Jr. Council In League
By 26, votes to 3, the New South Wales Rugby League agreed last night to the constitution of a junior council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
2,819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 141
Woy Council Deadlock Report
Mr. B. C. Hughes, who investigated the affairs of the Woy Woy shire council, handed his 11-page report to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Martin)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Giving Voluntary Service Busy Scenes at Lord Mayor's Fund Depot
SEWING on buttons for soldiers whose tunics are in a state of disrepair, answering innumerable questions of men and women anxious to help in this time of national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Inquiry Wanted Tenders, Salary Charges
Three hundred Banks town ratepayers last night demanded an open inquiry into the administration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bankstown Council Criticised. Meeting Seeks Inquiry
At a protest meeting at the Capitol Theatre, Bankstown, last night, called by the Bankstown Ratepayers' Protection Association and attended by between 200 and 300 people, it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shark Horror Beach "Council Could Prevent Bathing"
ROCKDALE Council had adequate powers to prevent bathing at Nth. Brighton Beach, scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brighton Shark Attacks. Request for Enclosure. Council's Powers
Strong requests for the election of a sharkproof enclosure at North Brighton are likely to be made as a result of the two recent shark tragedies there…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Junior Council. Rugby League Move. Pooling of Finances Suggested
After a protracted discussion which has lasted for several weeks, the New South Wales Rugby League has decided to accept the principle of a junior…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Who's Running Council?" Liverpool Alderman's Complaint
"Who's runnings this council—the aldermen or executive officers?'' exclaimed Aid. Chapman at Liverpool Council last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woy Shire Council To Go
AN administrator will probably be placed in charge of Woy Woy Shire within the next few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Alderman Cabra-Vale By-Election
At the by-election in St. John's ward of Cabra-vale, John Robinson Cooper (246) defeated Stanley George Towsey (119)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Southern News "Behind Mayor" "Contravention of Act"
''Whatever action you took, whether in law it was right or wrong, I think the whole council was behind you.'' Alderman Ling said this to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City Council Policy
The policy of the City Council on this subject will be discussed by the council's finance committee next Wednesday. The council decided some time ago to make…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Council of Churches
The Council of,Churches, at a meeting yesterday, agreed to support the New South Wales Temperance Alliance in a demand that a referendum be taken before any alteration is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lord Mayor's Fund Sub-Branch Formed at Merrylands
Under the chairmanship of the Mayor of Holroyd (AId. Thorburn), a sub-branch of the Lord Mayor's Fund was formed at Merrylands on Monday:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Camp Comforts. Militia and Trainees. Lord Mayor's Fund Decision
The executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund decided yesterday that in future the only comforts for militia and trainees' camps that will be bought out of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Threat to Close Council Meeting
The Bankstown Council had a stormy meeting last night. This arose over-statements alleged to have been made at a meeting of the Bankstown Ratepayers' Protection Association, held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trainees' Pay and C. Council
"There has got to be conscription of wealth. There should be no difference between the sacrifices of our young soldiers and anybody else,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Control Of Council Expected
Appointment of an administrator to take control of the affairs of Woy Woy Shire Council is expected today. The State Cabinet yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Iced Asparagus at County Council
Refreshment changes by the new chairman (Aid Tressidder) pleased County Council members after yesterdays meeting. Alderman Tresidder is a caKe…
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