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Council & local affairs, 1954

2,271 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 114

Law Court Reports Ex-alderman in Court Denies Charges Of Bribery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 6

A former alderman of the Leichhardt Council, John James O'Malley, of Mayes Street, Annandale, denied in Central Summons Court yesterday that he had…

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Mayor's Rise From Rags to Riches—and Back Again He left this ...For This

Truth · Sunday 11 April 1954 · page 54

On Tuesday at Judge Fitzpatrick's Darlinghurst Sessions Court the wheel of fortune turned turtle for Edward Charles Erwin (47), former Mayor of Leichhardt. Erwin's story, told by Det. J. M. Davis, C.I.B., and his counsel (Mr. T…

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County Council Faces £2m. CLAIM

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 8

The Cumberland county council Clerk (Mr. H. E. aMiden) said today that a Matraville chemical manufacturer, had made a claim for £2,285,000 compensation because the…

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County Council Faces £2m. CLAIM

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 8

The Cumberland County Council Clerk (Mr. H. E. aMiden) said today that a Matraville chemical manufacturer had made a claim for £2,285,000 compensation because the…

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County Council Faces £2m. CLAIM

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 8

The Cumberland Count Council Clerk (Mr. H. E. Maiden) said today that a Matraville chemical manufacturer had made a claim for £2,285,000 compensation because the…

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£2,285,000 Claim on County Council

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

A chemical manufacturer of Matraville is claiming £2,285,000 compensation from the Cumberland County Council because it has declared as "an open area" in a green belt area the…

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This Is Sydney---1954 Council's Shocking Hovels

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 5

Within a mile of Sydney Town Hall, young families are growing up in a row of houses with damp and broken walls, no bathrooms, some…

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St. Mary’s Communist Alderman on the Job

Tribune · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 11

ST. MARY’S.—Communist Alderman Mel McCalman has been doing a pretty stout job here in working for needs of local residents…

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Dep. Lord Mayor given £30 fine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and former M.L.A., Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Central Court today for failing to submit an income-tax return…

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Council condemns H-bomb

Tribune · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

Representing over a quarter of million unionists, the NSW Labor Council on Thursday night called for a meeting between Britain, the USA USSR to discuss the hydrogen bomb menace. Moving the resolution the Secretary, Mr. R. A. King, MLC, said:…

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Wharfies Facing Council Rebuke

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 7

The State Labor Council Disputes Committee this afternoon probably will rebuke the Waterside Workers Federation…

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Government Surprises College Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday. —The Council of the Canberra University College to-day expressed surprise at the…

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£30 Fine for Deputy Lord Mayor on Taxes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and farmer M.L.A., Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Central Court today for failing to submit an income tax return. Dwyer failed to disclose…

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£30 Fine for Deputy Lord Mayor on Taxes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and former M.L.A., Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Central Court today for failing to submit an income tax return. Dwyer failed to disclose…

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£30 Fine for Deputy Lord Mayor on Taxes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and former M.L.A., Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Central Court- today for failing to submit an income tax return. Dwyer failed to disclose…

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£30 Fine for Deputy Lord Mayor on Taxes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and former M.L.A., Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Centra! Court today for failing to submit an income tax return. Dwyer failed to disclose…

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Deputy Lord Mayor Fined In trouble over his tax returns

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 3

Deputy Lord Mayor and former Labor MLA, Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30…

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Council for the U.S. Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 18

Boston attorney Joseph N. Welch, who has been appointed special counsel to handle the U.S…

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Council for the U.S. Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 18

Boston attorney Joseph N. Welch, who has been appointed special counsel to handle the U.S…

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Council for the U.S. Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 18

Boston attorney Joseph N. Welch, who has been appointed special counsel to handle, the U.S…

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