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Council & local affairs, 1946

3,280 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 164

Security Loan. Shire’s Splendid Record

The Observer · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

For the fifth time in succession the Shire has oversubscribed its money quota in Commonwealth Loans. The set quota for the Security Loan…

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Council Protest About Railway

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 5

The Railway Commission refused to discuss plans for the Eastern Suburbs Railway with the Cumberland County Council…

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National Council Of Jewish Women

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 10

Mothers’ Day, Sunday, May 12th. The Annual Appeal made by the N.C.J.W. for the Mothers and…

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Critical of Council's Building Policy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 15

MR. L. M. McMAUGH, of Mizzy Bookah Range, Macleay River, in a letter to the Editor states:—…

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Doings of Bexley Council. (Bulletin No. 3.)

The St George Call · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

The new Baby Health Centre is so heavily patronised that the Council Is pressing for it to be opened five days per week i[?]sivad of two days as now. The…

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United Jewish Overseas Relief Fund Australian Council to Be Formed

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

At a Conference held in Sydney on Tuesday, April 9th at which were present representatives of the U.J.O.R.F. from NSW, Victoria…

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The Treatment of Cancer Advice by the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 5

The Council desires to stress to the public of its State its conviction of the paramount importance of early treatment in the cure…

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Vegetables City Municipal Markets

The Land · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 26

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Demand for green vegetables showed a falling off and prices of peas, cabbages and cauliflowers cased sharply, apparently as a…

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Alderman's Good Trial

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 14

ALDERMAN, who will be well fancied for the first division of the Restricted Handicap at Newcastle on Monday, looked in great heart as he…

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Discussion on Persia Security Council To Meet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 3 (A.A.P.). —The Secretary-General of UNO, M. Trygve Lie, has been asked to call a session of the Security…

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Mayor Wants Ferry Services Nationalised

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 May 1946 · page 56

No attempt had been made by the Government or private enterprise to develop transport on the waterways of Sydney Harbor, Hunter's Hill, Mayor Weil said yesterday…

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Lord Mayor And Alderman In Second Clash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 4

Another clash between the Lord Mayor, Alderman Bartley, and Alderman Shannon, M.L.A., who was ordered out of the chamber at…

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Mayor Refuses to Apologise

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 5

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Bartley) yesterday refused to apologise to Alderman Shannon for ordering him out of a meeting of the City Council on April 8. Alderman Shannon asked for…

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Lord Mayor Declines to Apologise

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 18

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Bartley) and Ald. Shannon, M.L.A., again clashed at a City Council meeting yesterday…

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Council Powers Over Building

The Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 7

Municipal councils will be empowered to determine whether home-builders can erect a steel or concrete house in a declared…

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Communist Chosen As Council Candidate

Tribune · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 6

RYDE- Gladesville - Hunter’s Citizens’ Committee has unanimously endorsed Mr. L. Greenfield as its candidate to contest the vacancy…

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International Tin Council Is Active Finance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 19

ACCORDING to the International Tin Research and Development Council, world production of tin, after advancing from 183,500 tons in 1939 to 235,000 tons in 1940, reached a record of 245,000 tons in 1941…

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Power Rationing 'Hard To Avoid,' Council Told

The Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 3

Rationing of electricity on a substantial scale would be difficult to avoid, the deputy-general manager (Mr. G. S. Boyd) told Sydney County Council today, when reporting on the serious position of coal stocks. Soon after the Australian Gas Light Company announced that…

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"Snug in His Parlor" Alderman's Tilt at Council's Critic Dust From Plaster Works

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 3

That the council was "failing in its duty to the citizens of Auburn" was the allegation of A. Schofield in a letter to…

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Small Houses for Aged Couples Mayor Determined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 1

The Housing Commission will be asked to construct a number of specially designed small cottages for aged couples in the Cabramatta…

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