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Council & local affairs, 1942

3,085 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 155

Nationalisation of Industry Labour Council's Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 7

The demand of the Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, that industries should be nationalised was fully supported at a…

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New Council in Deadlock Industrial Relations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

Employers' and employees' representatives on the Industrial Relations Council, which was established last month to advise…

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No Increase Expected in Sydney Council Rate

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

THE City Council meeting next Tuesday will fix the rate for 1942. It is understood this rate will be the same as last year, 427-32 pence in…

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No Increase Expected in Sydney Council Rate

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

THE City Council meeting next Tuesday will fix the rate for 1942. It is understood this rate will be the same as last year, 427-32 pence in…

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No Increase Expected in Sydney Council Rate

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

THE City Council meeting next Tuesday will fix the rate for 1942. It is understood this rate will be the same as last year, 427-32 pence in…

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This Garden is the Most Profitable Investment the Municipality Has Ever Made; It Has Made the Town

The Land · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

WHAT a famous woman poor Mrs. Brown has become, and how graciously people write about her and her per[?]ties! I do hope that she…

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Kogarah Municipal Band

The St George Call · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

To loyal supporters of the Kogarah Municipal Band, who In past years by Weekly contributions have been the means helping to keep this fine brass band…

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Shire Batsman's Rapid Cricket Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 8

Eric Cook, 18-year-old batsman who will play first-grade cricket for Marrickville against the leaders, St. George, has had a, meteoric rise. Four weeks ago he was playing…

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Industrial Council Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 5

The Industrial Relations Council, established to iron out industrial troubles in war industries, has ceased to function…

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Council Plans Family Census

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 5

Newtown Council last night decided to take an emergency census of every household in the municipality…

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Housewives Form "War Council"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 9

At a meeting yesterday morning the Housewives' Association formed a war council and passed a resolution that all the association's efforts should…

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New Council Fails Chairman's Vote Contested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 15

The Industrial Relations Council, formed this month to advise the Federal Government on the conversion of the nation to…

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Curtin's Hint On Council Hitch PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 5

After hearing both sides, the Prime Minister. Mr. Curtin, will not spare the employers' representatives if he finds them at…

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Curtin Demands Delegate with Allied War Council Pacific Group For Strategy PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 2

Disregarding all diplomatic tradition, the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to-day bluntly demanded Australian representation on an Imperial War…

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Mr. Curtin's Blunt Demand On Britain an Imperial Cabinet! Pacific Council To Control Far East

Truth · Sunday 25 January 1942 · page 20

PERTH, Saturday.—Impelled by the deadly threat to this country revealed in latest despatches, the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, today came into the open with a…

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Council's Collapse Accepted

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 3

"So far as I am concerned, the Industrial Relations Council has collapsed, and I am…

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Emergency Meeting of War Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An emergency meeting of the Australian War Council has been called for to-morrow. The…

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Deadlock in Council Mr. Ward Blames Employers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 7

After the Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, had received a message from Sir William Webb yesterday, on the subject of the…

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Australia Asks for Empire Cabinet Pacific Council Also Representations to Britain and U.s.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 5

When the House of Commons meets on Tuesday, many members are expected to give strong support to the claim? of Australia for a greater say in the conduct of the war…

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Evacuation Plan Govt. Waiting On Country Municipalities

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 6

State Cabinet tomorrow will consider the problem of evacuating city children to country areas in the event of the…

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