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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

2,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 113

Communist Ban Protest By R.S.L. District Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 4

The Southern Metropolitan District Council of the Returned Servicemen's League has protested against the R.S.L…

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RSL Council Covering 10,000 Flays Order To Ban Communists

Tribune · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 7

Southern Metropolitan District Council of the RSL. representing 10,000 ex-servicemen in an area from Newtown to Cronulla, has unanimously carried a resolution attacking RSL…

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Council Poll Result

Truth · Sunday 20 June 1948 · page 4

Although voting was compulsory, only half of the 11,275 electors voted yesterday at the Woollahra Council by-election…

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Lord Mayor accuses breakaways

The Sun · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 6

Ex-colleagues had allied themselves with Labor and done everything possible to destroy the work of Civic…

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Council's wages bill increases

The Sun · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 5

Since 1937 the City Council's wages bill has increased by nearly 100 per- cent, to a total of £668,000 a year…

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Fire Damage in Council Tar Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

A TWO - STOREY building housing a tar plant in the Rockdale Council yards, Prince's Highway. Rockdale,…

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Fire Damage in Council Tar Plant

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 2

A TWO STOREY building housing a tar plant in the Rockdale Council yards, Prince's Highway, Rockdale,…

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Lord Mayor Hits Out Breakaway Party Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 2

Action should be taken to stop misrepresentation by three former Civic Reform aldermen in the City Council, the Lord…

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Council Will Report Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 6

Leichhardt Council last night decided to report to the Board of Health and the Licensing Court the condition of six hotels in the…

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Blackouts May End Council Hopes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 4

Sydney had "reasonable prospects" of avoiding any further blackouts this winter if power restrictions were…

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Lord Mayor Criticised Aldermen Deny Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 5

The three former Civic Reform aldermen yesterday described as unfounded statements by the Lord Mayor, Aid…

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Taxi Man Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Taxi Driver Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Taxi Driver Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Taxi Driver Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Taxi Driver Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Taxi Driver Shoots Mayor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--Jean Paul Cardinal (35), Mayor of Montreal North, was shot dead by a disgruntled taxi driver, Treffle Proventher, yesterday. CARDINAL was shot dead in…

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Holroyd Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

In spite of the current Influenza epidemic, only two aldermen were absent from the meeting of Holroyd Municipal Council on Tuesday night. June 15. The…

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Council Refuses Woman's Plea

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

A plea to adjourn a summons for failure to connect premises to the sewer, because a plumber had been unavailable, was…

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Says Commission "Ignores Council"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 5

The Housing Commission had failed to observe council's requirements regarding disposal of sullage water from Commission houses, Granville Council has told the Local Government Association…

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