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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

503 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 26

Alderman Is Mystified By Charges For Transporting Ashes

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 20

Ald. D. Beaton is mystified by charges being made by private carriers for transporting ashes for the…

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Deputy-mayor "On the Air"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 32

Ald. Leo O'Dwyer, De[?] Mayor of the Shellha[?] Council, will be interview [?] by commentator, Sid H[?]…

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Mayor says:— Zone Appointments Only "Temporary"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 20

The appointments of the City Health Officer (Mr. Way) to the Northern Zone Committee and the Deputy Town…

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Council Will Meet

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

The new Greater Wollongong City Council has decided to meet every second Wednesday. First week: Ordinary council…

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Electricity Accounts Abandoned By Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 18

The City Treasurer submitted a list of outstanding electricity accounts amounting to £1,006, which he suggested should be…

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Council Rejects Health Inspector's Accounts

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 10

The accounts submitted by the City Health Inspector (Mr. E. Way) to Tuesday night's meeting of the Greater Wollongong City, Council will be returned to the Treasury…

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Council Plans £100,000 Office Building

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

After a lengthy discussion, Greater Wollongong City Council decided to elect a committee to advise on the construction of a new council office building in Kembla Street…

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Privy Council Appeal in Death Sentence

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A petition from a woman and two men appealing to the Privy Council against the death…

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Council Should Build £100,000 Office Block

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

The Greater Wollongong Town Clerk (Mr. W. H. Mitchell) has suggested the construction of a new building, comprising council offices and flats at an estimated cost of £100,000…

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Coal Bd. Defining 'New Policy,' Council Told

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 20

The Joint Coal Board has asked the Greater Wollongong Council to stay its hand on some projects until a "new policy" has been defined by the Board…

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Can't Risk Council's Plant On Beach"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

Greater Wollongong Council, machinery could not be risked to level off the Wollongong Beach, the Central Zone Engineer (Mr…

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Bus Company to Help Fix Council's Plant

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Hills Bus Service has offered the services of five mechanics and its garage to put Greater Wollongong…

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Zones To 'Take Council To the People'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

"The purpose of the Zone Committees is not to break up the amalgamation, but to bring the aldermen closer to the people," said the Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. J. J. Kelly) last night…

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60-70 Per Cent Of Council Machinery Is "Dilapidated"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Between 60 and 70 per cent of Greater Wollongong City Council's plant and roadmaking machinery is so dilapidated that it cannot be used. This was stated by the Mayor…

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Mayor and the Peace Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

SIR, —My answer to "Insider's" guesswork as to the discharge of my Mayoral duties is my record of 33 years in the…

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Letters to Council Unanswered Six Months

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

"It is a tragic state of affairs. Some of the correspondence dales back to May 5, 1950, and July 26, 1950, and no replies have been received," complained Ald. W. F. Jackson, at Wednesday…

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Bellambi S.C. Members Disgusted With W'gong Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 14

"Members and supporters of Bellambi Surf Club are disgusted with the treatment meted out by the Wollongong City Council and the Joint Coal Board" "In spite of many deputations…

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Kiama Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Kiama Council, Mr. Tom Shepherd was appointed as assistant turncock. Seven…

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Corrimal District Film Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 10

Chief business transacted at Thursday night's meeting of the Corrimal District Film Council was to complete…

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A Balanced City Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 4

THE PROOF of every pudding remains in the eating— and the ingredients of this particular "pudding" are somewhat uncertain — but on general principles it should be a good thing for Greater Wollongong Council thai Mr. Parker…

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