Aldermen Sent to Jail Declared Guilty Of Bribery Charge
Three aldermen of the Waterloo Council were convicted at the Central Police Court yesterday on…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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Bribe Charge. Three Aldermen Sentenced. Appeal to be Made
Three aldermen of the Waterloo Council—George Leslie Cohan, John William Neilson, and Ernest Navin— were convicted at the Central…
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At Central Summons Court yesterday the Mayor and two aldermen of the Waterloo Municipal Council were each…
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BYRON BAY. Friday,--Miss Coralie Poolman may be a member of Byron shire Council if Byron Bay Younger Set, of which she is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rockdale and Its Trees. Council Resents Criticism
After removing trees along the side of a street in the municipality to make way for full-width construction Rockdale Council received a letter from the Australian Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Electric Power Merger Plan. Council Manager's Report on Possibilities
An amalgamation between the Sydney County Council and the Electric Light and Power Supply Corporation, Ltd., Balmain, would be an undoubted…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Three Waterloo Aldermen Sentenced to Gaol "Political Somersault" for a Consideration 3 Months Each
TURNING a political somersault—for a consideration—three aldermen of the Waterloo Council reached themselves, according to a story told in the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fashion Society Gossip Glamor Treasure Trove for Lord Mayor's War Fund Shop Needed to Sell Goods
"The Time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things, of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, and cabbages and kings." Mr. Asher Joel, acting secretary of the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Lord Mayor's Fund. Total Now £68,482
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, last night expressed appreciation of the contributions being received by the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council's Hotel. Sale Authorised. Lord Mayor's Casting Vote
The City Council, on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, authorised, yesterday, the sale by the council of the Sir Walter Raleigh…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lord Mayor's Fund Grows
The total for the Lord Major's Patriotic and War Fund now stands at £[?]8,856142. Additional amounts received are: Previously acknowledged, £[?],40218;…
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LITHGOW, Monday.--The Mayor of Lithgow, Aid. R. E. Fullagar, said to-night that his council had not yet asked the Government to intervene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unions' Claims on County Council
The Municipal Employees' and Electrical Trades unions have served logs of claims upon the Sydney County Council, providing for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of Central Council, of Red Cross
LADY GOWRIE, president of the Australian Red Gross Society, Lady Wilson, wife of the Governor of Queensland, and Lady Mitchell wife of the Lieutenant-Governor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sabotage in Labor Council Adelaide, Feb. 29
The depths to which some of the more timid Labor leaders will go to try to make militant action ineffective is shown by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Benning Voted Off R. League Countrymen Lose Strong Ally Sequel To State Council Fight
A dramatic development last night in the dispute between the New South Wales Rugby League and Country League was the defeat of Mr. H. F…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cobar Electorate Council
A meeting of delegates from Branches of the Australian Labor Party in the Cobar electoral district was held in Nyngan on February 18…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. -- The failure of the Government to intervene in the coal dispute was deplored tonight at the meeting of Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Diggers Rebuke Council
"We are really surprised that the council should vote unanimously to have the Soldiers' Preference Act amended," Parramatta sub-branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mayor Who Is Big Enough to Climb Down
The Mayor of Cabra-Vale (Alderman Frank Hill) is bigger than many other men in public life. This has no reference to physical proportions. This is an inward bigness, commendable in itself and refreshing because of its comparative rarity…
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