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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

2,226 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 112

National Council Of Jewish Women

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

Sunday, April 15th, 6.30 p.m.— High Tea and Card party, YMHA Rooms, 100 Clarence St. Hostesses Mrs. H. Vidor, Mrs. B. Caplan and…

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Labor Council Backs Wharf Labor Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 5

The Labor Council last night supported a protest by the Waterside Workers' Federation against the employment of reserve labor on the…

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3rd Victory War Loan Sutherland Shire Quota £100,000 1,200 Subscribers

The Observer · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Do you know that Victory War Bonds are the best investment [?] can make—5 year Bonds 2½% interest and 16 years Bonds 3½% interest…

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Council News From President’s Room Prisoner of War

The Observer · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Council decided to forward a congratulatory and welcome home letter to Pte R. E. Bowmaker, who after being a prisoner of war for three years has…

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Vegetables (City Municipal Markets.)

The Land · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 20

The State Marketing Bureau reports:- Approximately 3,600 bags of peas arrived on Thursday. April 5, to augment a carryover of 1,300 bags. The quantity on offer…

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Council's Useful Surplus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 7

A surplus of revenue over expenditure, totalling £ 12,283, in the North Sydney Council's finances for 1944, is disclosed in the auditor's report…

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Rival Labour Candidates City Council Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 6

Rival Labour candidates will contest the Phillip Ward byelection in the City Council made necessary by the death of…

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Coogee Bowls Scheme Move By Randwick Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 12

Randwick Council will discuss on Tuesday night the proposal to erect bowling greens on part of an area at Coogee at present…

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Resigned From Joint State Council Of V.A.D.s

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 11

Miss Coralie Poolman and Miss Dorothy Wilby have resigned from their positions as joint assistant-controllers of V.A.D.s in…

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Few voters go to municipal polls

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1945 · page 2

Only 2040 of a total of 30,800 electors on the rolls bothered to vote in by-elections in the municipalities of Ryde and Burwood…

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Aldermen's "True Civic Outlook"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 5

Sydney, under Citzens' Reform aldermen, had an administration notable for its economy, efficiency, and true civic outlook, said the president…

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Lord Mayor Aims At New Airport

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 5

Lord Mayor (Aid. Neville Harding) believes one of Sydney's most urgent postwar…

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Handicappers Differ Over Ceylon Lord Mayor's Cup Weight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 6

Weights for the Lord Mayor's Cup at Canterbury Park show that the Sydney Turf Club's handicapper, Mr. H. Frank, differs from the Rosehill handicapper, Mr…

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Communist Leads Ceylon Council

Tribune · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 2

COLOMBO.—Mr. D. C. Liyanage, Central Committee member of the Ceylon Communist Party and editor of its Sinhalese weekly newspaper,…

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Police Defer Talk On Labor Council Link

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 13

The annual conference of the N.S.W. Police Association today decided to defer for 12 months discussion of a proposal that…

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Craigie Ready for Lord Mayor's Cup Bright Five (1.3¾) With War Effort At Vic. Park

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 20

CRAIGIE'S five furlongs dash at Victoria Park this morning proved that the Sydney Cup winner is in first class shape for next Saturday's Lord Mayor's Cup at Canterbury…

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New TU International Takes Shape In Paris IN an exclusive cable from Paris, the Secretary of the All-Union Council of Soviet Trade Unions, Mr. M. P. Tarasov, who is Soviet Trade Union representative on the World Trade Union Conference Administrative Committee, describes important steps taken to form the new Labor International at a Congress in Paris

Tribune · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 2

PARIS.—Bodies selected by the World TUC in London to prepare for the World TUC in Paris are moving to France…

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Deputation to Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 9

A deputation will interview the Mayor of Randwick to-night to fully state the views of tennis bodies on the move…

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Bombshell in City Council

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

A bombshell was dropped when nominations closed today for the City Council by-election…

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Granville State Electoral Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above council was held recently and the officers elected for the ensuing year were President; Mr. W. H. Williams…

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