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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1962

334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 17

Girl Secretary to Junior Safety Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 September 1962 · page 1

A 14-year-old Merrylands girl has been elected first secretary of Parramatta's…

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P. A. Council Elections

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 September 1962 · page 1

Office-bearers were elected last Friday night for the newly-formed Nepean Council of Progress…

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50 Years Ago Police Called to Council Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 September 1962 · page 2

President of Blue Mountains Shire Council, Cr. Waterhouse, called police to a special meeting of…

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Around Our Groups Wizo State Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 9

1962 YOUTH QUEEN Monster Fete: Beth Zion, 17 Albert St., Edgecliff, Sun., Sept. 9, 12 noon. In aid of Youth…

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N.C.J.W. (National Council of Jewish Women)

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 9

Gala High Tea and Card Parties: To mark the opening of the Queen Competition, a Gala High Tea and Card Party will be…

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Mayor questioned

The Biz · Wednesday 12 September 1962 · page 5

Fairfield aldermen asked the Mayor (Ald. V. H. Wenban) many and varied questions at council's last meeting. Aldermen's questions…

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Council Acts on Flooding

The Biz · Wednesday 12 September 1962 · page 5

Fairfield Council will include flood relief works in streets at Canley Vale in its 1963 estimates. Council decided this…

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Council Library Service Takes Books to Your Door

The Biz · Wednesday 12 September 1962 · page 4

Bed-ridden or otherwise housebound residents can obtain the services, of the Fairfield library panel van which delivers books to the door, or even the bedside. Application for this…

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Arrests over king and queen Labor Council Makes Protest

Tribune · Wednesday 12 September 1962 · page 11

The coolly-received Australian tour of the King and Queen of Thailand--a crude boost for acts of aggressive war in South-East Asia by the United States, Australia and other SEATO powers--has…

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Ex-alderman Dies at Narrabeen

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 September 1962 · page 4

A former deputy Mayor of Penrith, president of Nepean Shire Council, and director of Nepean District…

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Deputy Mayor Says: North Access to Rail "Now Urgent"

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 September 1962 · page 1

Access to the northern side of the Penrith railway station was urgently needed for 900 home sites and industrial areas being developed north of the railway line the deputy Mayor of Penrith, Ald. S. J. Dwyer, said on…

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Around Our Groups Wizo State Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 11

Wed., Sept. 19: Membership chairmen of all groups. Meeting, 10.30 a.m., at WIZO, 17 Albert St., Edgecliffe. Groups,…

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N.C.J.W. (National Council of Jewish Women)

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 11

Beryl Churning, N.C.J.W. Queen Candidate, introduced by Mrs. L. Krite, at Presidential Reception on Sept. 1, to open…

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Mayor's Day

The Biz · Wednesday 19 September 1962 · page 16

Winner of the competition conducted at the Mayoral Day gymkhana at Bossley Bush on…

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Labor Council call for safety measures

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1962 · page 4

BRISBANE.--Commonwealth measures to protect the public against dangerous or worthless drugs are being sought by the Queensland…

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Council Won't Pledge Full Support to Price War

The Biz · Wednesday 19 September 1962 · page 1

Fairfield Council could not give its "full support" to a Parramatta City Council "war" against alleged petrol and oil price "fixing", Mr. G. T. Pinnington said recently…

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Aldermen Attend Mulgoa P.A.

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 September 1962 · page 3

September meeting of Mulgoa Progress Association was attended by the three Penrith City Council…

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50 Years Ago Ratepayer "Tips" Alderman

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 September 1962 · page 8

Giving a "tip" to a Penrith alderman, "Castlereagh Ratepayer", in a letter to the "Nepean Times"…

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Funeral Parlour Petitions Fail at Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 September 1962 · page 6

Two petitions from St. Marys against the establishment of funeral parlours in Queen Street…

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Around Our Groups Wizo State Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 September 1962 · page 9

WIZO Bazaar, Sun., Sept. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m, Support this great venture for Queen Competition, as other functions listed, which…

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