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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

2,442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 123

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. Ald…

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Mayor Reports On New City Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 7

The following is the first of a series of articles written by the Mayor of Parramatta (Alderman E. A. Mobbs) on the work accomplished in the first year of the new Parramatta City Council:…

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Lord Mayor Defends Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 14

Mr. R. Trigges had been chosen as one of the Labor Party candidates for the Sydney County…

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Lord Mayor Defends Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 14

Mr. R. Triggs had been chosen as one of the Labor Party candidates for the Sydney County…

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Lord Mayor Defends Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 14

Mr. R. Triggs had been chosen as one of the Labor Party candidates for the Sydney County…

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Lord Mayor Defends Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 14

Mr. R. Triggs had been chosen as one of the Labor Party candidates for the Sydney County…

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Lord Mayor Defends Candidate

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 14

Mr. R. Triggs had been chosen as one of the Labor Party candidates for the Sydney County…

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National Council of Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 11

Professor F. J. Browne, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the. London University College Hospital, will…

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Mayor's Record WEDDED 20,000 Couples, Also Unwed 10,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON.-- Mr. Gunnar Fant, Stockholm's 70-year's-old Mayor, claims that during his 17 years…

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Mayor's Record WEDDED 20,000 Couples, Also Unwed 10,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON.-- Mr. Gunnar Fant, Stockholm's 70 years-old Mayor, claims that during his 17 years…

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Paspalum Control Sought By Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 10

Holroyd Council is supporting a move by Concord Council for the establishment of research into the eradication of…

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Button Days Council Told "Too Many"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 9

The United Charities Fund has written to the City Council objecting to "indiscriminate street…

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Council Move in Campaign for New Maternity Hospital

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 1

Urgent need for immediate establishment of temporary hospital accommodation for maternity cases at Parramatta, was stressed last week by the Mayor of Holroyd (Ald. W. Campbell)…

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Temporary School At Merrylands West Urged By Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 1

Holroyd Council will urge the Education Department to establish temporary school accommodation on land recently acquired in Hilltop Road, Merrylands West…

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Holroyd Municipal Improvements Committee

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

Reporting to last meeting of Holroyd Council the Holroyd Municipal Improvements committee made the following recommendations relative to the…

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Aldermen blamed for traffic 'chaos'

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 11

Alderman P. Plant Smith yesterday blamed the City Council Planning…

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"Unauthorised" Crossing Work by Ex-alderman

The Biz · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 5

A prominent figure in local government circles in Cabramatta in pre-war days, ex-Aid. A. T. ("Tiny") Reardon, was the centre of an important…

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Sutherland Shire Hospital

The Propeller · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 1

The ceremony of "The Turning of the Sod" of the new Sutherland Shire District Hospital will be…

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Vancouver's mayor would like to stay

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 29

The Mayor of Vancouver, Mr. Charles Thompson, likes Sydney so much he wants to stay here longer…

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National Council of Jewish Women Independence Celebration

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 10

Council's celebration of the Independence of Israel and the 1950 United Israel Appeal, will take place at a gala dinner at the Council Rooms on Monday…

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