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Council & local affairs, 1946

3,280 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 164

Nepean Shire Council Fined £20 Engineer To Get £400 Compensation Sacking After War Service

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

NEPEAN SHIRE COUNCIL was fined £20 in the Special Federal Court today on a charge of dismissing its engineer without reasonable cause and…

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Nepean Shire Council Fined £20 Engineer To Get £400 Compensation Sacking After War Service

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

NEPEAN SHIRE COUNCIL was fined £20 in the Special Federal Court today on a charge of dismissing its engineer without reasonable cause and…

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Nepean Shire Council Fined £20 Engineer To Get £400 Compensation Sacking After War Service

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 4

NEPEAN SHIRE COUNCIL was fined £20 in the Special Federal Court today on a charge of dismissing its engineer without reasonable cause and…

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Shire Fined £20 Dismissal Of Engineer Order to Pay £400

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 9

NEPEAN SHIRE COUNCIL was fined £20 in Hie Special Federal Court today on a charge of dismissing its engineer without…

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Council To Pay £500 For Sacking Ex-Soldier

The Sun · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 1

For having dismissed a returned soldier without reasonable cause Nepean Shire Council today was ordered in the Special Federal Court to pay £5048-. The returned soldier, Joseph Henry McGowen, 56, former shire engineer, was awarded £400 compensation and the Council was fined £20 with £638- costs and £21 witnesses'…

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Shire Fined; Dismissed Former Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 5

Convicted in the Special Court yesterday on a charge of having dismissed a returned soldier without reasonable cause, the Nepean Shire…

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Govt. Use of Building "Absurd" Alderman Attacks Location Of Repatriation Dept

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 9

Use of the Grace Building, York Street, by the Federal Government to house the Repatriation Department was absurd, the chairman of the Finance Committee of the County…

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Council to Buy Pumps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 17

SYDNEY County Council today approved the expenditure of £85,607 for the purchase of feed pumps for the Pyrmont Power Station…

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Council to Buy Pumps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 17

SYDNEY County Council today approved the expenditure of £85,607 for the purchase of feed pumps for the Pyrmont Power Station…

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Council to Buy Pumps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 17

SYDNEY County Council today approved the expenditure of £85,607 for the purchase of feed pumps for the Pyrmont Power Statoin…

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Council to Buy Pumps

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 17

SYDNEY County Council today approved the expenditure of £85,607 for the purchase of feed pumps for the Pyrmont Power Station…

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Council Engineer Gets £400 Damages

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 12

Nepean Shire Council was yesterday ordered in the Special Federal Court to pay £400 compensation to a returned soldier, the council's former engineer…

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Council Tenants Oppose Rent Rise

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 7

Sixty-nine tennant's of Strickland Buildings, Balfour-street, Chippendale, have signed a petition protesting against the City Council's decision to seek an increase in rents…

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Rent Review Of Council Flats Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

The City Council decided yesterday to ask the Fair Rents Court to review the rents of flats owned by the council at…

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"Council Erred"--hopman on Tennis Tour Decision

The Sun · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The type of practice Bromwich, Pails and Quist need to fit them for the Davis Cup cannot be found in Australia and, for that reason alone, the Australian LTA Council erred in deciding not to send a team overseas this year…

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Holroyd Council Resigns

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 3

The Association for Electrical Development wrote to Holroyd Council as follows: "We have your letter of 9th November last advising that your council…

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City Council Housing Plan

Construction · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 2

The City Council is planning a Housing Scheme at Camperdown at an estimated cost of £135,000. It is proposed to resume land fronting Pyrmont Bridge Road, Lyons Road, Lambert…

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Community Centre Council's Aim

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

Swimming pools, auditoriums, gynmnasiums, and bowling greens, are a few of the things included in the Parramatta Community Centre…

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Dump Is Council's Responsibility

The Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 6

Responsibility for levelling and cleaning up the dump near Bay- view-avenue, Undercliff, rests with the Canterbury Municipal…

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Council's Tribute to Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 10

Petersham Municipal Council intends to organise a civic welcome to Servicemen and returned members of the Forces and to pay a public tribute to them and…

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