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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

3,280 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 164

Municipal Jottings

The Propeller · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 6

Sutherland Council has asked Mr. A. J. Williams, M.L.A. for George's River, to make representations to the Transport Department for the provision of a bus…

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Municipal Regrouping Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 12

State Cabinet is expected to introduce legislation to reduce substantially the number of…

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Liberals Pick Goulburn Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 3

The Mayor of Goulburn, Alderman P. R. D. Hollis, has been selected by the Liberal Party to contest the Goulburn by-election, to be…

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Mayor to Stand for Goulburn Seat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 10

GOULBURN, Thursday.--The Mayor of Goulburn (Alderman P. R. D. Hollis) was today selected as Liberal Party candidate for the Goulburn by-election, to…

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Kogarah Council

The St George Call · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

When Town Clerk Leighton read a letter at the last Council meeting mentioning the Kogarah Municipal Band’s success in the recent band championships,…

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Sutherland Shire Women’s Hockey

The Observer · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

Last Saturday two teams from Cronulla played at Woollahra, and will continue each Saturday to play there in the competition matches (B grade)…

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Viceroy's Council Resigns

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 11

CALCUTTA, Friday. -- The Viceroy's Executive Council has resigned to allow the formation of an interim Government…

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Security Loan. The Shire’s Great Effort

The Observer · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

For the fifth time in succession the Shire has overscribed its money quota in the recent Security Loan Campaign and occupies 3rd place in the…

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Council Emergency Committee Cabaret and Dance

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

This Committee is organising a Cabaret and Dance on Sunday, 19th May, to be held at Bill's Tom Ugly’s Point, in aid of the Mogen…

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Attack on Press by City Labor Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 6

Daily newspapers again were under fire at last night's meeting of the Labor Council. THE Sydney Morning Herald, the Communist Party Tribune and…

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National Council Of Jewish Women Mothers' Day, High Tea & Card Party

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

Sunday next, May 12th, 6.40 is the date of the Special Council Appeal for Mothers’ Day. A High Tea and Card Party will be…

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Sailing Date Set For Stud Stock Delegation Accommodation Only Obstacle Minister Opens Agricultural Societies Council Conference

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 8

IF passages and accommodation are available the New South Wales Stock Delegation will leave early in August for Britain. This announcement was made last Friday by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H…

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Municipal Markets Are Successful

Tribune · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE.—Hughenden Municipal Fruit and Vegetable Mart has proved so successful that it has been found necessary to establish two…

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"Smith's" Council M.C. Winner Who Fights for Fair Rents Reduced By 50 Per Cent

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 6

"SMITH'S" Council believes that what the good men do to make happier the lot of their fellows should be recorded as an inspiration to others, and that wrongs should be exposed so that they can be rectified…

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Municipal Boundaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 2

Sir,—The recommendations of the Royal Commission on Local Government Boundaries are very modest in view of the Commissioners' opinion of…

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Revising Municipal Boundaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 2

Recommendations contained in the report of the Royal Commission set up to inquire into the revision of local government areas appear on the whole…

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A council thought it over the odds

The Sun · Sunday 12 May 1946 · page 2

The town council at Workington, Cumberland, this week, refused the use of its park for a Whitsuntide children's athletic…

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17 Living In Bar Of Council's Disused Hotel

Truth · Sunday 12 May 1946 · page 21

FIRST major engagement in a campaign by a wounded veteran of the Kokoda Trail to secure possession of a vacant house in Moncur Street, Woollahra, property of Council, [?] the ex-soldier's application on a…

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Council Reduction

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 4

I was shocked to read of a plan to reduce Sydney's 69 councils to 18. It is only through the small local councils that a man…

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"No. 1 Fella Mr. Mayor" N.G. Plan

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 7

Electric light, sewerage and drainage will be features of the model native village planned at Port Moresby by…

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