Home News. National Defence Council
The Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, in opening the Premiers' conference at Canberra yesterday, said that anxiety about the international situation had deepened…
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Council & local affairs, 1939
3,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 184
Making Electricity Popular. County Council Proposal
The expenditure of £25,000 on an advertising campaign, to persuade the public to use more electricity, will be suggested to the County Council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Appeal to Privy Council Brisbane
Mr. G. S. Webb, leader of the Protestant Labour Party, announced to-night that he intended to appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the High Court,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Records on Film. Proposal to County Council
The installation of photographic apparatus for making small reproductions of maps and records, which will save filing space, will be considered by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Law Report. High Court of Australia. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir John Latham, Mr. Justice Rich, Mr. Justice Starke, and Mr. Justice Evatt). Death of a Boy. Janet Chester v The Council of the Municipality of Waverley
This is an appeal from a decision of the Full Court of the Supreme Court of [?]ew South Wales, dismissing the appeal of the appeliant against the order of Mr. Acting Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loan Council. Works Finance Problem. Discussion Deferred. Uncertain Outlook. Canberra
Because of the uncertainly of the international position, the Loan Council to-day deferred consideration of the problem of financing defence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Credit Expansion Plan Aid From Banks for Vital Works Moves In Loan Council CANBERRA
The highest significance is attached by State Premiers to the statement of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Casey) at the Premiers' Conference yesterday that an extension of credit would be necessary to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Council to Be Created. Defence Co-ordination. Premiers Unanimously Adopt Federal Proposal. Effect of News From Abroad. Canberra
Meeting in the shadow of a grave international situation, the Premiers of Australia decided to-day to establish a National Council to co-ordinate the activities of the Commonwealth and States in relation to defence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australia Prepares for Defence National Council Formed Lyons, and All State Premiers Will Make Certain Of Co-operation CANBERRA
A National Council, to ensure co-operation in Australia's defences, was formed today It will consist of the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We Must Re-arm—with God a Broadcast Address by Rev. R. H. Doust (Manly) on the Eve of the Spiritual Rearmament Campaign under the Auspices of the New South Wales Council of Churches
WE MUST RE-ARM! That is obvious to anyone who thinks at all. It is quite clear that we are not strong enough to face the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Is in the Dark on City Defence Guidance By Government Is Lacking Lord Mayor Taking Action To Get Information For The People
Disappointment that the Government had not taken the City Council into its confidence over plans for civilian protection in the city of Sydney was expressed yesterday by the Lord Mayor, Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All Parties Lined Up In National Council Turning Point in Political Leadership Programme Will Include Works, Services And Civil Defence
Because it is representative of every Government and every political party in Australia, the formation at Canberra yesterday of the National Council is regarded as a turning point in Australian political…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greater Newcastle Council. "Too Many Aldermen." Mayor Advocates Reduction. Newcastle
Because some aldermen talk too much, the Mayor of Great[?]r Newcastle, Alderman G. W. Jenner, considers that the Greater Newcastle Act should be amended to give the council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mayor Would Curtail Council To Cut Talk NEWCASTLE
Because he thinks aldermen talk too much, the Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Jenner) wants to cut down his council. At a Rugby Union veterans' social last night, he said he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Raids Danger Lord Mayor's Worry at Bungle
IN the event of war the civil population of Sydney would fall helpless before the death rained from the skies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home News National Council
The first meeting of the new National Council, formed at Canberra on Friday to coordinate Commonwealth and State defence activities, was held on Saturday in the Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Denies Council Fooled Spooner
The Mayor of Manly (Alderman Hanson-Norman) yesterday denied a published report that the council had played an April 1 trick on the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forget Parlt. Form War Council CANBERRA
A SHARP reaction has occurred against the Lyons Government since the Premiers' Conference agreed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shy Mayor Meets the Pretty Girl: Beauty Contest Winner He Wouldn't Let Her Kiss Him
"I am afraid the Mayor is a very shy man," said 20-year-old Joyce Freeman, of Bellevue Hill, yesterday. She tried unsuccessfully to kiss the Mayor of North Sydney (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Benefit to All Australia' New Council Upheld By Forgan Smith
"I think that the State Premiers will see to it that the newly-formed National Council becomes a real executive body, capable of doing…
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