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Council & local affairs, 1946

3,280 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 164

Marathon Legal Contest to Go to Privy Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 7

ONE of the most protracted and expensive law suits in Australian legal history, the now famous Hocking and Bell case is to go to the Privy Council, from the decision of which there can be no appeal…

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National Council Of Jewish Women High Tea and Card Party

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 8

Sunday, March 3rd, 6.30 p.m. a special High Tea and Card Party at the Rooms will be held Proceeds are for Jewish Education. For…

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Land Restrictions Creating Rackets, Alderman Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 6

The Government was creating a black market by refusing to allow sales of building blocks, except under strict conditions, a member of the Local Government Association…

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Labour Selects Team Legislative Council Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

The A.L.P. executive last night selected 15 candidates to contest the election for the Legislative Council on March 14. There were…

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Big Costs In Appeal To Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 22

Legal costs in the Hocking - Bell litigation will total more than £50,000 by the time the…

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Shire to Pay £400 Compensation

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 21

THE dismissal of a returned soldier without reasonable cause cost the Nepean Shire Council £504 8s in the Special Federal Court last…

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U.S. naval officer weds Mayor's secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 38

Lieut.-Commander Julius Sonne, U.S.N.R., and Miss Marjorie Wadsworth, of Canberra and Sydney, were married yesterday at St. Mark's, Darling Point. The bride and groom met in…

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Not in World Council

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 6

Eighth Division Association is not and will not be in any way connected with the recently formed Council of World War II…

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Hocking-Bell Case For Privy Council

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 30

Unprecedented in Australian Court annals and believed to be unparalleled in the history of world litigation, the Hocking-Bell intense legal contest continues. Four distinguished counsels will appear before the Privy Council…

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The Eskimos called a family council Today's New York Office

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 21

The Eskimos tied up their all-metal canoes and entered their pre-fabricated log cabin to hold a family council. Anxious to maintain a good-neighbor policy, the…

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Council's Move Against Zoning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 9

Mosman Municipal Council has asked local bakers and milkmen to abandon zoning and deliver everywhere in the district…

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Beer Strike Goes to Labor Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 3

The Labor Council Disputes Committee is meeting today to consider a move for extension of Tooth's breweries strike to Toohey's and British breweries. IT is unlikely that the committee…

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Council Learns Of Zoo-Like Private Lanes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 4

Paddington Municipality has a privately-owned "Magpie Lane" and "Monkey Lane," and most of the aldermen did not know it until…

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Grant Of Licence To Bus Monopoly Angers Council

Tribune · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 8

Cessnock Municipal Council, which has a Labor majority, has issued a 'bus licence to the local ’bus monopoly—Rover Motors Limited—without stipulating that there shall be fare reductions…

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Cheque From Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 6

NORTH SYDNEY'S POPULAR NURSE candidate, Sister Marjorie Staniland (seated), gets a cheque for £250 from the Mayor of North Sydney (Ald. W. A. G. Kesterton). The money, which was raised by the North Sydney Youth Campaign Committee, was presented by…

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Cheque From Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 6

NORTH SYDNEY'S POPULAR NURSE candidate, Sister Marjorie Staniland (seated), gets a cheque for £250 from the Mayor of North Sydney (Ald. W. A. G. Kesterton). The money, which was raised by the North Sydney Youth Campaign Committee, was presented by…

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Cheque From Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 6

NORTH SYDNEY'S POPULAR NURSE candidate, Sister Marjorie Staniland (seated), gets a cheque for £250 from the Mayor of North Sydney (Aid. W. A. G. Kesterton). The money, which was raised by the North Sydney Youth Campaign Committee, was presented by…

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Mayor's Broad Hint to Colleagues

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

Mayor Jeffery more or less flung down the gauntlet to his colleagues on Monday when he said that he was prepared to…

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Garbage Contract Council Makes Change

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

Granville Council last week accepted the tender of J. Maguire and T. Hurst, of Blayney, for a contract to carry out the…

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Will Ask Council to Resume Houses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

Granville R.S.L. will ask the council to resume houses in Vulcan Street, Clyde, to make way for a road linking South Parade with the…

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