Council As Slum Landlord
"I do not think the City council will ever spend the necessary money to repair residential properties under its control," said Ald. T. J. Shannon…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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Erskineville Housing. Council to Seek £20,000 for Cottages
Erskineville Council last night decided to take steps to raise a loan of £20,000 for the building, of 18 pairs of semi-detached cottages in the south ward of the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ex-mayor Thanked
Thanks and best wishes to Ald. J. S. Fielding, who retired from the Mayoral chair last year, after holding office for five years, were expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Explanation Alderman Resigns From Committee
Alderman Killinger tendered his resignation as a member of the electricity committee at Liverpool Council last night. He gave no explanation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor Defeated Move To Reduce Rate
Parramatta City Council on Monday struck a rate of 4¼d. in the £ on the U.C.V.—the same as last year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Sympathy
Ermington-Rydalmere Council on Monday decided to send a letter of condolence to the family of the late Mrs. Murphy, Pine-street, Rydalmere…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Buys Teeth
Bexley Council agreed last night to help an employee buy a new set of false teeth. While assisting at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hobbled to Council on Crutches
With a poisoned foot, and hobbling on crutches, Ald Tucker Jones attended Holroyd Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Diggers Say Au Revoir to Local Boys Gifts from Mayor's Patriotic Fund 80 ENTERTAINED
Eighty members of the 2nd, A.I.F. were given a rousing send-off by the Parramatta branch of the Returned Soldiers League on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Cut Works Programmes. Loan Council to Decide
At the last meeting of the Loan Council, Prime Minister Menzies made it clear that the financing of the nation's War Budget would involve…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20,000 Loan for Parramatta Council Proposal Drainage Work
Parramatta City Council has managed to raise a loan of £20,000 repayable in thirty equal half-yearly instalments (principal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bevy of Summer Brides WICKHAM—KIMBLE Council Clerks' Romance
The romance between Miss Leslev Kimble, of the Granville Council's clerical staff, and Mr. Alan Wickham, of the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor Council of N.S.W. Authorised Report Free Speech in the Domain. Labor Council Will Fight to Safeguard. Speakers for Communist Platform
THE Clerks' Union forwarded correspondence to the Labor Council last week enclosing a resolution carried by its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western News a Few New Year Jobs ! Girraween to Holroyd Council
Probably deciding that Holroyd Council was feeling fine and ready for anything after the holidays, Girraween and District Ratepayers' and Electors'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shire of Blacktown (Local Government Act, 1919, Section 138.) Estimates of Income and Expenditure for the Year 1940
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a duly constituted meeting of the Council of the abovenamed Shire held on the 21st day of December, 1939, the following ESTIMATES OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE were adopted, viz:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nepean Shire Council Special Meeting
At the special and ordinary meetings of Nepean State Council on December 21 there were present: The President (Or. W. S. Hewitt) and Ors. Skidmore,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mayor Also Town Clerk
Canterbury's former town clerk is now Captain E. Jay, of the Australian Imperial Forces. And the mayor of Canterbury,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Municipal Council Tuesday Nights Meeting
A meeting of Liverpool Council was held on Tuesday evening, January 9. Those present were: The Mayor (Ald. A. J. Childs) and Aldermen F. L. Marcy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Dictation" Mayor and Progress Association
"I don't think this Council should be dictated by anybody. We know what is wanted and we are doing it," said the Mayor (Ald. D. Fitch) at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pups for Lord Mayor's Fund
A woman gave four Russian Borzois pups to the Lord Mayor's Fund yesterday, to be auctioned or raffled. Subscriptions to the fund now total…
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