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Council & local affairs, 1955

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Fee Rise Detrimental Says Union Council

Tharunka · Monday 3 January 1955 · page 2

At a special meeting of the U.T.S.U. Council held to discuss the fee increase in December, Council was firmly opposed to any fee rise. It unanimously resolved:-“Due to-costs of every-day life rising out of proportion to…

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Ex-mayor charged on taxi plates

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

A Campsie detective sergeant told Newtown Court today that a former Mayor of Waterloo…

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Council Takes Over M.i.a. Electricity

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 8

An agreement transferring the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area's Electricity Undertaking from the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Resident Slates Council on Street Condition

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 11

Some roads in South Granville were worse than anything he'd seen in outback country districts, a resident told Parramatta City Council meeting…

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Margins Refusal Before Labor Council This Week

Tribune · Wednesday 12 January 1955 · page 3

Dissatisfaction with the recent NSW Industrial Commission's rejection of margin demands will be aired at the NSW Labor Council this Thursday night. A NUMBER of unions have written to the Council asking that…

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Crescent Prolongation and Overbridge Council Receives Negative Replies From Federal and State Departments

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 1

The Minister for the Army has told Penrith Council that the proposed prolongation of the The Crescent seems uneconomical as its cost would probably exceed £59,000…

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Israel Mayor Operated on in Boston

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 5

New York (J.T.A.). — Mayor Oved Ben Ami, of Nathanya, Israel, who arrived last month in this…

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Aldermen To Attend Official Opening

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1955 · page 7

Holroyd aldermen have accepted an invitation from Guildford Rugby League Football Club to attend the…

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Holroyd Council Correspondence, Jan. 11

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 19 January 1955 · page 4

H. Rutter, 18 Hill Top Road, Merrylands, asked if the grader could clear the gutter along Hill Top Rood between Coleman and…

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Seeks Council Aid to Finance Child Centre

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1955 · page 8

About £1,000 a year is needed to keep Parramatta Child Centre going, committee president Mr. A.F. Stark has told City Council…

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Wasting Time at Council Meetings Mountain Mayor's Minute

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 1

"WHILST the mayor of any councill controls all debates, it must be evident to each alderman that the simple,…

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Penrith Council Activity in 1954 Review by the Mayor

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 2

"THE advent of the New Year has ushered in another period of activity which promises to exceed by far any…

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Ratepayers' Association Protests to Minister Increase in Penrith Rates Alderman on "Lavish Expenditure"

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 1

Penrith Ratepayers' Association, at a meeting held in the Council Chambers last Friday evening, decided to protest to the Minister for Local Government against Penrith Council's increase of rates and…

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Australian Council of Young Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 4

An Australian Junior Farmer has spoken to 3,288 people at 48 meetings in 18 weeks spent in the United States…

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Ratepayers to Council Congrats. and Requests

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 2

SEVERAL items were mentioned in a letter received by Penrith Council on Tuesday evening from Penrith and…

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Tenders for Petroleum Products Council Out-votes Rescission Motion

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 1

PENRITH Council at its last meeting rejected a motion for the rescission of a resolution to call tenders for the…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Bull Rearing Proposal Was Rejected By Council

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 27

A proposal to alter the Junior Farmers' beef cattle project to include a fourth division for rearing a purebred registered bull was defeated at the term meeting of the Junior Farmers' Clubs State Council in Sydney…

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Holroyd Council Auditor's Report

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 6

The auditors, Messrs. Ivo W Kerr, Son and Walsh, have advised Holroyd Council of the completion of the audit of the books…

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World Peace Council issues call to everyone--including you!

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1955 · page 8

MEETING at Stockholm, at the end of November, the World Peace Council issued an Address to the Peoples of the…

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A Bus Service Department to Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 January 1955 · page 1

Penrith Council at its meeting on Tuesday evening received a letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Motor…

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