S.V.

The Methodist · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 2

DR. CHARLES C. SELECMAN, President Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex., presented an illuminating discussion on "The Need of Aldersgate in Modern Life."…

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Botany Council's Golden Jubilee

The Sun · Sunday 27 March 1938 · page 13

Botany Municipality celebrated its golden jubilee yesterday. A procession was held in Botany-road and a sports programme at Sir…

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Botany Council's Jubilee

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 4

Celebration of Botany Municipality's golden jubilee, which commenced on Saturday, was continued yesterday with a combined religious…

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Garden Adviser Council's Offer to Nurseryman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 2

The position of honorary garden adviser to Dundas Council will he offered to the well-known Epping nurseryman, Mr. Rex Hazlewood…

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Carlingford Line Council Wants Extension Relieve Traffic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 2

As it means of lightening the traffic on the main northern line, the extension of the Clyde-Carlingford line to meet the northern line, possibly at Hornsby,…

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Council's Mower and Paspalum "Not Worth Two Bob"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3

"It's not worth two bob. It's simply a waste of horse, and a waste of man." Attempts by Dundas Council to rid the municipality of paspalum by the use…

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Alderman on Traffic Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

Henry James Byrne, 29, Waverley alderman, was acquitted by a Quarter Sessions jury to- day, after the hearing of a charge that he had, by…

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Alderman on Driving Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7

Henry James Byrne pleaded not guilty yesterday at the Quarter Sessions to a charge of having wantonly driven a motor lorry, and occasioned bodily harm…

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Gosford- Erina Quarrel Mayor Resigns His Shire Seat GOSFORD

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 9

Alderman William Caiman Grahame, Mayor of Gosford municipality, who, with his son, Councillor William Benjamin Grahame, is also…

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Alleged Graft; Mayor's Finding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

Investigations into the allegations of graft at the Newtown Council were concluded by the Mayor (Alderman Lillian Fowler)…

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Shire of Warringah

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 10

CONCRETE LABORERS. Married men and single men with dependents with the above qualifications at present registered holding current cards…

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Lord Mayor Inquires Into Flats

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

The Lord Mayor, Ald. Nock, told a deputation from the Housing Council to- day that he was investigating the…

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Waverley Alderman on Trial Wanton Driving Alleged Friend Hurt

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

An alderman of Waverley Council since last December and a well-known figure in that district, Henry James Byrne, 29, hotel manager, was…

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Wanton Driving Charge. Waverley Alderman on Trial. Two Collisions Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

Henry James Byrne, 29, hotel manager, and an alderman of the Waverley Council, was charged in the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Thomson, with having, on…

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Flat Ban at Woollahra Council Decision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

Woollahra Municipal council last night endorsed the recommendation of Mr. E. R. C. Gallop, local government engineer, who recently…

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Council Inquiry on Traffic Decision of Meeting

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 5

A plea for the City Council to get busy and bring about the conclusion of the work of reconstruction circular Quay and also to improve the…

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Ouster Proceedings Succeed. Shire Election Case. Invalid Ballot Papers. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7

Declaims that the requirements of the Local Government Act regarding the filling in of the declaration form accompanying postal ballot papers were mandatory, Mr. H. Hawkins…

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Circular Quay. City Council Acts. Special Meeting Called

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 7

A special meeting of the town planning subcommittee of the City Council is to be called to prepare' information for the Council on work at Circular Quay…

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Flat Buildings in Woollahra. Commissioner's Report Accepted. Council's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 8

The report of the Commissioner, Mr. E. R. C. Gallop, who inquired into the question of the restriction of flat, buildings in the Woollahra Point and Point…

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Grave Concern International Dangers Labor Council Hits Lyons-chamberlain Policy

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mar. 25.—“We are convinced that a general world war will be averted, not by retreating, as the British Empire is doing, before aggression, but by calling a halt by standing firmly with other peace-loving nations against the aggressors,” declared…

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