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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

3,033 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 152

Reply to Criticism Lord Mayor's Comforts Fund. (To the Editor.)

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

Sir.—In view of the criticism, mostly destructive, of the Lord Mayor's Comforts Fund, which I constantly hear in my round of patriotic work. I feel urged…

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Question Time at Fairfield Council

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

The recent rainfall no doubt-was responsible for most of the questions raised at Fairfield Council on Wednesday night, the 15th…

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Want the Law Amended Noxious Weeds Worry Burrangong Shire

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

CRITICAL of existing legislation and dissatisfied with the question of noxious weed control within its own area, Burrongong shire council (Young) has…

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Cabra-Vale Council Monday Night's Meeting

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

Ald. F. Hill (Mayor), with Aldermen J. G. McBurney, E. C. Lunn, Reardon, Harris, Adams and Ling, attended Monday night's meeting of Cobra-Vale…

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Holroyd Rate, 7d Discussion in Council

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

On Tuesday night, Ald. Jones moved that the motion at the previous meeting adopting a combined rate of 7d in the £ for 1941 be rescinded, and a rate of 6½d…

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Fairfield Council Road and Street Repairs

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

Among other interesting items, the following were dea[?]t with at the ordinary meeting of Fairfield Council on Wednesday, 15th instant:—…

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St. George County Council. Proposed Electricity Commission

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

"We can say good bye to our St. 'George County Council if the Government sets up the proposed electricity commission," said Alderman Gilford…

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County Council Preferred Governments Electricity Coordination Scheme

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

The suggestion that the co-ordination by the Government of such undertakings as electricity departments of local governing bodies would mean a…

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Outdoor Advts. Council Lifts Ban Protest From Firms

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

RESPONDING to protests by outdsor advertising firms, St. Marys Council decided on Tuesday evening to forego its previous…

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Making Up Soldiers' Pay Discussion at Liverpool Council

Liverpool News · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

At Liverpool Council meeting on Tuesday evening a letter was received from Mrs. W. A. Sewell, Liverpool, requesting an explanation of the decision to pay…

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Bureau Advisory Council Quarterly Meeting Has Big Programme

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

MEMBERS of the advisory council, N.S.W. Agricultural Bureau, began their quarterly meeting in Sydney yesterday and there was a lengthy Agenda…

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Shire President Has New Spray Claims 200 Sheep Can be Dipped in Hour

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

BLAXLAND shire president (Mr. J. L. W. Barton) has installed a modern sheep spraying plant on his Wallerawang property and he claims that 200 sheep…

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St Marys Council Road From Mamre to the Creek

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of St. Marys Council on Tuesday evening the Mayor (Ald. L. A. Muscio) and Aldermen S. C. Young, J. Adams, H. P. Christie,…

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Road to Quarries St. Marys Industry Council and Companies

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

THE question of spending a few thousand pounds on a road serving the quarries out on the old Lencre Estate, Municipality of St…

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National Council of Jewish Women—sydney Section Jewish Education

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

Mrs. M. Snyder, Chairman of the Jewish Education Section, is beginning a drive for funds for Jewish Education of this city and with Mrs. J. Solomon is…

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Pedestrians who are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Pedestrians who were killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167, and of these nearly four-fifths were either over the age…

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Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

A donation of £1010- was made by Sutherland Shire Council at this week's meeting to the Greek War Relief Fund, for the opening of a…

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ROCKDALE'S 70th ANNIVERSARY. Municipal History is Made

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 8

No triumphant fanfare of trumpets, nor the gay festivities of a civic carnival, marked the seventieth anniversary of venerable Rockdale…

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Municipal By-election

Liverpool News · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

The by-election in connection with Liverpool Municipal Council, which was held on Saturday last, was taken very quietly by the ratepayers. The poll was…

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Sutherland Shire Council

The Observer · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

At the Council Meeting on Monday, several important matters were discussed. Council decided to negotiate for the purchase of the land (locally…

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