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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

2,499 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 125

Blue Mountains Council Will Not Ban Communists

Tribune · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 3

An attempt to suppress freedom of speech in all public halls controlled by the Blue Mountains Council received a…

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Labor Men Expose BMA Council Denial Of Free Medicine To The People

Tribune · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 3

The denial of the medicine to the people was put in its true perspective here on Tuesday night when Senator S.W. O’Flaherrty (Lab.. SA) declared that the present fight “is not necessarily with the BMA members but with the…

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Alderman may be banned

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 17

Alderman, now racing in Melbourne, played up badly before the start of…

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Trouble In Gosford Shire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 4

GOSFORD, Saturday.—Shocking revelations may be made at a special meeting of Gosford Shire Council on Monday concerning…

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Wire-tapping Put New York Mayor on Spot

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Long shadows of "Boss" Tweed, Jimmy Walker, the Seabury scandal and Tammany Hall have fallen across the City Hall and Mayor O'Dwyer. The City Government of New…

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Punters in Auckland bet on their mayor AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 1

PEOPLE of Auckland find their mayor, Councillor Allum, a good bet for a helping hand at any time. Some of them, when they lose all their money…

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French Vote Begins Council Poll As National Test

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 3

LONDON, March 20 (A.A.P.). —Polling booths opened throughout France early to-day for the election of…

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Alderman, Hurdler

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Sydney-owned Alderman, under threat of banishment from the metropolitan area…

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Alderman, Hurdler

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Sydney-owned Alderman, under threat of banishment from the metropolitan area…

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Alderman, Hurdler

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Sydney-owned Alderman, under threat of banishment from the metropolitan area…

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Alderman, Hurdler

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Sydney-owned Alderman, under threat of banishment from the metropolitan area…

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Alderman, Hurdler

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Sydney-owned Alderman, under threat of banishment from the metropolitan area…

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Council Defers Parking Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 9

The City Council yesterday deferred for a fortnight a report on the proposed underground parking station in Hyde…

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Council Warns of Blackouts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

Blackouts might occur in 23 suburbs today, a Sydney County Council spokesman said yesterday…

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Boarding House Check By City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

The Lord Mayor, Alderman E. C. O'Dea, said yesterday the City Council would make a survey of all residentials and…

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Council's £33,000 for Road Repair

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

FORMER municipalities, no incorporated in the City Sydney, will benefit by £33,000 road-repairing pr[?]…

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Illness of Alderman's Wife

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

Alderman R. Dryden, of Granville, motored to Tamworth during the week-end to visit his wife, who is recovering from a…

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Council Plans Pleasure Ground

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

Baulkham Hills Council is considering a proposal to purchase land adjacent to the Hawkesbury River for the purpose of…

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Council Suggests Hospital Sites

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

Baulkham Hills Council will suggest three sites for a hospital in the shire in reply to a request from the Hospital…

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Fresh Tree Problem Facing City Council

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

Labor Alderman A. W. Thompson, of the City Council, is facing another "tree" problem. ALD. THOMPSON, who…

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