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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1956

483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 25

Council Younger Set

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 6

Another of those successful American functions. On Sunday, 29th July, we are holding another Sherry…

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Editor Asked to Front Council Aldermen Take Exception to False Statements

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 25

The editor of the "Advance" will be asked to "front" the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Fairfield…

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Kemps-Badgery's Creeks Water Aldermen Hostile to Hold-up

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 27

Ald. John Macdonald trenchantly, attacked the delay in the implementation of the Kemp's Creek-Badgery's Creek…

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Church Thanks Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 7

St. Anne's Church of England committee, Merrylands, has thanked Holroyd Council for having co-operated in…

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Council Wants Rat Control

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 1

Control of rat eradication in gardens at Parramatta railway station is being sought by City Council…

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Railway Land Council Objects to Lease

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 20

The Department of Railways forwarded to Fairfield Council, a plan showing the area of railway land in Fraser Road. Canley…

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River Road Drainage Council to Make Survey

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 12

The chief municipal engineer reported as follows to Fairfield Council on the drainage gutters fronting No. 13 River Road…

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£300 to Shift Light Pole Shock for Council

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 17

At last meeting of Holroyd Council correspondence was received from the Electricity Commission in regard to two…

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Ald. Les Hale Not to Nominate for Council (To the Editor)

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 26

SIR.--Recently there have appeared in "The Biz" several letters signed by E. V. ("Digger") Hale, in which attacks were…

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Garages and Homes Report on Temporary Dwellings Council to Prosecute for authorised Buildings

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 27

The chief health inspector reported to Fairneld Council on the unauthorised erection of garages for use as temporary…

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Health & Building Report Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 27

The Vice-Chairman, Alderman K. J. Howick, presided at a meeting of the Health and Building Committee held in the Council…

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Finance and General Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 26

The vice-chairman, Alderman W. L. Wolfenden, presided at a meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee held…

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Municipal Works

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 4

footpath and roadway, Moore Street, Carramar, requesting that the or three loads of ashes be cumpea on the footpath, and if…

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Municipal Works

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 4

The Vice-Chairman, Alderman K. Makepeace, presided at a meeting of the Works Committee held in the Council Chambers,…

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Requests for Works Fairfield Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 22

The following matters with one exception, were referred to the respective ward aldermen by Fairfield Council for…

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Fairfield A.l.p. Municipal Assembly

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 4

The monthly meeting of Fair-field A.L.P. Municipal Assembly was held in Fairfield Council Chambers on Thursday, July 19…

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Mobile Library Due Soon Fairfield Municipality's New Service

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1956 · page 24

It will [?]ot be long before citizens of the outlying areas of F[?]field will come to readily recognise Fairfield Council's new…

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Council Asked to "Show Cause" Department Concerned at Non-conforming Development Council to Fall in Line

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 August 1956 · page 1

The Under-Secretary of the Department of Local Government recently informed the Mayor of Penrith (Ald. W. L. Chapman, M.L.A.), in effect, that if Council continued to allow development which did…

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Municipal Electoral Rolls

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 August 1956 · page 1

Attention is drawn to a notice in our advertising columns regarding the preparation of rolls or electors for 1956 by the Blue…

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Communist Alderman presents a petition

Tribune · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 12

Communist Alderman Ron Maxwell presented last Monday's City Council meeting with a 956-name petition demanding traffic lights at the corner of Erskineville Road and…

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