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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

2,794 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 140

Aldermen Attack County Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

The .Cumberland County. Council was attacked by members of the City Council at its meeting last night…

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Surf Club Cleared By Shire Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

THIRROUL, Tuesday. -- Bulli Shire Council last night carried a motion of full confidence in the activities of the Era…

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Surf Club Cleared By Shire Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

THIRROUL, Tuesday. -- Bulli Shire Council last night carried a motion of full confidence in the activities of the Era…

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Surf Club Cleared By Shire Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

THIRROUL, Tuesday. -- Bulli Shire Council last night carried a motion of full confidence in the activities of the Era…

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Surf Club Cleared By Shire Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

THIRROUL, Tuesday. -- Bulli Shire Council last night carried a motion of full confidence in the activities of the Era…

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Mayor Talks of Traffic Jam at Cross

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 2

The City Council had definitely killed its proposal to build a £500,000 "circus" at King's Cross, and the traffic muddle…

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City Council Abandons Traffic Plan

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 8

Sydney City Council abandoned traffic control plans for King's Cross yesterday. The voting was 10 to 7…

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Council Drops Its King's Cross Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

By 10 votes to seven, the City Council last night abandoned its circus scheme for the relief of traffic congestion…

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Labor Council Rightwing Sell-Out On Waterfront

Tribune · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 8

Although it had been informed that eight of twelve unions involved in the Sydney waterfront engineering lockout opposed proposed settlement terns, the rightwing-dominated majority of the NSW…

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Council May Spend Cash on Sport Referendum

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Barry ruled that a municipal council could lawfully spend its funds…

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40 - Hour Week Would Cost Council £300,000

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 6

THE chairman (Councillor Pursell) told today's meeting of the Sydney County Council that it had been estimated that the introduction of the…

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Baulkham Hills Shire Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 11

The name "'Glenorie" and the distance will be added to the Windsor Road and Old Northern Road signboard following representations by…

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Holroyd Council Tuesday, February 18

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 6

Present at last meeting of Holroyd Council were Aid. G. Maunder (mayor). and Aid. Young. Phelps. Martyn. Bennett. Smith. McLennan, Styles. Holdren and…

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Council Commended On Playground Proposal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

Representatives from the East Granville Progress Association and the South Granville Community Association last week congratulated…

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Council Exonerates Life-Saving Club

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 9

Bulli Shire Council last night carried a vote of confidence in Era Surf Life-Saving Club and its work. The club sent a letter to the council…

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Mayor Resents Treatment C.c.c. Attitude to Local Town Planning

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

"If this is the way we are to be treated, my resignation goes in stra[?] away. I would not be bothered wasting my time and energy trying to plan this area if…

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Council Clears Surfmen On Nudism Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

THIRROUL, Tuesday. — Bulli Shire Council has cleared Era Surf Club members who had been darkly suspected of nudism…

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Children Not Considered Council Condemns Railways' Attitude

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

The Mayor "The Railway department admit the distance from [?] Pendle Hill of Tco[?] Stator one mile yet r[?]s to [?] on…

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County Council Gloomy On Bunnerong Outlook "Intermittent" Power Failures This Winter

The Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

Sydney is facing a winter of intermittent blackouts, a County Council spokesman said today. Interruptions in the supply of…

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Workers' Union Criticised Alderman Outspoken

The Biz · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 4

The Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia came in for criticism at last week's meeting of Fairfield Council, when it forwarded a copy of a recent…

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