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Council & local affairs, 1940

2,819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 141

Olympic Council

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 21

The New South Wales Olympic Council meeting tomorrow night will vote on the Australian Olympic Federation request for the suspension of…

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£3764 to Council in Parking Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 2

Sydney City Council received £3764 last year from motor car parking fees. Rents for fruit, fish, and flower stands returned £3305…

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New Ambulances. Mayor's Gift Towards Cost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 7

The Acting-Minister for Health, Mr. Primrose, officially presented two new ambulances to the Canterbury-Bankstown District Ambulance Service at Anzac Square, Campsie, on…

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Proposed Jewish Settlement. Council of Women's Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 4

T[?] [?] Women [?] [?] [?] W[?] [?] A[?] the [?]…

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Propaganda Against Immunisation. Mascot Council Condemned by Dr. Morris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 13

Propaganda against the immunisation of children from diphtheria was condemned by the Director-General of Public Health, Dr. Morris, yesterday…

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Mayor Defends Council Diphtheria Leaflets Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 2

The Mascot Council had distributed anti-immunisation leaflets to give citizens both sides of the question…

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Sale of Council Land. "Dummying" Mentioned. Alderman Fined. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 13

An allegation that the successful tenderers for the purchase of land from Fairfield Municipal Council were "dummying" for an alderman was mentioned…

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Mascot Council. Immunisation Policy Defended. Statement by Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 12

"Members of the Mascot Council believe that it should be open to parents to decide whether they will have their children immunised against…

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Alderman Fined After Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 6

Tomas Fishpool, estate agent, Fairfield, an alderman of the Fairfield Council, was convicted of having violated a local…

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Overcrowded Flats Alleged. Refugees in Woollahra. Alderman's Denial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 12

Woollahra Council last night received letters from two ratepayers who stated that there was some anxicty about the building of flats which were being overcrowded by [?]ugees and other…

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Olympic Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 15

The N.S.W. Olympic Council last night decided to support the suggestion that no conferences of the Australian Olympic Federation should be held during the war: that no a[?]lation fees should be…

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Editorial A Council Facing Both Ways

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 1

The Mascot Council is a public authority and a part of the governmental system of this State. But it seems to lack a proper sense of these responsibilities. Concurrently with the distribution which it has to make of…

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Labor Council Pledge Against War on Soviet Warns Menzies That Workers Will Resist Sydney, Mar. 8

Tribune · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 3

A strong resolution in support of the Soviet Union, with a warning that Australia would resist to the utmost any attempt by the Menzies government to take part in an anti-Soviet war, was carried by the New South Wales Trades and Labor Council…

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Bribery Charge. Three Aldermen Sentenced

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 8

At the Central Summons Court, Sydney, last Friday, three aldermen of the Waterloo Municipal Council—George Leslie Cohan, John William…

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Alderman Fined Fairfield Land Deal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 1

For having violated a Local Government ordinance by being present at a council meeting while a tender in which his daughter had a…

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Shire of Numurkah, Victoria

Construction · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 24

NEW TOWN HALL AND SHIRE OFFICES. Architects: A. C. Leith & Bartlett. Builder: L. L. Bode…

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Bogus Collectors and Lord Mayor's Fund

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 2

Writing to Dundas Council, the Lord Mayor's Pariotic and War Fund asked for publicity, warning the public against bogus collectors of…

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New Buildings Baulkham Hills Shire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 7

F. Smith, fibro cement cottage, Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills: J. W. Bowdith, brick cottage, North Rocks Road, North Rocks: S…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 8

Baulkham Hills Council met last week, Councillor A. Whirling presiding. Mrs. E. M. McCaughey asked whether she could lease portion of the…

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Council's Tribute to Archbishop Kelly

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 3

Parramatta City Council on Monday decided to convey the following resolution to His Grace, The Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D.:—…

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