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Council & local affairs, 1955

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Works Requests. Fairfield Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 13 July 1955 · page 14

The following matters, with the exception of item (g), were inferred to the ward aldermen by Fairfield Council for consideration…

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Municipal Works

The Biz · Wednesday 13 July 1955 · page 21

Amongst the many matters contained in the report of the Works Committee to Fairfield Council were the…

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Combined Progress Associations Fairfield Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 13 July 1955 · page 8

The last meeting of the Combined Progress Association of Fairfield Municipality was held on July 1…

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Use of Council Chambers for Meetings Deputation Waits on Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 July 1955 · page 1

There was quite an amicable approach to the question in the stating of the case for the lifting of Penrith Council's, ban on the use of the Council Chambers by organisations for meetings at Council…

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Penrith Council's Loan Liabilities TOTAL £389,434

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 July 1955 · page 6

AT the meeting of Penrith Council held on June 28 the town clerk. Mr. E. F. Ross, submitted a report showing…

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Council Appoints Deputation to Meet Minister Perturbed at Planning Delay

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 July 1955 · page 1

Owing to protracted delay in the exhibition of the Penrith plan and in planning generally, Penrith Council decided on Tuesday evening to ask the Minister for Local Government to receive a deputation…

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Electricity Matters Fairfield Municipal Council

The Biz · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 14

The vice-chairman, Ald. W. E. J. Turner, presided at the meeting of the Electricity Committee held in the Council Chambers,…

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Mayor Opens New Factory at P'matta

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 1

The new factory for the Whitehall Pharmacal Company was opened by the Mayor of Parramatra (Alderman H. Horwood) on Friday. The new building with its…

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Fairfield Council Works Committee

The Biz · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 9

The Australian Gas Light Co. wrote to Fairfield Council and referred to council's letter of May 18, 1955, regarding…

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Home for Pensioners Information to Council

The Biz · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 19

I. Smith, Carramar, wrote to Fairfield Council drawing attention to the proposal by Mr. W. Marr, of Carrington St.,…

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Council Warned on Electricity Death Rate

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 6

A warning that the number of deaths from accidental electrocution was continually increasing was issued to Holroyd Council last week by the…

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Fairfield Council Matters Finance and General Purposes

The Biz · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 10

Included amongst the many matters in the report of the Finance and General Purposes Committee to Fairfield Council…

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Council, Police Agre[?] on Terminal for Buses

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 6

A suggestion that an unname[?] road, which serves as the Merryland 'bus terminal, should be called "Young' Folly," received no support at las[?]…

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Balsas iš Australijos the United Council Op Migrants From Communist Dominated Europe in Australia Telegrama Jungtinēms Tautoms

Musu Pastoge = Our Haven · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 1

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Press Release from the New South Wales Peace Council Up to Monday, June 20th, 84,256 citizens of New South Wales had signed the World Wide Appeal Against Atomic War Preparations

Il Risveglio = The Awakening · Wednesday 20 July 1955 · page 4

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Borrowing from a Hospital Fund Stormy Interlude at Council Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 1

DEBATE at Penrith Council meeting on 13th inst became stormy at one stage, when a letter from the…

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Mayor of Haifa Sends Thanks

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 July 1955 · page 7

The Mayor of Haifa (Aba Khoushy) has sent a personal letter of thanks to Dr. M. Laseson, of Rose Bay, in…

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Aldermen Differ On Street Stalls Permission

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 4

Aldermen of Holroyd Council disagre[?] at their last meeting on the number of stre[?] stalls an association was allowed each year. The First Greystanes…

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New Alderman Lashes Out in Fighting Maiden Speech

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 1

Dissatisfaction of Granville residents in local government administration in their are had been reflected in the result of the recent by-election newly-elected Alderman J. Burgess said at…

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Mayor's Visit to Funeral Parlours

The Biz · Wednesday 27 July 1955 · page 3

His Worship the Mayor of Fairfield, Ald. W. L. Wolfenden, visited the new funeral parlours of Funerals of Distinction in…

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