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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

2,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 113

P.P. Council SetUp Criticised

The Land · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

THE annual conference of the F. and S. Association yesterday carried a resolution that support be given to…

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Reds Start Storm in U.n. Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Russia started a sharp verbal battle in the usually tranquil United Nations…

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Reds Start Storm in U.n. Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Russia started a sharp verbal battle in the usually tranquil United Nations…

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Smaller F.s.a. Council Not Favored

The Land · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

A MOTION from Lockhart district council favor of a smaller executive council was rejected by the Farmers and Settlers' Conference this week. The motion, which was moved by…

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National Council of Jewish Women Future Functions

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 12

Sunday, August 15, at 8 p.m., social evening for new arrivals, Council Rooms, 8 Young Street. Wednesday, August 21, 8 p.m.,…

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Reds Start Storm in U.n. Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Russia started a sharp verbal battle in the usually tranquil United Nations…

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Illawarra Suburbs Law Tennis Association (Main Body) Council Meeting

The Observer · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

Members of the council are advised that a meeting will be held in the clubhouse, Chapel St., Rockdale, next Monday, 9th August, at 7.30…

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Countrywomen's Interests Better Health Is The Objective Education Forms Basis Of Council's Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 15

CONCERNED that Australia's national bill for ill-health amounts annually to £92,000,000, expended on fewer than 8,000,000 people living in a healthy climate, Queensland has led the Commonwealth by forming a Health Education…

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WIZO State Council of Nsw Mrs Rebecca Sieff, Reader of World Wizo, to Visit Australia

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 12

WIZO is advised that Mrs Rebecca Sieff will arrive in Australia early in October. Mrs Sieff is a member of the Actions…

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Vegetables (City Municipal Markets)

The Land · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 25

The State Marketing Bureau, reports: Peas on offer totalled 3,471 bags, an increase of 1,056 on the previous week's receivals, and prices showed a definite…

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Fruit (City Municipal Markets)

The Land · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 25

The State Marketing Bureau reports:—Supplies of apples from all sources were sufficient for trade requirements and quotations showed little variation from…

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Legislative Council Brake On Democracy

Tribune · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 3

Wednesday night’s Upper House fiasco, with both Government and Opposition members behaving like Tammany Hall politicians, was the clearest indication voters have yet had of the complete bankruptcy of this…

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Lismore Citizens Hit Council Ban

Tribune · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 8

CITIZENS of Lismore think that their council was “rather silly” in its action in banning a woman Communist speaker who sought permission to…

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Council Poll 66-Area Basis Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 3

The County of Cumberland municipal elections in December may be on the old basis of 66 areas,…

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Wheat Men Help Privy Council Appeal Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 2

Members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday contributed £1,300 in half an hour for an appeal…

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District Council Elections

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 2

Local government elections in, December would probably be held on the present grouping of 66…

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Referendum To Abolish Council

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 7

The Labor Government would hold a referendum on the abolition of the Legislative Council in May, 1950, Ministers said yesterday…

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Kenny May Win Seat in Council

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1948 · page 2

The assistant -secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, Mr. J. D. Kenny, is regarded as certain to…

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Mayor Issues Writ Threat

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. --The Mayor (Cr. H. L. Peel) threatened to take out a Supreme Court writ…

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Blaming the Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 2

How to take reverses in good part is the least of the Premier's political accomplishments, as his reactions to by-election defeats…

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