Around the Council Table
The Engineer reported to Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that the Commonwealth would contribute £40 towards an approach road to…
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Council & local affairs, 1947
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City Council’s Plan Changed
SYDNEY, Friday. —New South Wales Cabinet has decided to create 16 local government areas instead OF 14, as it Had decided in July…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Asked to Keep Tents
NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Newcastle Trades and Labor Council wants the Greater Newcastle Council to retain a large number of tents to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council's Programme Held Up. Permits Refused
Muswellbrook's aldermen are not at all satisfied with the present set-up in the control of building material. On Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tar-surfacing of Roads. Council Discussion
A lengthy discussion at the council meeting on Wednesday concerned the practice of preparing roads for tarsurfacing. Ald. Wall claimed that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six-year-old Case to Privy Council
LONDON, October 3.—The Hocking-Bell case, which has been before the Australian Court since 1941 will come before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting of Management Committee
A well attended meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 25th September, Mr. F. Sedgwick, producers' representative on the Milk Board, attending…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News From the Council Table Business at Wednesday's Meeting
The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last, when there were present: Aldermen E. C. Humphries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delegation of Powers to Officers. Council Not Favorable to Scheme
Muswellbrook aldermen evidently want to know the contents of every letter that finds its way to the council. The Town Clerk (Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Political Crisis. Government's Aim to Abolish Legislative Council. Melbourne
The Victorian political crisis reached a new stage this morning, when the Government introduced in the Legislative Assembly a Bill providing for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan Milk Strike Threat by Zone Council Branches To Decide Question of Withholding Supplies
SYDNEY, Friday.—After discussing what action should be taken “to ensure a just price to dairymen,” the central executive of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council has referred to branches the question of holding a milk strike to enforce…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Has Its First Lord Mayor
Alderman H. D. Quinlan would be the first Lord Mayor of Newcastle, said the Minister for Works and Local Government,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stroud Shire Council Engineers Report
The engineer, Mr. F. Stone submitted the following report. State Highway No. 10: Official advice re the 1947/48 programme has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Changes Bank Protest Over Federal Plan
By 6 votes to 1, Dungog Municipal Council decided to withdraw its account from the Commonwealth Bank to the Commercial Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton's Mayor Congratulates Newcastle's Lord Mayor
The Mayor of Singleton (Aid. G. Hayes) to-day wired the Lord Mayor of the City of Greater Newcastle (Aid. Quinlan) in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council Congratulates Mr. Thorncroft
“I trust I will always be able to carry the banner of Maitland City Council and be your ambassador when the occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Council Transfers Bank Account
DUNGOG, Wed—Dungog Municipal Council has decided to withdraw its account from the Commonwealth Bank and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Protest Against Change of Name
Maitland City Council last night instructed its representative on the Newcastle and Hunter District Regional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Government Stonewalling Decision of Legislative Council Being Awaited
The Victorian Labor Government is stonewalling in the impasse with the Legislative Council. The Legislative Assembly adjourned this morning. Premier [?] said the Government was "standing firm."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Isaac Isaacs Slates Vic. Legislative Council “Government’s Duly To Resist”
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Sir Isaac, former Governor-General and one of Australia’s foremost constitutional lawyers, stated that the Victorian Government, was duty bound to resist the Legislative Council…
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