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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

2,442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 123

Council's Parking Proposal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 2

The planning committee of the City Council yesterday opposed the Government parking committee's…

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Parking plan for Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 14

The City Council planning committee yesterday approved a plan to build six…

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Council Making Wages Up

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 11

Speaking in support of a motion that Fairfield council make up the wages of two council employee whilst they were absent from duty (both were in Yaralla…

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No Inquiry Into Council Affairs

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

The Department of Local Government forwarded to Fairfield Council a copy of a letter sent to Horsley Ratepayers and Citizens' Association In connection with…

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Deputy Town Clerk Resigns Appointed Shire Clerk at Stroud

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

MR. L. G. ALLEN, Deputy Town Clerk of Penrith, having been appointed Shire Clerk to Stroud Shire Council, has tendered his…

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Municipal Finance

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 2

The report of Finance Committee to Fairfield Counell on March 7 contained [?] items for consideration. Including the flowing:…

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Bus Grants Not Enough, Alderman Says

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

The president of the Local Government Association, Alderman R. T. C. Storey, said yesterday that the larger grants to be paid by the State…

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Shire Engineer Dismissed

The Observer · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

The report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the suspension of the Shire Engineer (Mr. L. Burton-Watson) was read in Council…

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Mayor Guilty Of Slaying Official

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), Friday.--Jack McLean, five times mayor of Sydney (N.S.), was yesterday convicted of having killed the crippled city voting registrar, Joseph Mackinnon (63), by driving his car…

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Mayor Guilty Of Slaying Official

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), Friday.--Jack McLean, five times mayor of Sydney (N.S.), was yesterday convicted of having killed the crippled city voting registrar, Joseph Mackinnon (63), by driving his car…

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Council Likely To Close

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

The Cumberland County Council, which prepared the planning scheme for Sydney,…

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Council Likely To Close

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

The Cumberland County Council, which prepared the planning scheme for Sydney,…

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Unions on Press Labour Council Discussion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

The N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council decided last night to hold a special meeting on April 13 to decide…

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Germany a Member Wheat Council Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, March 16 (A.A.P.).—Reuters' Financial Correspondent learned from an authoritative source to-day…

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Labor Council to Discuss Ban on Press

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

Sydney Trades and Labor Council decided last night to call a special meeting on April 13 to discuss a move to exclude the Press from Council…

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WIZO State Council of Nsw Wizo Ivrah

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

Members and friends are cordially invited to attend a Social and Cultural Evening at the home of Mr and Mrs J. Gurvich, 102…

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St. George County Council Notes From the Last Meeting

The St George Call · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 8

Opposition to Proposed Electricity Commission. Further opposition to the Government's proposal for an Electricity…

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CLUBS and Organisations National Council of Jewish Women Rose Bay-vaucluse Committee Baby Show

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 12

The Chairman, Mrs L. Braham, and Executive cordially invite members and friends to come along and bring their children to…

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Ministers’ Answer To Slanders On Peace Council

Tribune · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 7

The Communist Party did not establish the Australian Peace Council, does not control its policy or activities and cannot use it for ends other than advancing cause of world peace…

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Advisers to C.S.I.R.O. Appointments To Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

Appointments to the advisory council of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation were announced last…

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