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Council & local affairs, 1947

2,794 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 140

Alderman's Pleasing 3

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 13

ALDERMAN is reaching top form. Bookmaker Mandel's good galloper pleased over three furlongs in 37½ at Victoria Park today…

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Mayor Parry's Short Memory

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 7

ALDERMAN S. E. PARRY, MLC, Mayor of Canterbury, and former chairman of the Sydney County Council, must have a conveniently short memory. In 1944-45, when the Federal…

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Mayor's Praise of Australia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--The Mayor of Peterborough, in opening an Australian Week ceremony, at which the Australian Minister (Mr. Beasley) was…

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Surfers to Stage "Protest Parade" March To Council Chambers Repairs to Club Building Sought

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 6

MAROUBRA Surf Club, headed by a band and their champion march-past team in parade costumes, plan a "protest march" from the surf…

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Surfers to Stage "Protest Parade" March To Council Chambers Repairs to Club Building Sought

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 5

MAROUBRA Surf Club, headed by a band and their champion march-past team in parade costumes, plan a "protest march" from the surf…

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Surfers to Stage "Protest Parade" March To Council Chambers Repairs of Club Building Sought

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 5

MAROUBRA Surf Club, headed by a band and their champion march-past team in parade costumes, plan a "protest march" from the surf…

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Council limit on model village homes

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1947 · page 3

PLANS for a model village of 320 houses at French's Forest have been limited to 00 homes by Cumberland…

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Council Ban On Street Ticket Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 5

The City Council yesterday decided to prohibit street sales of lottery, art union, and raffle…

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Labor Council Endorses New Deal For Education

Tribune · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 7

NSW Labor Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed an appeal on behalf of the New Deal For Education Conference to be held in Sydney Town Hall at Easter. BESIDES sending five delegates to…

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Holroyd Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

The following matters were dealt with including those under separate heading, at last meeting at Holroyd Council on March 4:—…

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Council Will Meet League

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 25

North Sydney Council decided last night to negotiate with the Rugby League for rental of North Sydney Oval this season…

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Governor-General At Executive Council

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA. Wednesday. -- The Governor-General (Mr. McKell) presided for the first lime today at a meeting of the…

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Council's Truck Sold by Ballot

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 1

Twenty-five tenders were received for Holroyd Coucil's Dodge utility truck. At last meeting of council a [?] was conducted and the successful [?]…

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Council Alarmed Over Number Of Temporary Homes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

Lidcombe aldermen last week expressed alarm at the number of temporary dwellings in the municipality…

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Injunction Against Housing Commission Council May Take Action

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

Holroyd Council's [?] committee may decided to take out an injunction order against the Housing Commission for building flat-roofed homes in that…

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M.M's. Housing Problem Holroyd Council to Help

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 3

Following a deputation received from Maryland Sub-branch, R.S.L. regarding the extension of electricity to the home of Mr. G. Hudson, of Merrylands…

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Problem of Loathsome Lavatories Council Plan To Stop Disgusting Practices

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

One of Parramatta Council's biggest problems at the moment was the continual "disgusting befoulment" of public lavatories near the town hall, the town clerk (Mr. Brown), said this morning…

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British Workers Resent Tory Press Prying Canberra Trades and Labor Council Secretary J. S. Blumenthal Talks of Builder-migrants

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 2

Australian Unionists are familiar with the sort of newspaper treatment that has been meted out to British builder-migrants who a month or so ago arrived in Canberra…

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Council Cut-ups Adams Admonishes Aldermen

The Leader · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 5

That usually placid Eden, CabraVale Council Chamber, complete with its Adams (Mayor) and Eve (Mrs. Melville, lady alderman), was…

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Castlereagh Council Mayor Absent, Ill

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 7

In the absence through illness of the Mayor (Ald. Nutt), Ald. W. Howell presided at the monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council held on 5th inst. Ald…

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