Port Stephens Shire
It was somewhat surprising to read the last report of the Port Stephens Shire Council's meeting, that the rates for 1931 were to be the same as the preceding year…
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Council & local affairs, 1931
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Sydney's Lord Mayor Alderman Jackson Enters Upon Duties Sydney
Alderman Jackson, who entered upon his duties as Lord Mayor of Sydney to-day, said he hoped for the co-operation of his follow aldermen, who were,…
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Alderman Jackson assumed the Losd Mayoralty of Sydney to-day. He said he hoped for the co-operation of his fellow aldermen, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What of the Loan Council?
Rumours of impending battle are already current in political circles when ever the coming meeting of the Loan Council and its attendant bodies is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice to Council Mr. Bluett's Opinion
Mr. A. R. Bluett, secretary of the Local Government Association, has sent to the municipal the, shire councils throughout the State a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rates Reduced Patrick Plains Shire Council the Estimates
At a special meeting of the council of the Shire of Patrick Plains, the estimates of income and expenditure for 1931 were discussed and a motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →UNEMPLOYED Request to Mayor Allocation of Grant
The Mayor of West Maitland (Alderman A.S. McDonald) received a deputation from Maitland unemployed, who requested that the men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief Work Kearslev Shire Grant Engineer's Report
The engineer of the Kearsley Shire (Mr. J. F. Shine) has, in accordance with instructions from his council, drawn up a list of the most suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council Trading Enquiry Asked For Ratepayers' Request
The Secretary has supplied the following report of the annual meeting of the East Maitland Ratepayers' Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Endowments Kearsley Council Gets £4250 Drop of £1050
The triennial reclassification of endowments in regard to Shire Councils, just recently made, has now been gazetted, and it is noticed that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarro Shire Work For Unemployed
The Tarro Shire Council yesterday engaged 51 unemployed men on various work in the shire, as the result of the grant of £500 for the relief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Changed Their Mind But Didn't Inform Council Kearsley Belief Work Hitch
Due to a sudden alteration of attitude by the Cessnock O.B.U. of U. towards the kearsley. Shire relief work provided out of the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Presence of Free Labourer Angers Relief Workers Tools Downed Fresh Call Made Council's Stand
Due to the presence of a man who had worked as a free labourer at Ashton-fields Colliery during the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Aldermen Have Salaries Reduced
A general reduction in the salaries of members of the Brisbane City Council was decided on on Monday. Aldormen's salaries have boon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communist Meetings To Be Stopped Mayor's Statement
Replying to a question at the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last evening, the Mayor, Alderman A. S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council's New Truck
Considerable interest was taken in the new sanitary conveyance purchased by Kearsley Shire Council, which arrived at Cessnock to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Resignations From Cessnock Council Election This Month Cessnock
"I am going to tell you, Mr. Mayor, that this is going to finish my term," said Alderman A. Sneddon in emphatic accents during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Council Increases Rates Decision Altered Proposed New Road the Dole System
At a meeting of the East Maitland Council last night, after a motion had been carried rescinding the previous meeting's decision regarding the rates, an increase of a farthing was approved on the motion of Alderman Foster. …
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Relief Workers Who Left Jobs Not Re-engaged Firm Refusal Council's Attitude Settlement Effected
Matters have reached a further stage in the dispute between the unemployed on relief work in the town and the West Maitland Council. The men presented themselves for work this morning, as arranged yesterday, but were not allowed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Raymond Terrace Ratepayers Present Solid Front Reduced Valuations Request to Council State-wide Agitation Raymond Terrace
Seldom has there been a gathering at Raymond Terrace where the districts represented have been so diverse and the opinions so absolutely unanimous as at a meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Ratepayers' Association held last night to…
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