Municipality of Bexley Tenders, Bexley Oval and Park
Separate Tenders will be received, endorsed “Tender’ Parks,” to reach the uudersigned not later than 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 28th March, 1939, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1939
3,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 184
The Inquiry Department This Inquiry Department serviec is free to subscribers, who are invited to avail themselves of it. Timely advice by our solicitor or our vet. may save you many pounds. Replies to urgent questions will be posted, where a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed with the inquiry. The name and address of the subscriber must accompany every inquiry (not necessarily for publication). Address all inquiries to the Editor, "The Land," Box 1558E., G.P.O., Sydney. Creating New Shire
"N.J.M.": What procedure is necessary in the formation of a new shire, i.e., to reduce the area of two or three existing shires and form a new one[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Yugo-slav Appointed Shire Engineer. Coolamon
A Yugo-Slavian engineer, with a degree from the University of Vienna, has been appointed temporary assistant engineer to the Coolamon Shire, at a salary of £8 a week…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Touch And Go--Council Pay Squeeze
From an almost empty purse Coonamble Municipal Council managed to pay its staff yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advertising Sign. Prosecution by Council. Charge Dismissed
At the North Sydney Court yesterday, R. C. Nankervis, inspector of the Mosman Council, proceeded against W. Smyth, Military Road, Mosman, alleging that he had failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Botany Council Dispute. Meeting Again Lapses. Minister's Warning
The special meeting of the Botany Council, called for last night, lapsed for want of a quorum. Aldermen Anderson, Herford, Kerr, and Harris, who…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →National Fitness. Mrs. F. J. Davy Appointed to Council
The Minister for Health and Repatriation, Senator H. S. Foll, announced yesterday that he had invited Mrs. F. J. Davy, of Sydney, to become a member of the National…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Aldermen Absent From Council. Mayor's Instructions for Prosecution. Botany Dispute
When four members of the Botany Council failed to attend a special meeting of the council on Saturday night, the Mayor, Alderman Jackson,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Would Fine Aldermen Botany Row Sequel
FOUR Botany aldermen are to be prosecuted for non-attendance at council meetings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blue Mountains Water Supply. County Council Proposed. KATOOMBA
The Katoomba Municipal Council has decided to call a conference of representatives from each council between Emu Plains and Portland, to discuss a proposal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mayor Acts. Summonses for Aldermen. Absent From Meeting
The Mayor of Botany, Alderman Jackson, last night gave instructions for the issue of summonses against four aldermen who failed to attend a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Persuaded Alderman Not To Sit
The Mayor of Botany (Alderman Jackson) persuaded Alderman McCarthy hot to take his seat at the Council table during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Mayor of Vaucluse
Alderman Ashton Kurts was last night elected Mayor of Vaucluse for the remainder of the year to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alderman H. A. J. Abbott. who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Yes or No? Alderman on the Spot
Mysterious conduct of an alderman at yesterday's City Council meeting was not explained until after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Finances. Uralla
Gostwyck Shire Council's revenue for 1938 totalled £18,556, and the expenditure £21,626, of which £18,606, including £2,943 loan money, was spent on road works. Repayments…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Editorial The Council's Job
"I don't think the council did its job properly." This complaint by a father at an inquiry into the death of a boy at Bexley, must be followed up. The youngster was killed by a live wire put in by the St…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Appeal Against Fine. Grafton
The Clarence River County Council has appealed to the Industrial Commission against the conviction recorded by Mr.A.J. Bryant, industrial magistrate, on February 20, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child's Death Father Puts Blame Oil Council
His son's death by electrocution might have been caused by faulty electrical wiring by a council officer, the sobbing father of Brian James Ramsay, 7 told the City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Botany Council Fight No Quorum for Fourth Time
FROM the visitors gallery of the Botany Council Chamber, ex-Alderman J. McCarthy, recently ousted from his seat, offered last night to take his place at the council table to prevent the lapse, for want of a quorum, of the fourth successive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Noises in the City. New Council By-law
To combat more effectively the noise nuisance in the city the City Council yesterday agreed to make the following by-law:— A person shall not use any premises in…
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