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Council & local affairs, 1958

776 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 39

Chiefs of Rural Bank Visit Fairfield Mayor Makepeace Shows Them the Municipality

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 3

Chiefs of the Rural Bank of N.S.W. visited Fairfield last Wednesday, and were taken on a tour of the municipality by the…

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Lions Festival Council to Assist

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 22

Fairfield Lions Club advised Fairfield Council that the club was sponsoring an International Festival of Dance and Food,…

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Dump a Menace Complaint to Council

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 24

E .Moffatt. W. L. Kemp and others Canley Vale, wrote to Fairfield Council referring to the area at corner Chatham and…

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Cabramatta Shopping Centre Council to Arrange Finance

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 21

At last meeting of Fairfield Council it was reported that the Finance and General Purposes Committee had been…

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A.L.P. Requests to Fairfield Council

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 22

A.L.P. Fairfield Municipal Assembly forwarded to Fairfield Council a letter received from the Australian Labor Party…

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Log System for Vehicles Fairfield Council Costs

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 21

Alderman Fraser asked at last meeting of Fairfield Council: "Has Council vet adopted the log system for accounting…

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Gas Company and Council Cost of Excavations

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 26

Australian Gas Light Co., if a letter to Fairfield Council, referred to the company's estimate of £550 to carry out alterations to…

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U.S. Security Council Statement by Secretary-general

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 28

Following is the cabled text of a statement made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Dag…

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Water Board and Council Transfer of Drainage Work

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 24

MT. C. J. Earl, M.L.A. forwarded to Fairfield Council a letter receives from the Acting Premier and Colonial Treasurer,…

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Te Fairfield Council and Residents of Cabramatta and Canley Vale

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 22

I wish to protest regarding the decision, of Council to demolish the old Town Hall at Cabramatta. For many years this was the…

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Merrylands Chamber of Commerce Requests to Council Pitt St. As Secondary Road

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 31

Merrylands Chamber of commerce wrote as follows to Holyrood Council:-- "I have been directed by…

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Combined Barbecue and Picnic Liverpool and Fairfield Branches of the Good Neighbour Council

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 1

A combined barbecue and picnic has been planned for Sunday, June 1st. The participants will be members of Fairfield and…

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Health and Building Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 20

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

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Works Committee Roads, Bridges, Footpaths Municipality of Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 28 May 1958 · page 19

In the absence of the vice-chairman (Alderman L. Powell) Alderman A. E. Harvey presided at a meeting of the Works…

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Council Seeks Legal Advice

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 May 1958 · page 2

Penrit Council, on 21st inst., decided on the motion of Ald. Fowler, seconded by Ald. Chapman, that council obtain legal…

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Nepean Spastic Council Raised £800

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 May 1958 · page 1

During last year the Nepean Spastic Centre Council banded to the Centre £800 and the Council has a credit balance…

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WIZO State Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 May 1958 · page 8

Mrs. E. Bern, Acting President, and the Executive [?] WIZO State Council tendered a morning tea reception…

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Vic. Council’s New Warning on Anti-Semitism

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 May 1958 · page 4

The Victorian Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and anti-Semitism in a press release last week…

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Council Younger Set (The Club for Young Adults)

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 May 1958 · page 8

Next function, June 8, not June 15 as stated in our circulars, when a Can Can Dance will be held at home…

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Union Council Censures Tharunka “Bad Taste” Issue

Tharunka · Monday 2 June 1958 · page 1

Last week’s Union Council meeting expressed its disapproval of an article on the Union A.G.M. which appeared in the May issue of “Tharunka,” titled “Annual Glorious Melee of the Students Union.” The matter was raised when a letter from a Mr. James Davidson Smith, a…

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