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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1957

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Complaint on Drain From Fairfield Council

The Biz · Wednesday 24 July 1957 · page 12

The town clerk, Fairfield Municipal Council, wrote: "I enclose a copy of a letter received from Mr. R. K Smith,…

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Loans, £75,000 for Fairfield Council

The Biz · Wednesday 24 July 1957 · page 16

Loans totalling £75,000 were approved by Fairfield council last meeting. The first, a loan of £50,000 for…

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Rate Rise Shock Council Hit For Extra £2600

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 July 1957 · page 1

Holroyd Council this year expects to be billed about £2600 more than it estimated…

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National Round-up Queensland Council of broken promises

Tribune · Wednesday 24 July 1957 · page 11

BRISBANE: Citizens will pay the Tory City Council almost £5 million more this year than they paid in the last year of the Labor…

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Roads, Bridges, Footpaths Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 24 July 1957 · page 26

The vice-chairman. Alderman K. Makepeace, presided at a meeting of the works Committee held in the Council Chambers…

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To Honour an old Alderman

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 7

Mr. D. Leitch wrote to Penrith Council, asking that the lane on the western' boundary of his property at Castlereagh be named…

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Council Notes

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 10

Penrith Municipal Council will sponsor an appeal to give Christmas cheer to old age pensioners. Mayor B. N. Fowler was…

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Nepean Spastic Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 1

At the meeting of the Nepean District Spastic Centre Council on Friday last plans were finalised for the annual golf day to…

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Goodwin's will Remain at St. Marys, Says Mayor Fowler

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 1

"At the invitation of the managing director of Messrs. A. E. Goodwin Ltd. (Mr. A. Edgar), I was present at the preview of the Alco Diesel electric motor. It was the first of an order for 10 for N.S.W…

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Council Will Purchase New Digger

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 6

Penrith Council's mechanical digger has done a lot of work in its time, and from what the engineer (Mr. J. U. C…

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Statements published before Council meets

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 1

A Mayoral minute was presented to Penrith Municipal Council on Tuesday night which caused a certain amount…

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Council Doing Everything Possible to Attract Industry

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 8

Penrith Chamber of Commerce believes that the municipal council should acquire a large area of land in close proximity to Penrith and this should be used for the establishment of industry…

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Motions for Local Govt. Conference Council's Big List

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 3

Penrith Council devoted some time in the latter portion of the ordinary meeting on July 9, on motions to submit for the agenda of the annual conference of the Local Government Association…

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"Let's Bury any Dissension in One Pool," was Plea at Council Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 1

"So many are of the opinion that there should be one swimming pool for St. Marys and Penrith," said Ald. L. J. Spies, at the Penrith Municipal Council meeting on Tuesday night…

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Electricity in Penrith Municipality

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 1

There has been an increase of electricity consumption for the first half of this year, to June, as compared with the…

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Municipal Electoral Rolls

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 July 1957 · page 9

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

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WIZO State Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 July 1957 · page 8

At last week’s Special State Council meeting Miss R. Rich welcomed the guests of honour, Mrs. E. Bern,…

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Mayor's Plea For U.N.R.E.F.

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 July 1957 · page 1

Mayor of Parramatta, Alderman E. A. Hunt, yesterday appealed for financial help for United Nations Refugee Emergency Fund…

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World Peace Council report

Tribune · Wednesday 31 July 1957 · page 9

HOBART: Rev. Ivor Maggs, of the Methodist Mission, Hobart, addressed a stopwork meeting of waterside workers last week on his…

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Council's Stores and Materials Control

The Biz · Wednesday 31 July 1957 · page 22

The deputy town clerk reported to Fairfield Council:-- "Following the recent visit of Mr. Hunt (inspector of…

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