Parramatta River. Municipal Ferry Service. Conference Proposal
A conference of representatives of municipalities bordering on the Parramatta River, which was held yesterday at Putney, decided to ask the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1939
3,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 184
Municipal Jottings
Plans for new buildings passed at the last meeting of Bexley Council were valued at £10,735, and comprised one fibre and nine brick cottages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipality of Fairfield. Extraordinary Election
NOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION will be held for the purpose of electing one ALDERMAN for the balance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Cricket
In the A Grade Shire match against Petersham, St. George failed badly on the rain-damaged wicket at North Brighton, scoring only 42 runs In reply to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Acts Puts Botany Aldermen on Spot
Swift action was taken by the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Spooner, yesterday, as a result of obstructive tactics by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suggestion That Additional Night Soil be Dumped in Kogarah Angers Council Sutherland Statements. “Insolence,” Said Alderman Battye
“It is insolence for a councillor of any municipal or shire council to tell Kogarah that it must accept their night soil,” said Ald Battye at the meeting of Kogarah Council this week, when the aldermen protested strongly against Press statements which resulted from a, recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Board Election. Nominations Closed. Alderman Maunder Elected Unopposed
Nominations for the Water Board election closed yesterday. The following candidates were nominated for the five constituencies:— No. 1 constituency: Mr. R. S. Goddard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vaucluse Mayor Dies in N.z
The death occurred at Christchurch, N.Z., yesterday of Mr. H. A. J. Abbott, 60, chief N.S.W. Hansard reporter, and Mayor of Vaucluse Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to Lord Mayor. "Cunning Plot" Detected
A person has written anonymously to the Lord Major, Alderman Nock, to say that the letter which the Lord Mayor received from an English schoolgirl, addressed to "The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council's Garnisheeing Wages
"Ratepayer": I have a block of land on which I have not paid any rates for some years. The council took me to court and asked what I could do…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dusting of Mats Prohibited. Sutherland Shire Order
No mats may be dusted and no footpaths swept in the township of Sutherland between the hours of 8.30 am. and 7 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Labor Council Does Splendid Work
ILLAWARRA Trades and Labor Council has become the recognised centre of Trade Union activity on the South Coast, because it has taken an active, and often a leading, part in the thousand and one problems that concern the well-being of the workers of the district. During 1938 Trade Union…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Nearly Out Of Money
Coonamble Municipal Council is in serious financial straits. The Town Clerk (Mr. C. H. Button) has informed aldermen that money in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →National Emergency Chief Warden for Bruxner’s Scheme. Three Names Requested For Kogarah. Aldermen’s Views
“The man to meet these requirements has yet to be born and will not be found in Kogarah,” said Ald. Battye, at the meeting of Kogarah Council this week, when a letter was read from the Hon. M. F. Bruxner who stated that a chief warden to operate in the Kogarah boundaries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kogarah Memorial Hall Deputation to Kogarah Council
On Thursday evening, 9th inst., at 8 p.m., the mayor and aldermen of Kogarah received the representative of the Kogarah Sub-branch of the R.S.S.L.L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Botany Council Dispute. Mr. Spooner Intervenes. Compromise Suggested
The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, yesterday intervened in the dispute between aldermen of the Botany Council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Changes Remote. Agricultural Council to Study Proposal. Canberra
The request for a wool bounty will probably be considered by the Federal Agricultural Council at a meeting proposed to be held in Canberra on Match 29. The Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Judges Critical of Dock-defence Bar Council May Alter
Criticism of the dock defence system was voiced by Mr. Justice Maxwell in the Central Criminal Court to-day, when no barristers were available to undertake the defence of Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Relief Work. Minister and Council. Refusal lo Receive Deputation
The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner has refused the request of the Labour Council of New South Wales that he should meet…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Slate Federal Govt. Youth Council Of U.A.P.
Members or the United Australia Party Youth Council and delegates of the U.A.P. Youth Movement slated the Federal Government at their sixth annual convention…
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