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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Aldermen Want Address On Marketing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 15

The Chief of the Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics (Mr. J. King) will be requested to…

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£50 From Mayor's Fund for Widow

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 2

The Mayor's Fund at Wollongong for the assistance of victims of the bush fires in the southern part of the…

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Council Meeting Adjourns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 3

Announcement of the news of the king's death brought an abrupt ending to a meeting of Greater…

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Council To Aid Farmborough Bush Fire Brigade

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 13

At a meeting last night Greater Wollongong Council promised Farmborough Bush Fire Brigade its…

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Mayor Wants Costs Cut 20 p.c. t .€

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 12

The Mayor (Aid. J. J. Kelly) threw Wednesday nights council meeting into a stir when he called on council department heads to cut their administration…

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No Water in Parts of Corrimal, Mayor Says

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

The Mayor (Aid. J. J. Kelly) last night appealed to residents of Greater Wollongong to refrain…

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Council to Press For Review Of Pension Rates

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 13

Greater Wollongong Council aldermen are dissatisfied with the Social Service Minister's refusal to form a…

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Letters to the Editor Where Does The Council's. Money Go?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 9

SIR.—The ratepayers' meeting held last Sunday at Coniston did not cover all of the things that can…

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Blackouts Not Council's Fault

Kiama Independent · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 4

The many interruptions which occurred in electricity supply to Jamberoo Municipality during the past weeks were from causes…

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Appeal by Mayor for Water Conservation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 9

An appeal for water conservation was made by the Mayor, Ald. J. J. Kelly, last week. In a statement, Ald. Kelly…

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Loan Cut Aftermath! W'gong Council To Cut Administrative costs By At Least 20 per cent

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 8

Greater Wollongong Council at its last meeting adopted a mayoral minute recommending that senior council officers of the Town Clerk's Works and Health Departments report on how internal costs of administration of departments can be cut by not less than twenty per cent…

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Letters to the Editor Wild Charges Says Mayor

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 9

SIR.—The letter in Saturday's "Mercury" from "Ratepayer 12" clearly fits in with the meeting at…

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Arts Council Aims Explained

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 8

The aim of the recently formed Greater Wollongong branch of the New South Wales Arts…

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Council Losing on K.& G. Works

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 1

Zone Engineer (Mr. A. W. Brown) told a meeting of the Northern Zone committee that council was…

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Aldermen Query Drastic Action Recommendation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 27

A report before last week's meeting of the Greater Wollongong Council in which drastic action was recommended…

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Mayor Slates Parker; Bars Reply

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 1

In a blistering attack last night, the Mayor (Ald. J. J. Kelly) charged Ald. G. S. Parker with neglecting Coniston and Mount St. Thomas ratepayers, and making completely false statements to them…

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Mayor Revokes Ban on Electric Installations

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. J. J. Kelly) announced to the adjourned meeting of Greater Wollongong…

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Council Approves Housing Commission's Berkeley Project

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 13

Greater Wollongong Council at its last meeting decided to take no further action in its objection to the proposed…

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Wollongong Branch of N.S.W. Arts Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 24

The aim of the recently formed Greater Wollongong branch of the N.S.W. Arts. Council is to arrange visits by well-known…

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Mothers' Club Critical Of Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 3

At the first meeting for the new year, more than 60 members of the Wollongong Infants' School Club,…

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