Fire Fears Letters To Council
Sincere thanks to the council's employees for their assistance in combating bush fires on his property were expressed by Mr. C. L. Banks in a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
2,819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 141
Profiteering Check. County Council Contracts
The Sydney County Council decided yesterday to give preference in all cases to locally manufactured goods, but to lake precautions to prevent profiteering in prices charged for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pacifists Are Warned by N.Z. Mayor Wellington (N.z.)
"If the pacifists want a fight it Wellington, they will have it," declared the Mayor (Councillor Hislop) at a recruiting rally to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tip Trouble One Council To Another
"Papers from your garbage tip are blown about and cause the locality in the vicinity of Pitt-street to look unsightly.''…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fantasy in Olympic Pool. "Pin-pricking" by Council Alleged
An allegation that the organisers of an aquatic fantasy at the Olympic Pool on Saturday night had been "pin-pricked from start to finish," was made by Alderman Bolton, at…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bulli Council Declines To Seek World Peace WOLLONGONG
Bulli Council discussed last night a request for suggestions likely to achieve world peace. The request came in a letter from the Woonona Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yarra Bay Oil Refinery. Debate in Randwick Council. Decision Deferred
Randwick Council last night debated a motion to rescind a previous decision to offer no objection to the establishment of an oil refinery on Crown lands at Yarra Bay, near…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Auburn-lidcombe Barked Their Protest Yelping Dogs Disturb Council Meeting
Angry yelps in Auburn-road caused five interruptions after Auburn Council had decided on Monday to refer to the police a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Menace at Cabramatta Letters Urge Council To Clear Scrub
"If a fire occurs in this or any other area, these homes will be gone, and the council will be morally responsible for the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Making Up Pay of Trainees. Council Defers Decision. Question of Cost
Decision on a proposal that the Sydney County Council should make up the difference between the military pay and the civilian pay of employees…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →May Shark-proof Beaches Safety Move by Rockdale Council Mair's Promise
ROCKDALE Council is to consider providing additional shark-proof enclosures at Botany Bay, the Premier, Mr. Mair, said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£250 Claimed for Suggestion Adopted 24 Years Ago. County Council Refuses to Pay
The Sydney County Council yesterday declined a request by Mr. G. H. Olding that he should be awarded £250,for a suggestion made in 1916 that the electricity department…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Labor Council Of N.S.W. Authorised Report Annual Elections. Results of Ballots
THE ballots for the contested A.C.U. positions in the annual election of officers resulted in Messrs. E. Bradshaw and T…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Council Leads to Rumors of Allied Move May Strike in Balkans As Turks Engage Russians! London, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service
YESTERDAY'S two meetings of the Supreme War Council, in Paris, have given rise to keen speculation as to whether an Allied offensive has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man-power Problem for Allies. Critics Urge Reconsideration. Demands of Naval and Air Warfare. Meeting of Supreme War Council. From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, February 6
The problem of how best to employ the man-power of the Allies is being discussed with increasing keenness in Government circles in London. The question is being asked whether the problem of using…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →B.M. Shire Council
The Blue Mountains Shire Councillors agreed, on Tuesday, 30th ult., to ask the builder of a "barrack" like structure at Springwood to improve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Cricket on Bexley Oval. Council's Permission. One Alderman Dissents
The Bexley Council has decided to grant permission for the holding on Sundays of cricket matches on Bexley Oval. During the debate on the proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Use of Council. Trucks. Allegations at Meeting. "Took Aldermen to Cricket."
Allegations that the council's electricity trading department's motor trucks had been used to drive some aldermen to cricket matches when the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lugarno Bridge Deputation Hurstville Aldermen's Absence
"This council is entitled to an apology from the organisers of the deputation, in not being informed of the matter," said the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman's Statement Refuted (To the Editor.)
Sir.—It has been brought to my notice that the Mayor of Fairfield. Ald. Burleigh, stated at Fairfield Council meeting on Tuesday night that the…
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