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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

3,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 165

Council May Move On Seaplane Noise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

Woollahra Municipal Council last night decided to consider whether it will exercise its powers under…

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HOMES And Building Council's Ban on Two Cottages Revives Controversy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 9

Parramatta City Council has declined to grant a building mit Jor two houses designed with concrete and timber floors laid level with the ground. The houses are prototypes of 100 cottages which an English building firm, Ronald Lyon and Co…

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Mayor's Relief Fund

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

The newly-formed City of Parramatta "Mayor's Relief Fund" Committee was inaugurated at a…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH (California) (A.P.).--Let there be light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH(California) (A.P). --"Let there be light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH (California) (A.P.). --"Let there be light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH, (California) (A.P.)-- "Let there be light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH (California) (A.P.).-- "Let there he light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH(California) (A.P.). --"Let there be light," said the Mayor of…

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Mayor's Blush As Light Fails

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 17

REDONDO BEACH (California) (A.P.). "Let there be light," said the Mayor of Re…

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Memorial Doors At Mosman Council

Construction · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 8

The Annual Report of the Mosman Council for 1952 records that during the year Memorial Doors at the entrance to the Council…

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'Demanding' Letter[?] Condemned by Aldermen

The Biz · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 16

In moving an addendum to the Finance Committees report, that in future all correspondence sent to ratepayers be reviewed by the…

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Municipal Markets Report, to Fairfield Council

The Biz · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 14

His Worship the Mayor, Alderman W. L. Wo[?]enden, presided at the meeting of the Markets Committee field in the Council…

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Attack By Mayor On Coal Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 7

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—The Mayor of Lithgow, Ald. H. C. Heffernan, told the…

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Kogarah Council

The Propeller · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

A fifty per cent. rebate on rates for the year 1953 was granted by Kogarah Council to property owners in the…

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£700 for Council's Audior

The Biz · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 14

Auditor to Fairfield Council for many years, the firm of N. J. Warton applied for the job again this year. It was revealed at last…

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Sutherland Council. New Councillor Elected

The Propeller · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 1

At the extraordinary election held on Saturday, March 7, to fill the vacancy in A Riding of Sutherland Shire, caused by the…

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Parks Improvement Responsibility of Council

The Biz · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 9

"The parks are the responsibility of Council, and it's our job to see that they are developed," said Ald. E. H. McGrath, at last week's…

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Question Time at Fairfield Council

The Biz · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 12

Questions from council meeting, February 25:— Alderman Chamberlain asked: "How much money hag been spent…

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News for Women Lord Mayor Receives Debs At Loreto Convent Bail

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 7

TWENTY-EIGHT debutantes were presented to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. P. J. Hills), at the Loreto Convent, Kirribrlli, Ex-students' Annual Ball, which was held at the Trocadero on St. Patrick's Day. More than 800 people, a record attendance for a girls'…

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