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Council & local affairs, 1938

3,978 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 199

Sworn to Secrecy City Engineer Cannot Tell Council Circular Quay Position Annoys Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

THE City Engineer (Mr. Garnsey) had been sworn to secrecy by the Government, it was stated yesterday at a meeting of a special committee of the…

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National Council of Jewish Women—sydney Section An Appreciative Communication. Sydney, April 4, 1938

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 3

Dear Dr. Reading, The members or the Peace and Arbritration Committee of the National Council of Women wish to send you their deepest sympathy in your sorrow…

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Searchlight on Commonwealth Council Deliberations Summary of What Riflemen Are Entitled to Know Standardisation of State Association Constitutions

Referee · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 23

FOR the first time in the history of the Australian rifle club movement, the way has been paved for a standard constitution under which all State Rifle Associations will function…

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Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

Approval has been given by Hurstville Council to the Postmaster General's Department to the provision of a public telephone cabinet in Patrick…

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Traffic Plans. "S" Bend at Hunter Street. Aldermen to Review Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 12

So strong is the dissatisfaction of Reform aldermen with the decision of the Premier, Mr. Stevens, not to make available the site of the police building…

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Council Favors Diesel Buses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 13

By 36 votes to 14, Leicester (Eng.) City Council has decided in favor of Diesel-engined buses, as against trolley buses. The tramway system of Leicester will…

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Research Council. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 14

The Federal Cabinet to-day reappointed for three years the three chief executive officers of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Research Council's Term Extended Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, announced to-day that the term of the Executive Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, which was to…

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Western Miners Endorse Council and “Labor Daily”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

Meetings of members of the Western District of the Miners’ Federation during the week-end endorsed the policy of the Central…

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Supreme Court. Causes in Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury.) Alleged Land Depreciation. Ryan and Another v the Council of the Shire of Blacktown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 8

The jury found for the plaintiffs and awarded £150 damages. A formal verdict was returned for the defendant on a second count of negligence with which the…

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Rain Damage Plea Rejected Council Sticks to the Law

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

AN appeal to the generosity of the City Council, to pay compensation for damage for which it was not legally liable, has been…

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Support Promised Firemen Trades and Labor Council Move Hours Fight

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 8

SUPPORT for the Fire Brigades' Association in its efforts to secure a 50-hour week in place of the 78-hour week recently awarded by…

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New Oatley Station. Kogarah Council’s Action Regretted. Hurstville Complaint

The St George Call · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

“We should tell the league that we regret Kogarah Council’s action in turning this down and also that we are whole-heartedly in support of their…

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Town Hall Ban. Tract Society's Protest. Council Not Expected to Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 13

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock, said yesterday that he had received a resolution of protest from the Watch Tower and Bible Tract Society against…

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Big Congress of Trade Unions Labor Council Plans Wide Agenda Arranged

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

PLANS for the Congress of Trades Unions of New South Wales, to be held at the Trades Hall on April 30, were laid down at the Trades and…

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Kogarah Municipal Band

The St George Call · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

The Kogarah Municipality was brilliantly represented at Wollongong on Sunday last, when the Kogarah Band left an indelible impression on the people…

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Council of Associated Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 5

A special meeting of the Council of Associated Arts, to consider proposals for an arts congress and a national opera house, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 22, at the Royal Empire…

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Crisis on City Planning Elizabeth-st. Scheme to Be Debated Lively Meeting Of Aldermen Expected Next Week

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 2

A lively meeting is expected when Civic Reform aldermen discuss extension of Elizabeth street, in caucus on Monday. Years of controversy on the subject are…

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Council Boundary Extension Proposed. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 8

In view of the Government's proposal to amalgamate Mittanong Municipality and Nattal Shire, the Bowral Municipal Council has decided to recommend to the Minister…

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Defying Council Evangelist Lecture Bills for Town Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 7

AT Strathfield headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses, workmen yesterday were painting hundreds of signs…

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