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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Council Sidelights Kiosk Extensions

Kiama Independent · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 4

Kiosk Extensions— Smith's kiosk in the park near Kiama Beach is to be extended following lowing a building application…

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Wollongong Council Stops Cycle Meeting on

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 12

Greater Wollongong City Council has withdrawn its permission to the South Coast Cycle Club to use McCabe Park track for its proposed cycling carnival on Sunday night…

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Bushes Growing In Middle Of Roadway, Council Told

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7

Bushes had to be cleared off the centre of the roadway in Cochrane Street by residents, according to a member of a deputation to the Central Zone Committee from the Zlotskowski Area Progress Association…

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Council Charges Up Again (To The Editor)

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

Sir.—Our civic fathers, have in the past come under a great deal of discussion and criticism, but never, so much as they will…

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Kiama Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 22

KIAMA—The Mayor (Ald. Bay Walker,) presided at the first Kiama Council meeting of the new year held last…

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Council to Ask Mayor to Call 'Royal Tour' Mtg

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. J. J. Kelly) will be asked to call a special meeting of aldermen to discuss the Royal Tour itinerary immediately he returns from his holidays. Council decided this at…

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Bus Dispute "Intimidation Tactics" Says Labour Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

At the last meeting of the South Coast Trades and Labour Council it was alleged that the representatives of one bus owner in the district had used "intimidation tactics" during the recent…

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"People Restless" Alderman Warns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

"I think the people of the Southern Zone will take the matter into their own hands unless the…

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Mayor Opens Appeal To Aid Bushfire Victims

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

In a radio broadcast yesterday the Mayor (Ald. J. J. Kelly) asked citizens to contribute…

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Meetings To Form Arts Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

A public meeting will be held in the Wollongong Council Chambers next Tuesday night for the…

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"Council a Circus" Too Much Work

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 6

This is the biggest circus ever, said Alderman A. L. Hillman at the recent meeting of Kiama Council. He said the circus was in town that…

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Aldermen Will See Composting Plant

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 27

A committee of Greater Wollongong aldermen will visit a night-soil composting treatment plant at…

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Shoalhaven Shire Council Rejects 1D Rate Increase Proposal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 6

A councillor, at a meeting of the Shoalhaven Shire Council on Thursday, said if Councils finances drifted much further it would be necessary to retrench, and there was every possibility that…

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Labour Council Plans Unions' Medical Fund

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 11

A meeting of the South Coast Trades and Labour Council decided to set up a trades union organisation…

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Aldermen criticise progress of Central Zone roadworks

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 7

Greater Wollongong Council at its meeting on Wednesday will deal twith a recommendation from the Central Zone Committee on the works within this zone. The motion tabled at the…

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"Mayor's Promises Broken." Tarrawanna Protest

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

"Widespread indignation" has been expressed in the Tarrawaana District following the Central Zone…

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Council Refuses Official Camp Application

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 7

The Southern Zone Committee of the Greater Wollongong Council has refused a New Australian permission to reside in…

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Angry Citizens' Bitter Protest on New Council Rates

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 1

At a public meeting held at the Gladstone Oval yesterday more than 200 residents of the Coniston—Mt. St. Thomas areas protested bitterly at the big increase in the Unimproved Capital…

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Mayor Tours Bushfire Area

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

The Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. J. J. Kelly) who returned on Sunday night from a tour…

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Culture In Rural Areas, Aim Of Arts Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 3

The object of the Wollongong branch, of the Australian Arts. Council would be "to provide…

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