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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

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

New Ld. Mayor Urges Higher Teachers' Pay

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 8

Schoolteachers must look to the status of their profession and obtain remuneration compatible with the important…

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New Ld. Mayor Urges Higher Teachers' Pay

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 8

Schoolteachers must look to the status of their profession and obtain remuneration compatible with the important…

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New Ld. Mayor Urges Higher Teachers' Pay

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 8

Schoolteachers must look to the status of their profession and obtain remuneration compatible with the important…

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New Ld. Mayor Urges Higher Teachers' Pay

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 8

Schoolteachers must look to the status of their profession and obtain remuneration compatible with the important…

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Council Aids Swim Stars

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 16

Singleton Council gave champion swimmer Ken Sever special permission to train in the local baths when they were closed for a fortnight owing to…

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Council Support For 40-Hour Campaign

Tribune · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE. — Footscray and Richmond Councils have carried resolutions requesting the Federal Government to introduce the 40-hour…

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City Alderman to Serve Cumberlan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 18

Alderman H. C. Carter, of the [?] Council, was elected yesterday as[?] councillor of the newly-formed Cumberland County Council…

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Editorial Lord Mayor's Eye on Utterbugs

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

THE City Council having struck a higher general rate of 5½d in the £, the Lord Mayor, Ald. Bartley, envisions benefits that many ratepayers have long regarded as missing essentials…

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Why Mayor Didn't Want Jeffery Avenue

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

Asked by the Housing commission to recommend a name for the new road to be constructed between George and Alfred Strteets,…

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Council 'Broke' Through Strike

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Cessnock Council, on the northern coalfields, has started the new year without funds, because…

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AUBURN-LIDCOMBE G. H. Ritchie Dead Former Mayor of Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. George H. Ritchie, a former Mayor of Auburb, died in the Scottish Hospital, Paddington on Christmas Day, aged 70 years…

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Backyard Factory Complaint to Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. F. Gates 534 Guildford Road Guildford wrote to Holroyd Council as garding F. Woods backward factory as follows: "I make this final appeal to votecliidiJi" K till! (l;tv ;;1M…

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City Rate Higher Council's Plans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

Striking of a general rate of 5½d in the £ on unimproved capital value for 1946 was approved by the City Council yesterday…

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Council Bans Transport Of Dead Animals

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 7

Holyroyd Council has told a Smithfield knacker that any application to remove carcases of animals for boiling down at his…

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EDITORIAL (The opinions expressed in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Master Builders' Association, unless otherwise stated.) Cumberland County Council

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

The Cumberland County Council has come into being without any fanfare of trumpets. It is a Councils' Council, the elections for which were held in September last. The County of…

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[?]Ean Shire President

The Biz · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Coun[?] Skidmore has been elected president of Nepean Shire Council. Cr. Edmondson contested the callot. The annual [?] upon was £104…

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Proposed Shire Hospital

The Propeller · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

At the last meeting of Sutherland Council a letter was received from the Sutherland Shire Hospital Committee suggesting that a date be fixed for the calling…

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Penrith Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Business dealt with at the last monthly meeting of Penrith Council, in addition to matters already reported, included:…

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St. Marys Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

At the last monthly meeting of St. Marys Council the newly-elected Mayor (Ald. J. A. Mackay) submitted the following minute:—…

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Castlereagh Council's Grader

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

Dear Sir,—Appearing in last week's issue is a letter from Ald. Tornaros, and, though not interested in the petty differences of the Penrith Council, I…

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