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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

2,320 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 116

Labor Won't Axe Leg. Council (MLC's motion at conference)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 June 1952 · page 3

State A.L.P. president F. P. Buckley, himself a member of the Legislative Council, moved at yesterday's annual conference a motion against forcing abolition of the Upper House…

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Pay for Aldermen Supported

The Sun · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 5

State Government is certain to agree to the ALP conference decision yesterday that…

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£250 Allowance Yearly For Aldermen Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 1

The N.S.W. A.L.P. Conference yesterday recommended to the State Government that council aldermen and shire councillors should be paid an…

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Letters to Editor Legislative Council Sir Henry Manning On A.L.P. Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 2

Sir,—During the discussion at the A.L.P. conference on the question whether the Legislative Council should be retained…

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Aldermen pay plan opposed

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 9

The Citizens' Reform Association strongly opposed any payment for aldermen, said Aid. R. Bartley, of the City Council, today…

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Alderman Pay Plan Opposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 3

Shire and local government organisations in N.S.W. were against the A.L.P. conference's recommendation that councillors and aldermen should be paid…

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Govt. to act on expense pay for aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 9

The State Government will act on the A.L.P. Conference decision to approve of expense payments up to £5 a week for…

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Arts Council Lecture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2

Mr. John Metcalfe will talk on "The Library" at to-morro's Arts Council lecture in the Public Library at 1.10 p.m…

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London council schools' education criticised

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 24

The London County Council's method of free education was "making education almost a farce," NSW teacher Miss Olive Fountain said yesterday…

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Council Votes Against Pay For Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

The Kuring-gai Municipal Council passed two resolutions last night condemning the proposal that aldermen and…

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Paid Aldermen Plan Opposed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 13

Payment of aldermen was unwarranted and would saddle the ratepayers,with unnecessary expense. Aid. R. J. Bartley said today. Ald. Bartley, a former…

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Paid Aldermen Plan Opposed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 13

Payment of aldermen was unwarranted and would [?]ddle the employers with unnecessary expense, Ald. R.J. B[?] said today Ald Bar[?] a former…

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Paid Aldermen Plan Opposed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 13

Payment or aldermen was unwarranted and would saddle the ratepayers with unnecessary expense, Ald. R. J. Bartley said today. Ald. Bartley, a former…

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Paid Aldermen Plan Opposed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 13

Payment of aldermen was unwarranted and would saddle the ratepayers with unnecessary expense, Ald. R. J. Bartley Said today. Ald. Bartley, a former…

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Proposed Payment Of Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

Overburdened ratepayers will take a poor view of the proposal that council aldermen and shire councillors…

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C.M.F. is now our Cinderella frontline force Aldermen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 8

THE Minister for Defence (Mr. McBride) said on Monday that the Federal THE State Government has better tilings to do than to pass legislation to…

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Council Has Manpower Trouble

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 9

Parramatta City Council has had to take men from road construction work to maintain garbage services in…

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Municipal Works

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

[?] Fairweather, 26 McC[?]edie Road Guildford, referred to his recent letter, and pointed out that attention to the easement bear his…

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Big success for the democratic forces in Italian municipal poll

Tribune · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 8

ROME.—The democratic forces won a big victory in the municipal elections held in Southern Italy on May 25-26. With 2,182,998 votes the Communist Socialist Party united front polled 9,395 more votes than de Gasperi’s Christian Democrats. DESPITE clerical-police terror…

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An Alderman Resigns New B.m. Deputy Mayor

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 5

As he is leaving the district and going to Wollongong, Ald. James Cripps (Blackheath) tendered his resignation as an…

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