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Minutes of the Finance Committee: steam cleaning exterior of Town Hall; unemployment relief works

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Unique IDA-00432662SeriesMinutes of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 30th January 1935 and 17th November 1937FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionMinutes of the Finance Committee: steam cleaning exterior of Town Hall; unemployment relief works in Hyde Park; deputation from stonemasons re use of synthetic materials in City buildings; presentation of Harry Tighe Collection of pictures to proposed Municipal Gallery in Library; street widening; resumptions; development of children’s playgrounds; Layton Street remodelling resumption; alteration in age of admission of messengers; death of Francois Sicard – sculptor of Archibald Memorial Fountain figures; proposed Committee to consider recommendations for completion of Martin Place and remodelling of Macquarie Street; retirement of Ernest Truman as City Organist; permanent stopping of Town Hall Clock chimes between 12am and 6am; erection of marble tablet In Crush Room with names of Lord Mayors and Commissioners; repairs to cupola of Exhibition Building; proposed Gallery and Bureau of Statistics in the Municipal Library; Town Hall seating accommodation; Town Hall lettings; sale of freeholds and licenses for Strand Hotel, Frisco Hotel, Gladstone Hotel and Sir George Grey Hotel; Circular Quay area and Harbour Bridge approaches; provision of funds for Sydney County Council; removal of convenience at Pyrmont Bridge Rd and Harris St; protest by St Barnabus Church against erection of public house opposite Church; use of portion of QVB by Sydney County Council; conversion of Victoria Park Lodge into convenience; Christmas Relief Work; restrictions on use of Vestibule by hirers; offer to purchase QVB by Sydney County Council; equal pay for both sexes in Council’s service; celebration of coronation of King; erection of convenience Union St and Paternoster Row; provision of libraries in children’s playgrounds; new steps and landing at front of Town Hall; replanning of Phillip Park; tree planting in Roslyn Gardens, Oxford Street, St Mary’s Road, Cathedral Street, Macquarie Street and Spring Street; street widening and reconstructions; 150th anniversary celebrations; remodelling of Rushcutter’s Bay Park; use of Old Redfern Fishmarket as shelter for homeless men; new bandstand for Hyde Park; demolition of caretaker’s lodge Rushcutters Bay Park; Town Hall Organ pitch; renovation of Lady Mayoress’ Room; demolition of post awnings and erection of suspended steel awning York Street frontage of QVB; renovation of statues, monuments and memorials in the City; replanning of Potts Point.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Minutes of the Finance Committee: steam cleaning exterior of Town Hall; unemployment relief works