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Council & local affairs, 1940

2,819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 141

Electric Cooking Classes. County Council's Scheme

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

"There is a big demand for these classes, and they are already booked up for the next three months," said the County Clerk of the St. George…

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Penrith Council G.P.S. Regatta Rights

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Penrith Council was held on Monday evening, when the Mayor (Ald. D. Pitch) and Aldermen W. A. Plunkett, E. F. Rule,…

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'Bus Service Wallgrove to Penrith Council's Move

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

PENRITH COUNCIL has decided to ask the Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, to permit motor 'buses to carry soldiers…

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Street Lamp Breakages. Cost Council £239 Last Year

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

"This is only one section of municipal life where we find wanton damage and destruction of public property." said the Mayor of Kogarah,…

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St. George County Council. Showroom Activities Last Year

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 8

In a report on the showroom activities during last year the chief electrical engineer and commercial manager of the St. George County…

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Picnic Cricket Fairfield Council Staff Visits Moss Vale

The Biz · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 3

On Sunday last a team of cricketers from the staff of Fairfield Council visited Moss Vale and met a local team representing the council. Although the…

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Britain's Export Council. London, Feb. 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 10

Sir Clive Baillieu, formerly of Melbourne who has been one of the Australian representatives on the Imperial Economic Committee since 1930; Lord Hyndley, a director of the…

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New Playground in City Council Has Spent £86,685

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

The opening to-day of the new Coronation playground at Prince Alfred Park, made the fifth playground controlled by the City…

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Council Protests Threatened Resignation En Bloc Central Mountains Water Scheme

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

PERTURBED at the delay in solving the problem of the Central Blue Mountains water supply scheme, in which ratepayers…

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Former Head of Cranbrook. Relations With Council Speech to Parents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 11

Speaking yesterday afternoon at a party given in his honour at Elizabeth Bay House, Major-General I. G. Mackay, the former headmaster of…

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Road Toll Grows in Country (Issued by the Read Safety Council of New South Wales)

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 5

It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is less now than…

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Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 3

The Sutherland Shire Building Inspector, Mr. W. L. Cooper, reported at the last council meeting that plans submitted for new buildings since the…

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Sutherland Shire Council

The Observer · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

Residents of Cronulla are warned that an unauthorised person, purporting to represent the Council, is endeavouring to…

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Sutherland Shire Council. Lighting of Fires

The Observer · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

The attention of residents is drawn to By-law No. 161 of the Fire Brigades Act 1909-1927, which makes it compulsory for…

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Local Police Division Understaffed. Kogarah Aldermen Complain

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 1

The local police division is understaffed and we need an additional 12 police to cope with increasing vandal [?] in the district.” Aid. Poulton told…

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Eight Persons in One Room. Report to Shire Council. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 11

The Child Welfare Department, in a letter to the Blaxland Shire Council, stated that a family, including eight children, was living in a wattle and daub dwelling of two rooms near…

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Grazier v. Shire

The Land · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

In the District Court, Orange, in an action by Andrew Neville Kerr, grazier, against the Canobolas Shire Council, the plaintiff was awarded…

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Shire Cricket. BEXLEY v. BALMAIN

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

The above match resulted in u first innings win for Balmain. The latter team won the toss and batting first lost five wickets for 09 and it looked us…

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Education Council. Minister's Review

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 8

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, who returned to Sydney yesterday, after attending the meeting of the Australian Education Council in Hobart, said that decisions…

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No Conscription Says Council

Daily News · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 2

The N.S.W. Labor Council last night decided to inform the Menzies Government that the Australian people would not tolerate the…

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