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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

2,442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 123

Council's Insurances

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

Argument warmed up at the meeting of Penrith Council on Tuesday, March 28, when the recommendation of the Finance Committee with regard…

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£14,000 Debt Admitted By Ex-Mayor

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Former Mayor of Waterloo, Thomas Richard Pracey, Phillip .St., Waterloo, told the Registrar (Mr. J. T. Kearney) in the Bankruptcy. Court today that he…

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£14, 000 Debt Admitted By Ex-Mayor

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Former Mayor of Waterloo, "Thomas Richard Pracey, Phillip .St., Waterloo, told the Registrar. (Mr. J. T. Keaney) in the Bankruptcy Court today that he…

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Cumberland County Council Scheme

The Observer · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 8

“The delay is causing anxiety and embarrassment to Councils,” says the President of the Local Government Association (Ald. R. T. C. Storey)…

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New Jewish Council President

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 11

At the annual meeting of the Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti-Semitism in Melbourne last week, M[?]. J. Redapple was elected president…

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Question Time at Council

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

The Mayor was piled with numerous questions at list week's meeting of Fairfield Council, even though it was well past midnight…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Penrith branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council will be held in the C.W.A. rooms, Station Street, at 8 p.m. on…

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Bankrupt ex-mayor tells of £10,000 payment in bank

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

Ex-Mayor of Waterloo, Thomas Richard Pracey, said in court today that he need not have gone bankrupt as £10,000 was paid into his bank two days before his bankruptcy…

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The President’s Column Levy Was Invalid Admission by Cumberland County Council. (Contributed by C. J. Monro, President of the Shire)

The Observer · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

The Sutherland Shire Council refused to pay the levy made on it by the Cumberland County Council in 1949 on the ground that it considered…

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Flouted Council's Authority. Causing Damage to Roads

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 13

Fairfieid Council is referring to Cumberland County Council legal advisers the [?]ase of a man who has, it is alleged, disregarded council's notice to cease…

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WIZO State Council of Nsw Wizo-ivriah

The Sydney Jewish News · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 12

Members and friends are kindly asked to make our monthly Card Afternoon, which will be held on Wednesday, April 12, at…

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Council's Shale Problem. Proposals to Open Own Pits

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 12

Commenting' on the report of Fairfield Council's municipal engineer, Mr. J. Spencer, that the delivery of shale was very indefinite, and that supplies from…

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Jewish Women National Council of Jewish Women Morning Tea

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 11

The president and executive cordially invite members and friends to a morning tea in honour of Mrs. R. Renof and other interstate visitors at the Council…

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Fairfield Nursery School Committee Wants Council to Support Resumption

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Fairfield Nursery School Committee asked Fairfield Council last week to support its representations to the Minister for Education in resuming land for the…

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Liquor Canteen for St. Marys Minister's Reply to Council's Request

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

PENRITH Council recently asked the Minister for Justice that a pemit be granted for a liquor canteen at St. Marys, as at…

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Fairfield's Municipal Library

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 14

Things are moving slowly regarding the establishment of Fairfield's Municipal Library. Firstly, the accepted librarian, Miss Kinsella, of Penrith,…

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Shire of Jemalong. Sale of Road Machinery

The Land · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 32

QUOTATIONS are invited and will be received by the undersigned up to 5 p.m., Monday, 24th April, 1950, for the purchase of the following road making…

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Council Waits For New Parking Power

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 7

The Lord Mayor, Alderman E. C. O'Dea, said yesterday that the City Council would install parking meters in city streets as…

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Letters County Council Scheme Effect On Values Of Property

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 2

Sir,—I agree with your correspondent about the "follies" of amalgamation of councils and electricity co-ordination. But I…

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Council Ready for Car Meters Types to be considered

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 9

The City Council would be ready to instal parking meters within a month of legislation being passed, the Lord Mayor (Alderman O'Dea) said…

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