Lord Mayor's Fund
Subscriptions to the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Disaster Relief Fund now total £3120. Gifts to-day included £105 from Mrs. Edmund Resch, and…
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Council & local affairs, 1939
3,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 184
Lithgow Council Backs Wharfies
Lithgow Municipal Council at its last meeting decided to protest to the Lyons government against the export of pig iron to Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defence Council Meeting. Melbourne
Progress made in Australian defence will be reviewed at the meeting on Wednesday afternoon of the Australian Defence Council. It will be the council's first meeting since…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Council Loan. Brisbane
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Jones, hopes to raise in Sydney and Melbourne loans totalling £450,000, which the City Council requires to carry out its loan schedule…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Refugee Emergency Council. Selection of Applicants
At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the newly-formed Refugee Emergency Council of New South Wales, a discussion took place on the question whether the council should assist…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lithgow Gas Men Resent Council's Act
LITHGOW gas employees strongly resent the action of the local council in attempting to apply country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wild Scene at Deputation Mayor And M.L.A. Clash NEWCASTLE
Uproar and disorder marked deputations at the City Hall to-day to the Minister for Works (Mr. Spooner) and the Minister for Social Services…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Progress by Illawarra T. & L. Council
AFTER successful progress in 1938, the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council now has 16 affiliated unions, totalling over 10,000 members. Its president, Mr. A. Burgess, secretary, Mr. Steve Best, and its delegates have played no small part…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Residue of Naval Reserve. Control by Council
At last night's meeting of the Woollahra Council a letter was received from Mr. E. M. Robson, M.L.A., stating that the Department of Lands had agreed to the residue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Labor Council Moves for Fire Control Sydney, Jan. 20
“The labor movement should not only be interested in the relief of the distress arising from the bushfires, but also in advocating a policy for preventing such loss of life and property in the future," said the president of the Labor Council, J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brick Price Probe "Idle Yards PAlD by Council"
TWO brick companies, which have ceased to produce bricks, are being paid substantial sums by the Council of Brick Manufacturers while they refrain from resuming operations. This evidence was given before Mr. Justice de Baun at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Mayor's Appeal
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock, announced yesterday that subscriptions actually received at the Town Hall for the Lord Mayor's N.S.W. Bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lidcombe Milk Alderman's Statement "Not Fair"
A statement by Ald. Wilson that milk below standard had recently been sold in the municipality was hotly challenged by Ald. Metcalfe…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Thanks Cabravale Fire Fighters
"To have allowed the fires to get out of hand may have resulted in enormous damage and loss to the district, and I know that the public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Angry Relief Deputation Newcastle Mayor Told To Sit Down NEWCASTLE
Members of a deputation shouted angrily at each other for five minutes today while two Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor of Mosman Wears Robes. "In Keeping With Dignity." New Offices Authorised
Reviving a custom which had been in abeyance for six years, the Mayor of Mosman, Alderman F. G. Pursell, wore mayoral robes at the meeting of the council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Armament Bruce's Report At Defence Council
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Fulfilling his most important Australian engagement, Mr. Bruce arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cash Grants, Not Loans Cabra-vale Council and Fire Victims
"Loans are no good to these people. The Government advanced loans to some of them last year. How are they going to pay back…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Defence Plan. Assurance by Mr. Lyons. "Success in Sight." Council Meets To-day. Melbourne
The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, said to-day that the success of the drive to increase the militia strength to 70,000, and of the £68,[?],[?] defence…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Labor Council of N.S.W. Authorised Report. the Bush Fire Tragedy. Prevention the Policy for Labor
PRESIDENT J. H. HUGHES reported to the Labor Council last week that he had accepted an invitation of the Lord Mayor to be represented on a…
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