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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

2,521 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 127

Theatrical Union's Stand on Rally Annoys Alderman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

"If this is co-operation then God help our chances of filling the loan," said the chairman of the Parramatta Victory Loan Committee (Alderman Soames) today, commenting on the refusal of the Australian Theatrical…

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Theatrical Union's Stand on Rally Annoys Alderman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

"If this is co-operation then God help our chances of filling the loan," said the chairman of the Parramatta Victory Loan Committee (Alderman Soames) today, commenting on the refusal of the Australian Theatrical…

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Council's Request

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 8

Mr. C. A. Morgan, Labor member for Reid, will be asked by Bankstown Council to withdraw statements concerning council which he made in…

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Alderman's View of Town Clerk's Job Leaving Certificate Standard Sufficient

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 1

"In my opinion a young man who has passed the leaving certificate examination could hold a town clerk's job"…

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Control of Man-power "Unsympathetic," Says Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 5

"When unsympathetic direction of Man-power becomes control for control's sake, and, at the same time, creates a…

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Ex-alderman to Get Closing Order Resumption Suggested "Demolition After War"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 1

A peculiar position would have arisen had Granville Council last week carried a motion submitted by Alderman…

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Allied Works Council

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 12

Strategic highways and access roads in Australia covering a total distance of 4621 miles were built, re-constructed or maintained by…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude, adopted by Willoughby by Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude adopted, by Willoughby Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude adopted by Willoughby Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude adopted by Willoughby Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude adopted by Willoughby Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Council Ban On Trees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

THE attitude adopted by Willoughby Council in destroying an avenue of trees because they might be used as hiding places by undesirables at…

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Tom Cheetham Dead Former Auburn Mayor Many Years in Public Life

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 2

Ex-Alderman Tom Cheetham, eight times Mayor of Auburn, and a former member of the Water Board, died at his home in Sutherland St…

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Granville News War Loan Campaign Mayor on Platform at Opening Rally

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

The mayor of Granville (Alderman Adams) appeared on the offical platform at the opeing of the N.S.W. Campaign for the First Victory Loan,…

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41 Applicants for Shire Clerk's Job 17 Returned Soldiers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 1

Fory-one have applied for the shire clerk's job at Blacktown. Seventeen are returned soldiers. The other 24, of course, are not…

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Challenge by Council M.P's Allegations "Baseless"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 9

Bankstown Council last night repeated its invitation to Mr. Morgan, M.P. (Lab., Reid) to attend a meeting of the council…

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Law Reform Bill Dispute Council Insists On Amendments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 6

The Legislative Council considered in committee last nignt a message from the Assembly that certain amendments to the…

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London County Council White City Housing Estate, Hammersmith

Construction · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

This scheme, incompleted, covers 52 acres. It will comprise 41 blocks of 5-storied flats for 11,000 people. Work started in 1936 and was suspended in 1939. In Australia flats such as these have been regarded as a "horror" in the past, presumably because private enterprise has constructed them.. When the Government embarks upon its Housing and Building scheme, to make up the five-year leeway, when not a house or a flat was built during the…

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"National Necessity" Library Facilities Talk to Granville Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

"If Granville is prepared to put up, roughly, £1000 a year, the Government is prepared to do the same. That's a lot of…

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