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Council & local affairs, 1954

2,271 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 114

Council to fight £2,285,000 claim

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 14

Cumberland County Council would contest a claim for £2,285,000 compensation, members said last night. Dr. G. P. Kauzal, a…

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Transport Act Challenged "Section 92" Again Goes To Privy Council By a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

ON April 27 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will begin hearing an appeal which…

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Deputy Lord Mayor Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 6

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Kevin Edward Dwyer, was fined £30 in Central Summons Court yesterday on a charge of having failed to furnish a taxation…

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A "New Look" for Cairns Cairns; Municipal Council Chambers

Construction · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

Rapidly coming to the forefront as tourist" centre,. Cairns, is a port on Trinity Bay on the north-east coast of Queensland, stretched along the…

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Sydney County Council

Construction · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 32

April 27—(a) One 7-ton diesel engined chassis and cab; (b) Supply and install one 1500-gallon transformer oil tank to a diesel road vehicle…

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Council Denuding Newcastle Beach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 18

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Newcastle beach would be a rockery within five years if the .City Council continued to remove sand from the foreshores, the president of the Newcastle…

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Council Denuding Newcastle Beach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 18

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Newcastle beach would be a rockery within five years if the City Council continued to remove sand from the foreshores, the president of the Newcastle…

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Council Denuding Newcastle Beach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 18

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Newcastle beach would be a rockery within five years if the City Council continued to remove sand from the foreshores, the president of the Newcastle…

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Council Denuding Newcastle Beach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 18

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Newcastle beach would be a rockery within five years if the City Council continued to remove sand from the foreshores, the president of the Newcastle…

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Stories From the Courts Deputy Ld. Mayor Fined £30

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 13

Mr. Denton, C.S.M., yesterday fined the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. K. E. Dwyer) £30 for having failed to furnish…

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Union Council Says Watersiders Wrong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 5

The disputes committee of the Labour Council of N.S.W. yesterday censured the Waterside Workers Federation for refsuing to load arms and ammunition…

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Stalls Traffic Hazard Holroyd Council Problem

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 7

Attention was drawn by the Mayor, Ald. G. Maunder, at last meeting of Holroyd council, to the increasing application for…

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Complaint About Tennis Holroyd Council Debate

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 4

A. South, of 44 Victoria Street, Merrylands. in a letter to Holroyd Council, stated:—"I am in receipt of your letter of 29th inst.,…

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Proposed New Hotel for Guildford Council Congratulated on Opposition

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 4

The following letter has been forwarded to Parramatta City Council:— "Referring to the Proposal to…

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Former Nazi Mayor Reinstalled

The Sydney Jewish News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 11

FRANKFURT (JTA): Dr. Erich Mix, the Nazi Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden when the city’s synagogue was put to…

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Penrith Council's Flood Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 4

The following donations to the Flood Relief Fund being raised by Penrith Council to augment the Lord Mayor's Fund have…

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New Chairman for Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. -- Mr. Victory Mischcon a 38-year-old solicitor, yesterday became Chairman of…

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St. George County Council

The Propeller · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

At the April meeting of the above council it was decided to replace obsolete electric ranges and hot-water systems in most…

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Penrith Branch Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Summer Supply of Milk—request to Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

Members of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council who attended the Public Prices Inquiry held last September went there "armed with their books and income tax returns"; their evidence proved that the…

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Council Moves to Dissolve New Citizens’ Association

The Sydney Jewish News · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

The Council of the Association of New Citizens at a special meeting last week voted itself out of existence. By 27 votes to 1 with 4 abstentions the…

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