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Council & local affairs, 1941

3,033 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 152

Lord Mayor's Fund

The Land · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 12

"J.P.D.": (1) What is the administrative cost of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund? (2) Would a branch of the Lord Mayor's…

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Sutherland Shire Miniature Rifle Club

The Observer · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

There was an excellent attendance at the quarterly general meeting of the Club which was held at the Range on the 9th February…

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Briton Shot in Shanghai. Chairman of Municipal Council. LONDON, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 10

The chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Mr. Keswick, an Englishman, was shot, but not seriously injured, at a special meeting of the…

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Single Electricity Body Opposed. Council's Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 11

The Electricity Supply Joint Committee, representing the municipalities of Ashfield, Balmain, Leichhardt, Newtown, and Petersham, yesterday decided to oppose any…

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Leura Property Owners. Anger Against Council. Heavy Rates But No Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 11

Many ratepayers in Leura are incensed at assessments they have recently received, under which a water and sewerage rate of 10¾d in the pound…

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Shipping Hold-up a Big Problem More Cold Storage Needed; Question For Agric. Council

The Land · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 5

THE shipping position, provision of adequate cold storage facilities in Australia, administration of the wheat stabilisation scheme, allocation of £l,000,000 for drought relief to wheatgrowers, and the maintenance of quality of export produce,…

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Rationing of Petrol. Talks with War Council. More Savings Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 13

The Advisory War Council will be consulted before the Federal Cabinet decides on the extent to which it will revise the petrol rationing scheme to…

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Eastern Group Council Chairman. Bombay, Jan. 24. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 13

Sir Archibald Carter, who has been Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty since 1036, and a former Under-Secretary of State for India, is reported to have been appointed…

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Changes at Vichy. National Council Formed. LONDON, Jan. 24. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 14

Marshal Petain, Chief of the French State, has created a new National Council comprising nearly 200 members. The Council will be provisional until a…

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Delhi Council Reply To Mussolini

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 2

THE Eastern Group Supply Council, with headquarters at Delhi, India, to which Australia has just appointed…

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Lord Mayor's Fund. Middle East Needs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, last night appealed to all workers for the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War. Fund, to make renewed and…

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Municipal By-election at Waverley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 9

Two candidates have been nominated to fill the vacancy for Waverley Ward in the Waverley Council, caused by the resignation of Alderman H. J. Byrnes…

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Aiding Wheat Growers. Task for Council. Meeting To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, said yesterday that the Agricultural Council, which would meet in Canberra to-day, would consider…

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Eastern Supply Council's Chairman. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 8

Sir Archibald Carter, lately Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, has been appointed British Government representative on the Eastern Group Supply Council at Delhi…

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Lively Times Among the Aldermen Peeps Into Lidcombe's Past Mayor Thrown to the Floor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 3

"The City of the Dead Alive" was how, nearly fifty years ago, a newspaper stigmatised Rookwood—now Lidcombe. But a book of press-clippings in the possession of the town clerk (Mr. S. C. Wayland) gives the lie to that…

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Mayor Thrown to Floor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 3

Fisticuffs provided a dramatic climax to a public meeting in the council chambers on May 16, 1894, to protest against the action of Aldermen Groves,…

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Mayor's Plan Permanent Honor-Roll

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 2

A permanent honor-roll in the vestibule of Auburn Town Hall may replace the present temporary roll in Auburn Memorial Park…

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Baulkham Hills Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

The president (Cr. A. Whitling) occupied the Chair at the fortnightly meeting of Baulkham Hills council last week. All the councillors were present…

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Contest for Council Seat

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

Two candidates will go to the poll for C Riding seat on Baulkham Hills Shire Council on February 8…

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Lynch Is Council Aspirant

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

Making his second attempt to gain a seat in Baulkham Hills Shire Council is Mr. J. J. Lynch, of Windsor-road, Baulkham Hills…

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