Council Employee Wins Claims Damages For Wrongful Dismissal
A jury in the District Court yesterday awarded Alan Bernard McDowell £24 damages against Glebe Municipal Council for wrongful dismissal…
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Council & local affairs, 1939
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Damages for Clerk. Wrongful Dismissal. Glebe Council to Pay
Alan [?]ernard McDowell, [?] Wigram Road, Glebe, was yesterday awarded [?]/5/, balance of wages due, and £24 damages, for wrongful dismissal by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rats Undermine Houses Residents Urge Council to Use Poisonous Gas
At the meeting of Kogarah Council last week the East Mortdale-Renown Park Improvement Association requested that something be done to check the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. (Before Judge Barton and a jury of four.) Glebe Council Sued
Reference is made in another column to the action by Alan Bernard McDowell against the Council of the Municipality of Glebe. Mr. Gordon Wallace (instru[?]ed by Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Land Resumption at Manly. Claim Against the Council
The hearing has commenced of the suit instituted by Mr. Walter Verrall against the Municipal Council of Manly, to which the Under-Secretary for Public Works is joined…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fifty Year Fight for Labor The Holman Government had no wish to abolish the Legislative Council
Every Government in New South Wales had the right to request the Governor to appoint a certain number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homes for Workers First Municipal Housing Plan Illawarra Seeks £20,000 LOAN
TO enable it to begin work on Australia's first municipal housing scheme, Illawarra Shire Council has applied for a loan of £20,000 from the Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elizabeth Street Extension. Lord Mayor's Minute
In a minute on the Elizabeth Street extension scheme, which will be considered by the City Council planning committee on Wednesday, the Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Children's Bad Teeth Doctor's Suggestion To Council
The City Health Officer, Dr. Lewis Dunn, is concerned over the bad teeth of children attending the City Council's main playgrounds at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loan Needs. Public Works. Council's Plans. Mr. Spooner's Review
The Premier, Mr. Stevens, will discuss with members of both Ministerial parties at a meeting in Parliament House on Mareil 21 the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Election Speakers Annoy Asked to Cut Out Din Action By Council
Alderman J. F. McGrath, deputy-Mayor of Bexley and A.L.P. candidate for the Hurstville by-election,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbourage for Rats. Old Man Fined at Kogarah. Complaints to Council
Llewelyn Edghill, 75 of Lister Avenue, Rockdale, was fined £1 at Kogarah Police Court yesterday on a charge of having allowed refuse and rubbish to remain on his premises…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Doctor Won't Be Sacked Takes No Notice, Of Gentleman's Agreement MELBOURNE
Two years ago, Collingwood Council's Labor majority appointed Dr. John E. Cockerill medical officer of heath for two years under what it termed a "gentlemen's agreement." The appointment was made to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Emergency Services. Municipal Wardens Plan
Municipal and shire councils in New South Wales have been informed by the Minister in charge of the national emergency services, Mr. Bruxner, that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sydney First City for Finance Says the Lord Mayor
"After close investigation of the financial position of the City Council, I have no hesitation in saying that Sydney stands pre-eminent among all cities of the world for financial stability."…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Grasses Will Cover Council Delay
For years, the City Council argued about the dangerous Elizabeth-street Hunter-street corner. Then it resumed valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifty Years Service With Council
When Mr. Sydney Davies vacates the post of town clerk of Parramatta on March 31 he will have completed 50 years'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Will Sydney's Million Organise For Their Own Municipal Theatre?
An open letter to Howard Ashton, from Kurt Herweg, former conductor, producer and theatre manager, and now organist at the Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney. In "The Sunday Sun" of March 5, you asked "Who'll build an…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Alderman Guilty of Taking Globes Were Council's Property
Ald. John McCarthy, of Botany Council, was found guilty by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day of having taken and converted to his own use two 200-watt electric light globes, the property of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Noises Are Problem For Aldermen
Aldermen of the City Council Health Committee today argued that too much interference with noise might impede the city's progress. Council will be asked to decide…
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