Council In Dark Over Govt. Plan
The surprising fact was revealed yesterday by the Lord Mayor of Sydney. Ald. S. S. Crick, that no details of the £3,000,000 scheme for new law courts,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
2,819 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 141
Loan of £30,000 Council’s New Works
Hurstville Council received at its last meeting a letter from the Commonwealth Savings Bank relative to the proposed loan of £30.000 and advising that,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Churchill Now "War Lord"; Expected To Intensify Fight Heads Council of Ministers for Fighting Services London
Appointment of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) as head of a committee to direct British war policy is generally expected to mean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aldermen at Church. Civic Service To-morrow
At a civic service to be conducted in St. Andrew's Cathedral to-morrow, at 11 a.m., the Lord Mayor and Town Clerk, wearing their robes, and city and suburban mayors and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Paper and Rag Collections. Lord Mayor's Warning
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Click, last night issued a warning t gainst bogus collectors of waste paper and rags for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Housewives In Council Elections
The Housewives' Association intends to nominate women candidates in every ward of Hurstville…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casey Envies New York Its Mayor New York
The Australian Minister, Mr. Casey, was so impressed by the La Guardia Airport, which was due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Permanent Power for Peace Anglo-french Coalition Progress Report To War Council LONDON
Anglo-French experts will probably report to the next Supreme War Council meeting the progress that has been made in plans for a permanent Anglo-French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor Blames Housing Board for Slums
"The Housing Board is largely to blame for the appalling and sordid conditions under which some people in Australia are expected to rear families."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayor Joins Up
LISMORE, Sunday.--The local Mayor, Ald. W. F. Oakes, is among the 67 latest North Coast recruits to enlist in the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prying Goes On, Says Mayor
Complaint that the Housing Improvement Board was conducting an inquisition into people's private affairs was made to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Men Guests at Mayor's Dance
LONDON, Sunday.--Australian airmen were guests of the Lord Mayor of Plymouth (Lord Astor) at a dance in the Plymouth Guildhall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Mayor's Fund. More Gifts Needed. Increasing Activities Among Troops
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, pointed out last night that when the expenditure and commitments of the executive of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hurstville Council Elections. Women Candidates
Because the Hurstville Council has built a wall around Hurstville Park the women of Hurstville have decided to contest every ward in the municipality at the annual elections…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coalminer's Appeal Allowed. Privy Council Decision. PERTH
The Privy Council has allowed the appeal of G. A. True, a piecework coalminer, against an order of the Full High Court and restored an order of the Full Court of Western…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Visit to Red Cross Hospital. Delegates to Council Meeting
ONE of the most important peace-time activities of the New South Wales division of the Red Cross Society is Bodington Red Cross Sanatorium, at Wentwoith Falls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor's Fund
The Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund now totals £74,983101, of which £54,495168 has been expended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bribery Case Appeal. Three Aldermen. Decision Reserved
Acting Judge Studdert yesterday reserved his decision on an appeal by three aldermen of the Waterloo Municipal Council—George Leslie Cohan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mosquito Plague Baffles Council
The City Council is endeavoring to locate the breeding ground of a mosquito plague at Pyrmont. City Council health officers have climbed over the roofs of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Dead Men's" Votes Council Elections Reform
Allegations, which have been made, of "dead men" votes being cast by hundreds at elections for the Sydney City Council are being met by a…
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