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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

2,226 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 112

Agric. Bureau Forms First Regional Council at Armidale

The Land · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 6

TO give farmers direct personal contact with the Agricultural Bureau, the first of a series of regional councils has been formed at Armidale covering the whole of the New England area. Object of these regional councils…

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Vegetables City Municipal Markete

The Land · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 19

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Supplies of beans from local sources declined appreciably, but consignments from the North Coast and Queensland increased…

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United Council

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 16

UNITED Council of Ex-servicemen's Associations was founded in NSW in 1941, and is affiliated with a similar body in…

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Merger Of Municipalities To Be Investigated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 1

The State Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the union of municipal and shire areas in the County of Cumberland to make them stronger local government units…

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Three Stories Of Sydney's housing plight Ryde Council Stays Its Hand on Makeshifts

The Sun · Sunday 10 June 1945 · page 5

(1) In view of the desperate housing shortage, Ryde Council has refrained from taking action in two cases at Gladesville…

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Day To Day In Sydney Lord Mayor at "Open House"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 5

FIVE hundred Servicemen and women were taking pa[?] in community singing in the main hall of the Y.W.C.A., Liverpool Street, last…

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Balmain Men on National Council

Tribune · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 7

TWO Balmain Ironworkers officials were last week elected to the National Council of the union by the National Conference…

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Housing 'Neglect' By City Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 11

"Appalling city housing conditions" [?]ad not received five hours' consideration by Sydney City Council in the [?]t four years, Alderman O'Dea,…

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Municipal Mergers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

Sir.—It was reported in Saturday's "Herald" that the State Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the union of shire and…

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Alleges Victimisation Alderman On Resignations

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

"As a Labor alderman—and I say that deliberately—I deplore the loss of these Union delegates. It savors of victimisation"…

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Aldermen Heeded Pleas by Near-homeless

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

Holroyd Council last week defeated a motion, to order a mother and her five small children to vacate within one month shop premises at Merrylands in which they had been living since September last year…

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Housing Selection Committee No Seats for Aldermen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 5

The N.S.W. Housing Commission has informed Holroyd Council that it is not proposed to allot to councillors seats on the selection…

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Donations to Shire Patriotic Fund

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 5

Donations received by Blacktown Shire Patriotic Fund in the last month were as follow: Eastern Creek sub-committee, £10;…

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Council Defers Resumption Plan

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 2

CITY Planning and Improvements Committee today deferred decision on the proposed £400,000 Surry Hills resumption scheme pending an…

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Granville News Macarthur Park Council's Application To Minister

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

Granville Council last week decided to apply to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) for power to close in Macarthur Park,…

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Parramatta Has Street Stalls Problem "Being Erected Anywhere at Will" Council Defers Proposal to Ban

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

Increase in the number of unauthorised street fruit and vegetable stalls at Parramatta was becoming a big problem, was…

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EDITORAL (The opinions expressed in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Master Builders’ Association, unless otherwise stated.) Council and Quay

Construction · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 1

The City Council has, in the words of one of its aldermen, put the Circular Quay railway scheme “back into the melting pot.” At a joint meeting of the works and planning committees it was…

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Castlereagh Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 2

Castlereagh Council met on 6th inst, when the Mayor (Aid. C. Carter) and Aldermen W. H. Howell, R. W. Parker, A. J. Stephenson, R. E. Nutt, H. C…

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Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

The Mayor (Aid, F. J. H. Allen) and Aldermen F. Miller, O. W. Fletcher, R. Fragar, H. McAuley, A. Tornaros, E. Galvin, S. Jenkins, and A. H. Hand…

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Cabra-Vale Council

The Biz · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

The following matters were dealt with at last meeting of Cabra-Vale council, in addition to others referred to separately: The Municipal and Shire Council…

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