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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

2,794 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 140

£50 Damages for Alderman

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Aid. Charles Maxwell Farquharson, Toowoomba stationer, who sued Toowoomba Hotel licensee…

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Holroyd Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 5

Present at April both m[?] of Holroyd Council were Alderman" [?] (Mayor), O. Young, E. [?] Mattyn, M. Bennett, W. Mathews, A [?]…

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"Not Doing Fair Day's Work," Mayor Alleges

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 5

Allegations that the sanitary carters employed by the Holroyd contractor (Mr. Goodsell) were "not doing a fair day's work,"…

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Council Seeks New Main Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

Parramatta Council will ask the Main Roads Department to create a new main traffic route north and south of the Gasworks Bridge between…

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Housing Commission Holroyd Council's Action

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 6

The fact that council could not with hold supply of electricity to homes under normal conditions. but that a had gamed results through as action, was…

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King Occupies Chair at Union Council

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 6

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.--The King made South African constitutional history yesterday, when he presided over the…

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Blackouts to Continue, Says Council Chief

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

THE general manager of Sydney County Council (Mr. Boyd) told the Council today that blackouts would continue until maintenance work was…

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King Occupies Chair at Union Council

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 6

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.--The King made South African constitutional history yesterday, when he presided over the…

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Holroyd Council Queries Questions Without Notice

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Ald. [?] asked [?] Ald. C. [?]…

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Blackouts to Continue, Says Council Chief

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 3

THE general manager off Sydney County Council (Mr. Boyd) told the Council today that blackouts would continue until maintenance work was…

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Council Wins Fight Against Flat-Roof Dwellings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Following Holroyd Council's threat to withhold electricity and other amenities from four flat-roof homes at Westmead, the Housing Commission has promised not to erect any more dwellings of this type in the municipality without first getting council's…

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Council to Install F.m. Radio in Electricity Trucks

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Blacktown Council will install a radio communication system between the council chambers aid four of its electricity trucks if…

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Communist Party Ban Stormy Meeting Of Council Free Speech Issue Raised

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 14

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--The words "free speech" had been prostituted to make a Communistic holiday, declared Aid. J. V. Kennedy last night at a meeting of the…

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Competition To Beautify Municipality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 5

To encourage beautification of the municipality, Holroyd Council will conduct a competition with prizes for the best-kept garden,…

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Bank Bill Protest Municipal Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 9

The Mosman Municipal Council decided last night to protest emphatically against the Commonwealth Bill, prohibiting private…

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B.M. Shire Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 6

At the last monthly meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, Councillors A. M. Hodgson (President), Dwyer, Davies, Hurlow-Jones, Ireland,…

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Alderman Doubts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 24

WHETHER Alderman will contest the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday week is still undecided. "He did not exactly please me at Victoria Park this morning." said owner Jack Mandel…

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Alderman Doubts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 24

WHETHER Alderman will contest the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday week is still undecided. "He did not exactly please me at Victoria Park this morning," said owner Jack Mandel…

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Alderman Doubts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 24

WETHER Alderman will contest the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday week is still undecided. "He did hot exactly please me at Victoria Park this morning," said owner Jack Mandel…

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Alderman Doubts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 24

WHETHER Alderman will contest the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday week is still undecided. "He did not exactly please me at Victoria Park this morning," said owner Jack Mandel…

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