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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

2,794 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 140

Use of Dummy in Land Deal Denied Parry, M.L.C., Questioned On Council Property No Private Association with Lush. Inquiry Told

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 2

ALD. S. E. PARRY, M.L.C., denied before the Royal Commission on Land Sales Control today having used another man as a dummy to buy land from the Canterbury Council of which he is mayor. He said that to have done so would have been very wrong…

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Use of Dummy in Land Deal Denied Parry, M.L.C., Questioned On Council Property No Private Association with Lush, Inquiry Told

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 2

ALD. S. E. PARRY, M.L.C., denied before the Royal Commission on Land Sales Control today having used another man as a dummy to buy land from the Canterbury Council of which he is mayor. He said that to have done so would have been very wrong…

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Use of Dummy in Land Deal Denied Parry, M.L.C., Questioned On Council Property No Private Association with Lush, Inquiry Told

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 2

ALD. S. E. PARRY, M.L.C., denied before the Royal Commission on Land Sales Control today having used another man as a dummy to buy land from the Canterbury Council of which he is mayor. He said that to have done so would have been very wrong…

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Use of Dummy in Land Deal Denied Parry, M.L.C., Questioned On Council Property No Private Association with Lush, Inquiry Told

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 2

ALD. S. E. PARRY, M.L.C., denied before the Royal Commission on Land Sales Control today having used another man as a dummy to buy land from the Canterbury Council of which he is mayor. He said that to have done so would have been very wrong…

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Shire Council Meets in Bus to Find a Home

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 5

GOSFORD, Monday.--Wyong Shire Council today met in a bus because it is homeless. The council's main business was to decide where it should…

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Mayor's Part in Land Dealings Son-In-Law's Story Of Purchase From Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 9

A witness at the Royal Commission on Land Sales Control yesterday said he had bought two blocks of land from the Canterbury Council and sold them for the same price to his father-in-law, the Mayor of Canterbury…

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Mayor Determined On Sports Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman H. Quinlan) said tonight he was determined to prosecute all people who…

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Council Approves Eight-cities Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 11

The City Council yesterday unanimously approved the Eight-Cities Plan for amalgamating local bodies as far as it affected the metropolitan area…

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Outlaw Atom Bomb Says Labor Council

Tribune · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 7

Australasian Council of Trade Unions’ resolutions demanding outlawing of the atom bomb and retention of Empire Preference were overwhelmingly endorsed by NSW Labor Council last Thursday night…

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Extended City Boundaries Support By Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 14

Sydney City Council decided yesterday to support the Haviland plan for the extension of the City's boundaries…

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Council Housing Plan

The Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 3

Randwick Council last night decided to launch a large housing programme on Crown land in the south of the municipality…

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Holroyd Council June 24 Meeting

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 3

An apology was received from Ald W. Campbell at last meeting of Holroyd Council. The Mayor, Ald. G. Maunder presided over Aldermen Young, Brady,…

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Council and Govt. Housing Plans

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 2

Exception was taken by Blacktown Council at last week's meeting, to a Government statement claiming that many councils would…

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Council Wants Subsidy for Damaged Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 3

Councils should ask the Government for a subsidy so that they could maintain roads damaged by the outsize vehicles off to-day, Alderman Jeffery declared at Parramatta Council last week…

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Council Seeks Legal Opinion On Animal Sanctuary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 1

Auburn Council is seeking legal advice regarding its powers to control alleged unsatisfactory conditions at an "Animal Sanctuary" in…

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Sunday Sport Rally Newcastle Council To Prosecute

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 6

A number of people who favor Sunday games defied the Greater Newcastle City Council on Sunday when they took…

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Responsibility for Bus Routes "Unfair to Council"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 3

It was unfair to expect council to accept responsibility for the condition of bus routes, which it had not approved, Blacktown Shires Councillors contended at their…

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Council Plan To Unlock Sites For 150 Homes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 9

Lidcombe Council will resume land at Berala so that First, Third, Fifth and Seventh Avenues may be extended to Kibo Road to make…

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Council Angry At Minister's "Evasion" Of Diseased Poultry Racket

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 1

The Minister for Health (Mr. Kelly) was sidestepping the racket in the sale of diseased poultry for human consumption, councillors of the Blacktown Shire said at their meeting last week…

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£100,000 Home Building Plan Approved By Glebe Council

Construction · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 2

The Glebe Council has approved of a mayoral minute recommending the authorisation of a loan of £100,000 for home reconstruction and slum clearance within the municipality…

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