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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

3,298 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 165

Probe Move For Council

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 16

Liverpool Municipal Council will hear a motion on February 3 to have the affairs of…

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Huge Vegetables Loss Mayor Deplores "Shocking Waste" At City Markets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Tons of first quality vegetables were dumped at the City Markets today because of a glut While housewives continued So pay high prices in the shops barrow men and foragers picked through pites of cabbages and cucumbers and…

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Huge Vegetables Loss Mayor Deplores "Shocking Waste" At City Markets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Tons of first quality vegetables were dumped at the City Markets today of a glut. White housewives continued to pay high prices in the shops barrowmen and foragers picked through piles of cabbages and cucumbers and…

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Huge Vegetables Loss Mayor Deplores "Shocking Waste" At City Markets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Tons of first quality, vegetables were dumped at the City Markets today because of a glut. white housewives continued to pay high prices in the shops barrowmen and foragers picked through piles of cabbages and cucumbers and…

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Huge Vegetables Loss Mayor Deplores "Shocking Waste" At City Markets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Tons of first qualify vegetables were damped at the City Markets today because of a glut. While housewives continued to pay high prices in the shops barrowmen and and foragers picked throught piles of cabbages and cucumbers and tooks what they wanted for nothing…

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Holroyd Council Canteen at Jamboree

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

At last meeting of Holroyd Council, the Mayor, Ald. G. Maunder, referred to the canteen which had been arranged to…

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Holroyd Council Canteen at Jamboree

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

At last meeting of Holroyd Council, the Mayor, Ald. G. Maunder, referred to the canteen which had been arranged to…

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Good Vegetables Dumped by Ton Mayor Deplores "Shocking Waste" At City Markets

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Tons of first qualify vegetables were dumped at the City Markets today because of a glut. White housewives continued to pay high prices in the shops barrowmen and foragers picked through piles of cabbages and cucumbers and…

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Underground Car Park Proposal Council Invites Offers on Project

Construction · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

Who's interested in building and operating an underground car park Belmore Park, near Central Railway Station?…

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Investigation of "Pigeonhole" Car Parks Sydney City Council Makes Move

Construction · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 5

In an effort to solve Sydney's parking problems, the City Council is investigating the possibilities of "pigeonhole” car parks, as successfully…

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Sutherland Shire Hospital

The Propeller · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

The steel required for the building of Sutherland Shire Hospital, ordered from overseas, has now arrived and been…

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No robes for the Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wed.--The use of mayoral robes and chain was un-Australian, Ald. H. Rickard said last night. He was speaking at a meeting of the…

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Alderman's Press Statements Ald. McGrath Attacks Ald. Cousins

The Biz · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 14

Recent statements appearing in the daily Press caused quite an animated debate at last meeting of Fairfield Council, verbal brickbats being heaved around quite freely. Ald. E. H. McGrath moved that…

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No Robes For Mayor Of Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday. —Pram ramps for the convenience of mothers were preferable to "wasting"…

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Hurstville Council

The Propeller · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

Only two cases of notifiable infectious disease occurred in Hurstvllle Municipality during the past month, viz., one case…

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The Sutherland Shire Cricket Club

The Observer · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 14

The Sutherland Shire team played its first game after the Christmas and New Year break on Saturday last against Lane Cove…

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Action Against Ex-mayor. Rowell v. DUNBIER

The Biz · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

Legal proceedings against Ald. R. A. Dunbler, a former Mayor of Liverpool, were initiated on Tuesday, when a summons was issued…

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"38 Miles of Roads Done in Smithfield Ward" "11 Miles," Say Progress Aldermen

The Biz · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 9

When Alderman P. Ryan, last year's Mayor of Fairfield, stated at last week's council meeting that 38 miles, of road in Smithfield…

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Council Plea Over Airport

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.-- Newcastle Council has decided to ask the Federal Government to make a…

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St. George County Council

The Propeller · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

At last Friday night's meeting of St. George County Council Ald. C. C. Nairn, a delegate from Rockdale Council,…

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