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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

2,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 113

Faked Voting in Municipal Ballot

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 5

TLTELBOURNE, Monday. -- Alleging that hundreds of faked ballot papers had been used by opponents. defeated…

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Faked Voting in Municipal Ballot

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Alleging that hundreds of faked ballot papers had been used by opponents, defeated…

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Aldermen Leave Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 4

Six aldermen who walked but of Waterloo Council meeting last night later said they had done so…

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Council Hotel "Deplorable"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 10

The Chief Licensing Magistrate (Mr. Scobie) said yesterday that the kitchen and bar facilities which the City…

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Death of Ex-Alderman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5

Mr. Harold John Saunders, a former prominent businessman in Parramatta, died at Gloucester House at the age…

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Lord Mayor's Car Now Flies Pennant

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 9

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Bartley) now flies a pennant on his official car. He is the first Lord Mayor to use a privilege…

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The City of Hobart. Lord Mayor’s Report 1946-48

Construction · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3

The Lord Mayor of Hobart, the Rt. Hon. Wilfred W. Osborne, M.B.E., has just issued an attractively produced brochure containing his report for the years 1946-48, which deals with the…

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Council Blitz On Food Handling

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3

The City Council, in Central Summons Court today, prosecuted a number of persons employed in food shops for handling food intended for sale with their fingers, instead of using forks…

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Former R.A.A.F. Camp For Council Workers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5

A former R.A.A.F. airstrip and camp at Pitt Town will be used to house workers on the Baulkham Hills Shire's big electricity extension project…

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Municipal Markets "Not Solution to High Prices"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5

The task of marketing fruit and vegetables belonged to the trade itself, and councils could not take over the entire problem, Alderman R.T.C. Storey, president of the Local Government…

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Head Scratching Over Municipal Car Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3

Parramatta Council has referred to the works committee an estimate of £400 to establish a municipal car park on hospital land at the corner of George and O'Connell…

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Cabramatta Railway Station Condemned by Aldermen

The Biz · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 5

The weather-beaten aat[?]d old building at Cabramatta raliway station came in for a lot of c[?]tion at last Monday nights meeting of…

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Liverpool Council

The Leader · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

Dealing with a letter from the Commonwealth Department of Works and Housing o[?] behalf of the War Service Homes…

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Diggers' Farewell to Ex-mayor Digger Adams

The Biz · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

The comfortable headquarters of Cabra-Vale Ex-Active Servicemen's Club, in Bartley Street, could scarcely accommodate the large crowd of members…

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Executive Council News

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has forwarded a cable of good wishes to the World Jewish Council conference now being held at Montreux…

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Council of Jewish Women

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 10

JUBILEE SERVICE: The Jubilee Synagogue Service will be held at the Central Synagogue on Saturday, July 3. WOLLONGONG DAY: On Sunday…

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P. & C. Regional Council. Liverpool Districts

The Biz · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the above council was held at Liverpool School on June 16, The attendance was affected by the influenza epidemic. The…

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To Privy Council Wheat Crop Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Australian Wheat Industry Defence Council will appeal to the Privy…

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Council of Jewish Women Card Party Cancelled

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 7

The Hospital Committee's card party, which was scheduled for July 7, has been cancelled, due to the Council Jubilee. The next card party will he held, as usual…

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Breakdown at Bunnerong "Blacks" Suburbs Council Blames Poor Quality Coal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

POOR quality coal which reduced Bunnerong's generating capacity caused electricity blackouts in the northern and eastern suburbs this morning. A County Council spokesman said that with the…

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