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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1957

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Sudden Death of Alderman

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 14

Newly-elected alderman of Parramatta City Council, Leonard Alexander Osborne (59) collapsed and…

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Tasks for new Council

Tribune · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 12

PICTURED below is the only children's playground in the Wooloomooloo (Sydney) area. Other picture shows kiddies…

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Prospect County Council Ald. E. G. Maunder, Chairman Other Officers Elected

The Biz · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 8

Ald. George Maunder, member of Holroyd Council, and fourteen times Mayor of that municipality, has been elected…

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Health and Building Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 17

The vice- chairman Alterman K. J. Howick presided at a meeting of the Health and Building Committee held in the…

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Penrith Council Estimates

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 6

The first ordinary meeting of Penrith Council in 1957 will be held next Tuesday evening, January 15. A special meeting will…

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£30,000 Council Electricity Loan

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 8

At the meeting of Penrith Council held on 20th ult. it was resolved, on the motion of Ald. Spies, seconded by Ald. Thomas,…

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£300 Grant for Rockdale Council

The St George Call · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 1

Messrs. J. F. McGrath and W. F. Crabtree, Ms. L.A., have been advsed by the Minister for Lands, Mr. Nott, that he has…

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Fifty Years Ago (From "Nepean Times", January 5, 1907). Council Valuations

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 7

St. Marys Council has, after due consideration, accepted the tender of Messrs. J. G. Parker and H. S. Wake, for the sum of…

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Compulsory Municipal Voting

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 5

At the meeting of Penrith Council held on December 20, Ald. Campbell moved that letters be sent to all persons who did…

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Council Younger Set

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 11 January 1957 · page 6

Sunday, January, 13: Another C.Y.S. “Theatre of the Stars" special. That unforgettable film “How…

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Elected Unopposed Fairfield Mayor to Cumberland County Council

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 1

The Mayor of Fairfield Municipality, Ald. Les Powell, has been elected unopposed as Councillor for the Tenth…

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Council to Contest Valuations

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 6

Hernsby Council has unanimously decided to contest a 70 per cent, increase in some valuations by the Valuer-General's…

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Prospect County Council Second General Meeting

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 16

The second general meeting of the newly-formed Prospect County Council was held in Granville Town Hall last…

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County Council Makes H.Q. In Merrylands

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 1

The newly-formed Prospect County Council has decided to set up temporary headquarters in the Holroyd Municipal Council's…

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Labor Council Reminds Alp of Nationalisation Pledge Liquor Board to Curb Breweries

Tribune · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 3

The NSW Labor Council will call on the State Government to set up a Board of Control of the Liquor Industry as a first step towards nationalisation of the breweries…

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Compulsory Municipal Voting

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 6

At a meeting of Penrith Council, Ald. Campbell moved that letters be sent to all persons who did not vote at the recent…

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Penrith Council's Health Report

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1957 · page 7

The report submitted by Penrith Council's Chief Health Inspector, Mr. W. K. Hingerty, of health matters in 1956 shows a…

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Basis of Council Elections PROPORTIONAL v. PREFERENTIAL

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1957 · page 1

Blue Mountains City Council at its meeting on Tuesday evenins decided to take steps aiming at substituing preferential…

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Board To Remain On Day School Council Shock Motion to Withdraw

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 January 1957 · page 5

The N.S.W. Jewish Board of Deputies at their January meeting, held last Tuesday night at the Maccabean Hall, defeated a “shock” motion tabled by Mr. Theo Freilich, “that the Board should…

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Council Opposes Diversion

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1957 · page 1

Holroyd Council has objected to the Motor Transport Department's proposed…

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