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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

2,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 113

Immense Programme of Borrowing £122,000,000 Sought By 7 Governments Problems for Loan Council

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — A borrowing programme of £122,000,000 for the present financial year will be sought by the Commonwealth and the States when…

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Council Sympathy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 9

Lidcombe Council last week passed a motion of sympathy in the death of a former alderman, Mr. Herbert Bachell, of John…

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Mayor's Plan To Eliminate Clyde "Death Crossing"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

The Mayor of Granville (Ald. H. T. Bradley) said to-day it was possible to quickly eliminate the Unwin Street level crossing scene of last Wednesday's tragic…

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Gifts From Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

Donations of £50 to Parramatta Rugby Union and Memorial Boys' Club, and £100 to the Parramatta…

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South Aust. News. Municipal Council's Wage Board Retirement of Mr. C. R. CAMERON

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 12

Retiring members of the Municipal Corporations' and District Councils' Industrial Board met for the last time…

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Council's Plan for New Shop Centre

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

Parramatta Council will ask the Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) for the co-operation of the State Housing Commission to establish new shopping centres in East and North Parramatta…

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Labor Council Strikes at Railmen’s Unity

Tribune · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 6

Decision by the Labor Council to ban demonstration stoppages in support of railmen’s demands has been sharply criticised by the Council of Railway Shop Committees…

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Loan Council Estimates. £26,547,000 Required for Housing

Construction · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 6

A total loan Works Programme of £121,942,000 for the current financial year will be proposed by the States at the Premiers' Conference. Provision is made in the programme for…

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Council Cuts N.s.w. Loan by £6,717,000

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The Loan Council today cut from £36,100,000 to £29,383,000 the New South Wales loan allocation for developmental…

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Lamb Lashes Out on Municipal Merger

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

The speaker of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, Mr. W. H. Lamb, who is Labour member for Granville, to-day described as "grossly inaccurate" a newspaper report…

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French Municipal Election Postponed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday.--"This will be a bad day for the Republican regime," said a Conservative deputy in the…

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French Municipal Election Postponed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday.--"This will be a bad day for the Republican regime," said a Conservative deputy in the…

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French Municipal Election Postponed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday.--"This will be a bad day for the Republican regime," said a Conservative deputy in the…

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French Municipal Election Postponed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday.--"This will be a bad day for the Republican regime," said a Conservative deputy in the…

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French Municipal Election Postponed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 August 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday.--"This will be a bad day for the Republican regime," said a Conservative deputy in the…

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Mayor's Protest on Bay Station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

A transport service lost its value when it became a blot on the area it served, the Mayor of Woollahra (Aid. L. E. Duff) said today. "GOVERNMENTS today seem…

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Mayor's Protest on Bay Station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

A transport service lost its value when it became a blot on the area it served, the Mayor of Woollahra (Ald. L. E. Duff) said today. "GOVERNMENTS today seem…

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Mayor's Protest on Bay Station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

A transport service lost its value when it became a blot on the area it served, the Mayor of Woollahra (Aid.L.E.Duff) said today. "GOVERNMENTS today seem…

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Mayor's Protest on Bay Station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

A transport service lost its value when it became a blot on the area it served, the Mayor of Woollahra (Aid. L. E. Duff) said today. "GOVERNMENTS today seem…

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Mayor's Protest on Bay Station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 5

A transport service lost its value when it became a blot on the area it served, the Mayor of Woollahra (Ald. L.E. Duff) said today. GOVERNMENTS today seem…

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