Council Employees Resume
Outdoor employees of Greater Wollongong City Council who ceased work on Monday as a protest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illawarra · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1950
711 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 16 of 36
Council Acts Quickly
An application is to be made for a special grant to State Government for the construction of shoulders…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blueprint for a Better Council
ANYONE who hoped to see Greater Wollongong Council and its officers roundly castigated for gross incompetence and inefficiency will be disappointed in the report presented by the departmental investigators, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputation To Council On Balgownie Park
A deputation from the Balgownie Soccer Club will be received at the next meeting of the Wollongong Council's Parks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Bonus to Staff Who Stay
Acting on a recommends on from the Finance Committee, Wollongong Council last night approved bonuses[?] of[?] for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Council Meeting To Discuss Report
An effort by several aldermen to bring the Department of Local Government's report on the City of Greater Wollongong before the genera meeting last night was defeated. After a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →B'gownie Soccer Players to Meet Council
Balgownie Magpies Soccer Club wants to meet Greater Wollongong Council to discourse upon its complaints regarding the shortcomings of Memorial Park. It set them out in a letter to the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →No Help For City Council From Canberra
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Treasurer (Mr. Fadden), in the House of Representatives today, told Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Attendance at Film Council Meeting, Thirroul
The meeting held at Thirroul on Tuesday night under auspices of the Joint Coal Board for the purpose of forming a District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Will Ask For Improvements To Highway Surface
Improvements in the surface of Prince's Highway from Bulli to Wollongong were forecast by recommendations concerning the road at last night's meeting of Greater Wollongong Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Will Help Windang Bowling Club To Secure Land
Steps will be taken by the Wollongong Council to acquire land at Windang for the purpose of extensions by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aldermen Deprecate Council's Failure To Provide Amenities
Ald. J. J. Kelly, at Wednesday night's council meeting, congratulated the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr.G. E. Reyburn) on his "fairness" in blaming the Wollongong Council for the municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aldermen Clash on Half Holiday for English Team's Visit
A clash developed in the Wollongong Council on Wednesday night over the proclamation of a half-holiday for the visit of the English Rugby League team on July 19. The motion was carried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Wants Fed. Ministers To Visit City
An invitation will be sent by the City of Greater Wollongong Council to the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monthly Meeting Kiama Council
The monthly meeting of Kiama Council was held on Wednesday night last. The Mayor (Ald. W. R. Holden) presided and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Film Council Formed At Meeting At Corrimal
A well attended meeting, presided over by Aid. Carr, was held in the Soldiers' Hall, Corrimal, to form a District Film Council. The Chairman welcomed Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stuart Pk. Campers to Defy Council Eviction Order
Homeless families living in the squalor of the tent village at Stuart Park will defy the efforts of Wollongong Council to evict them. With nearly 50 families living under miserable conditions in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Opens Flood "Appeal"
The Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. C. M. Dawson) announced this morning that he was opening an appeal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Council to Pay More Than Award Wages
A recommendation from the Finance Committee at last Wednesday's meeting, of Greater Wollongong Council that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Borrow More Money" Council Told by Government Experts
Contrary to public belief, the execrable condition of the roads in Greater Wollongong area, is not due to lack of finance as under a 44 years' old Act Council had the power to borrow 20 per cent of the unimproved capital value of the 1 76,416 acres under its control, in fact as from…
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