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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

2,442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 123

Reds Disruptive at Labor Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

A well-organised Communist public gallery at the Trades and Labor Council last night tried to break up the meeting by shouting down Right-Wing speakers…

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Protest on council's sport ban

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 23

Coogee shopkeepers have organised petitions to protest against Randwick…

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Reds Disruptive at Labor Council

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

A well-organised Communist public gallery at the Trades and Labor Council last night tried to break up the meeting by shouting down Right-Wing speakers…

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League Flashes "War Council" Meeting Lapsed

The St George Call · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

Possibly because of "Big Chief Little Wolf's" absence, the "war council meeting" which the city press said would be held by St…

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New Steps on Atom Church Council Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

LONDON, April 20 (A.A.P.).—The British Council of Churches to-day called on the Government to take the…

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7 Unions Ordered by Council to End Overtime Ban

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

NSW Trades and Labor Council has directed seven metal unions, which imposed an overtime bon at Australian Consolidated Industries and its subsidiaries, to lift it immediately. After a lively debate last…

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CLUBS and Organisations National Council of Jewish Women Independence Celebration

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 12

Council’s celebration of Independence of Israel and the 1950 United Israel Appeal will take place jointly at a Gala Dinner at…

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WiZO State Council of Nsw Wizo and the United Appeal

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 12

WIZO State Council invites members to attend the Dinner being held at the Maccabean Hall on Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m…

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The President’s Column Confiscation of a Public Reserve (Contributed by Cr. C. J. Monro, Shire President)

The Observer · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

I view with very great concern, the cancellation by Proclamation of a Public Reserve in this Shire by the Hon. W. Sheehan, M.L.A., the…

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Council Wage Rises Stopped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 5

The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission yesterday disapproved "in the public interest" an award giving pay increases of 11/ and 14/ a week to all Sydney Municipal Council employees…

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Crusade for Christ the Commonwealth Crusade Council

The Methodist · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

Tha Commonwealth Crusade Council commenced its meetings in Adelaide on Tuesday last, 18th April, and reviewed the progress of the first year of the Crusade for Christ. The Council also…

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Labor Council To Bar Press From Future Meetings

Tribune · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 7

Right and Leftwing delegates have unitedly censured the daily press for its mounting anti-working class distortions by barring reporters from Labor Council meetings…

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U.S.A. Refused Red Dean Visa, Says Peace Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

The United States Government has refused to allow the Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, to pass through Honolulu on his way* back to England from…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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Mayor's Plane Delayed

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 22

ONE of the most disappointed hostesses yesterday was Mrs. C. M. Croft, wife of the Canadian Trade…

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City Council's Housing Scheme

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 2

The City Council will not demolish houses in Pyrmont until flats have first been erected to house the occupants. Aid…

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