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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

2,521 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 127

County Council's Surplus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1944 · page 8

Subject to the Government Auditor's examination of accounts, the County Council's suiplus for 1943 will be £210,806…

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A Day of Remembrance of the Aboriginals (Supplied by the National Missionary Council.)

The Methodist · Saturday 22 January 1944 · page 5

Sunday, 30th January, is to be observed throughout Australia as Aboriginal Sunday by request of the National Missionary Council through the missionary societies…

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Mayor's Reply to Bexley 'Diggers'

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

CHARGES by Bexley residents, published in the Daily Telegraph today, that they had personally undertaken street repairs because they…

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Mayor's Reply to Bexley 'Diggers'

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

CHARGES by Bexley residents, published in the Daily Telegraph today, that they had personally undertaken street repairs because they…

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Mayor's Reply to Bexley 'Diggers'

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

CHARGES by Bexley residents, published in the Daily Telegraph today, that they had personally undertaken street repairs because they…

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T.B. From Cows, Says Mayor

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--Accusing the Queensland Government of having failed to supply Brisbane with pure milk, the Lord…

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County Council Ballot

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 2

THE retiring Chairman (Councillor S. E. Parry, M.L.C.) was reelected Chairman of the Sydney County Council today. The…

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County Council Ballot

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 11

THE retiring Chairman (Councillor S. E. Parry, M.L.C.) was reelected Chairman of the Sydney County Council today. The…

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Parry Again Council Chairman

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 5

Councillor S. E. Parry, MLC, the retiring chairman, who is also Mayor of Canterbury, was re-elected chairman of Sydney…

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Baulkham Hills Shire Has Woman To Impound Stock

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 4

"A little squib of a woman, just over 5 feet high," as she described herself today, Mrs. Marie Johnson, of Kellyville, is the first woman to become an impounding officer in N.S.W. She has been appointed by Baulkham Hills Shire Council…

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Baulkham Hills Shire Has Woman To Impound Stock

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 4

"A little squib of a woman, just over 5 feet high," as she described herself today, Mrs. Marie Johnson, of Kellyville, is the first woman to become an impounding officer in N.S.W. She has been appointed by Baulkham Hills Shire Council…

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Aldermen Criticised

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 4

Frank Baldwin Amherst Street. Guildford, in a letter to Holroyd Council, stated that council's efforts in looking after the Guildford portion of the…

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Lord Mayor's Fund

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

Canteen orders are again bring prepared, to be forwarded to the local boys. The committee of the Fund makes very short work of it. Funds are till…

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County Council Chairman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 11

Councillor S. E. Parry, M.L.C., was re-elected chairman of the Sydney County Council at the annual meeting yesterday and Councillor Arthur…

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Holroyd Council General Report

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

Alderman G. Maunder (Mayor). W. Campbell, F. T. Jones. E. G. Styles. S. Smith W. Chamberlan. E. Phelps. J. McLeenan. J. Eason W. H. Matthews and…

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Diggers Disapprove of Council's Reply

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 3

Baulkham Hills Council's reply to the Castle Hill District sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., that it reserved the right to conduct its…

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Post-war Works "Council Disillusioned"

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 3

Holroyd Council recently wrote to the Department of Local Government and Housing asking if money would be made available, by way of grants or loans to…

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Shorts Too Short Annoy Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 8

Nobody will be admitted in future to playing areas controlled by Petersham Council unless suitably clad "in a manner that will not offend against…

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County Council to Protest Darkened Streets Before Dawn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 12

The Sydney County Council agreed yesterday that a protest should be made to the Federal Controller of Electricity, Mr…

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Not Out for Profit Council's Charge for Immunisation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 1

Parramatta Council will commence another diphtheria immunisation campaign on March 6…

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