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Council & local affairs, 1954

2,271 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 114

Ex-alderman Fined £60 Over Bribe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 14

Mr. Beavers, S.M., in Central Court yesterday fined a former Leichhardt alderman a total of £60 for having corruptly…

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Ex-alderman Fined £60 Found Guilty On Bribe Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 7

A former alderman of Leichhardt Municipal Council, John James O'Malley, of Mayes Street, Annandale, was fined a total of £60 in Central Summons Court…

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Proposed Musical Eisteddfod— Sutherland Shire

The Observer · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

A committee has been formed by the Como-Oyster Bay Branch of the A.L.P. for the purpose of promoting at an early date “The First…

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Council move on tenements

The Sun · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 13

The City Council's finance committee has recommended that 26 council-owned tenements in…

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Apology For "Council Rackets" Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Victorian Premier, Mr. J. Cain, is said to have told the Minister for…

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Catholic Council Aids Protestant Parish

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 9

THE HAGUE.—The all-Catholic town council of Wychen voted unanimously to help the Dutch Reformed Church there financially so that Protestant townsmen could secure a minister…

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A. L. P. Como Branch Educational Facilities Sutherland Shire

The Observer · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 16

Advice has been received from the Minister for Education, Mr. R.J. Heffron, through the State member for Georges River, Mr…

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Penrith Spastic Council a Humane Movement

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

A Spastic Centre Council has been formed in Penrith, and appeals for the support of a sympathetic public…

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Penrith Water from Water Board? Council Inquiry

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 4

Penrith Council resolved on Tuesday evening to make overtures to the Water Board on proposals of taking over the assets…

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St. Marys Oxley Park Deputation to Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 5

A number of residents of Oxley Park attended the meeting of Penrith Council held on Tuesday evening to place before…

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Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon m November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

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Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

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Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled I corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

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Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon m November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house m Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13 -years -old girl, Mena Griffiths…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Privy Council Sent to Noose Madman Who Murdered Girls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 25

ONE Sunday afternoon in November, 1930, two youths decided to explore an empty house in Wheatley Road, Ormond, a suburb of Melbourne. On the floor of the bathroom, they found the strangled corpse of a 13-years-old girl, Mena Griffiths…

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Busy, Informal Atmosphere At Churches' Council Talks By a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

More than 40 delegates from eight different denominations attended the annual conference of the Australian Council for the World Council of Churches at "Gilbulla," the Anglican Conference…

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State's Right to Tax Interstate Hauliers Privy Council hearing of vital appeal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Thurs. (D.M.W.C.). --A case of vital importance to, New South Wales railways, affecting the taxing by the State of…

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