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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

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North Illawarra Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 11
Also in Illawarra Mercury

The usual bi-monthly meeting was held on Wednesday night. Present-Aldermen McMahon (mayor) Aids Aldridge, Davies, Gaynor, Smith…

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Shellharbour Council Monthly Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Shellharbour Council was held on Wednesday and was attended by Alds. East (Mayor), Burns, McBarron, Buchanan,…

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ANTI - CONSCRIPTION Trades Council to Control

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 1

A meeting of the South Coast and Tablelands A.L.P. Assembly was held at Wollongong on Sunday, when it was decided to ask the Illawarra…

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Labour League of Youth Council Formed at Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 11

The Illawarra District council of the Australian Labour League of Youth was formed at a meeting of delegates from branches held at the…

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Prime Minister Asked to Intervene in Goal Strike Urgent Telegram From Bulli Council Miners' Deputation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

Late on Monday afternoon the Bulli Shire Council sent an urgent telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) asking him to call an immediate…

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Shellharbour Council. Monthly Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers, Albion Park, on Wednesday, the Mayor (Ald. J. R. East) presiding. There were…

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These Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 2

Most unusual accident of the month is the of injuries caused to a women through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…

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Shire Engineer's Report

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 10

A report was submitted on the proposal by the Government to institute a Housing Improvement Board to control planned development of the whole…

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National Fitness Wake Up! City of Wollongong Aldermen

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

"Player" writes: Not enough tennis courts in McCabe Park, as on Sunday there were fifty tennis players turned away from a tournament, owing to…

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Shire of Central Illawarra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 6

This council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Monday evening. Present: Councillors Maynes (president), Cook, Graham, McAuliffe…

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Wollongong Council Meeting Lapses

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 10

For the first time for very many years, the meeting of Wollongong Council lapsed for want of a quorum on Wednesday night last…

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Council, Borrows From Katepayer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

The Blue Mountains Shire Council has agreed to borrow money from a ratepayer at 4 per cent. In order that the work of extending electricity to…

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Action by Central Illawarra Council

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 13

At the Central Illawarra Shire Council on Monday night, Cr. Matthews moved the following motion, which was seconded by Cr. Lewis:…

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Wollongong Council No Quorum Meeting Adjourned

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 11

Probably for the first time in Its history, Wellongong Council meeting on Wednesday night had to be adjourned owing to the absence of…

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Cent. Illawarra Council Deputation from Returned Soldiers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 10

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Central Illawarra Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Unanderra, on Monday night. Present: Crs…

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Open Road Is Danger (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 13

On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…

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Kiama Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, the Mayor. (Ald. C. S Boyd) presiding. There were also…

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Council and Showground Further Control Mooted

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

At the Kiama Council meeting on Wednesday night Ald. Phillips asked if Council would consider trying to get complete control of the land on which…

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Parents Cause Deaths? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 4

Parents, more than any others, could have helped in preventing most of these accidents:— Children under seven years of age…

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