Council Protests on Slave Camps
Blacktown Shire Council last night strongly protested against the action of the Stevens-Spooner Government in sending the unemployed in the shire to…
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Council & local affairs, 1939
3,672 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 184
Admiralty House Approach. Lady Gowrie's Plan for Beautification. Discussion with Mayor
Lady Gowrie, the wife of the GovernorGeneral, yesterday discussed with the Mayor of North Sydney, Alderman Stanton, and the council's engineers, her suggestion for the…
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In his report at the last meeting of Hurstville Council, the inspector (Mr. Doig) said during routine inspections of buildings he found that a fibro cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victory For Railway Department Builds During Council's Recess
A seventh concrete entrance to the Town Hall railway station has been built without the usual protest from the City Council. This was because the work was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opposed to Election. Policy of C.P. N.S.W. Council's View. Chairman's Statement
The chairman of the central council of the United Country Party of New South Wales, Mr. J. P. Abbott, yesterday issued a statement in which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →I.S.L.T.A., Wanganui Section Match and Grading Committee and Monthly Council Meting
Members of the match and grading commute are requested to attend a special meeting to be held in the Railway Institute, Hurstville on Tuesday, 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →F.S.A. Branch News & Notes General Secretarys Letter Support for Federal Party at U.C.P. Council Meeting
IN view of the political crisis at Canberra the meeting of the Central Council of the N.S.W. Country Party held in Sydney on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Denounce Camps Aldermen Back Unemployed
SPOONER'S slave - camps and the deplorable conditions of relief workers generally were castigated by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greyhound Control. Alderman Quotes Bible
During a discussion by the Rockdale Municipal Council on the control of greyhounds. Alderman G. J. McGuire produced a copy of the Bible and read the following extract from…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mayor of Rockdale Resigns
The Mayor of Rockdale, Alderman F. W. Beehag, in announcing to the council his decision to resign the mayoralty, which he has hold for four and a half years, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →County Council Wages
The increase in the basic wage in the award governing the employees of the Sydney County Council will involve the council in an addition to its wage bill of approximately £7,612 a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Guard Against Sabotage
A voluntary force will be formed within the County Council to protect essential plant from sabotage in the event of war. This was decided at a secret meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Small Fry" Charge Angers Lord Mayor Tourist Unimpressed with Sydney City Fathers
Objection to the description to himself and the City Council as "very small fry" has been taken by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Nock). He is preparing a sharp reply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND C.P. Council Meets. Plan for Composite Government. BRISBANE
Two important points emerged at to-day's meeting of the central conncil of the Queensland Country Party, attended by Sir Earle Page…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Late Alderman H. A. J.: Abbott. Memorial Service
A service in memory of Alderman H. A. J. Abbott, Mayor of Vaucluse, who died recently in New Zealand, was held yesterday morning in St. Andrew's Scots Church Rose Bay. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Memory of Former Mayor
Parliamentary and municipal representatives attended the special memorial service to Mr. H. A. J. Abbott, late Mayor of Vaucluse, at St. Andrew's Scots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Council Election. Byron Bay
The Byron Bay Improvement Association has decided to nominate Mr. D. C. Craig to contest the vacancy on Byron Sh[?] Council caused by the resignation of Councillor C. P…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Wowser" Causes A Stir Among Aldermen
Unblushingly, Alderman Cochrane, the "baby" of Marrickville Council, last night confessed that he had referred to nine fellow-aldermen as wowsers at a recent meeting. But, when several aldermen demanded to know…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →County Council's Increased Wages
Sydney County Council to-day received notice that the Federal basic wage increase of 1s a week for males and 6d for females would become…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Penalised. Ungarie
At a meeting of the Lachlan Shire Council, it was announced that the Treasury had refused to waive the penalty of £5/14/7 imposed on the council for its failure to remit in time…
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