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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

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Premier To Open New Council Chambers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill) will officially open Shellharbour's remodelled council chambers next…

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Leichh[?]ardt Mayor Re-Elected

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—The former Mayor of Leich[?]hardt (Mr. E. C. Erwin who resigned last month…

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Tributes to Mayor at Annual Dinner Improvements in Footpaths and Roads "Best on South Coast"

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

Members of Gerringong Council paid tribute to the public spirit and devotion to their district shown by the Mayor, Aid. G. E. Chittick, when he gave the annual mayoral dinner at the…

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Ridiculous Idea Says Alderman

Kiama Independent · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

A request from Kiama A. and H. Society to Jamberoo Council asking that 24th January—a Saturday—should be declared a public holiday…

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Aldermen Disagree Over Final Notices

Kiama Independent · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3

Aldermen at Jamberoo were in disagreement on Wednesday night, over the question of whether people should receive a final notice when they do…

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Premier Opens New Shellharbour Council Chambers

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

"The completion of the new council chambers is an outward and symbolic sign of the achievements of your council", said the Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill),…

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Mayor Not At Civic Service

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Jamberoo's Mayor, Ald. C. R. Chittick, was unable to attend the civic service at the Jamberoo Methodist Church on Sunday, because he was…

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Council Examining Burellie St. Again

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 11

A meeting of the Central Zone Committee last night asked the Town Clerk to prepare a report on the widening of Burelli Street, Wollongong…

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Premier Led "Three Cheers" For Shellharbour Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

The State Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, led three-cheers for "Shellharbour Council's progressiveness" when he officially opened the re-modelled Shellharbour Council Chambers at Albion Park on Friday…

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Council to Enlist Aid of Outside Engineers on Drains

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

The Central Zone Committee last night decided to call, tenders from, civil engineers for the designing and supervising of drainage works throughout the…

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Council Move

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 4

Deciding to form a Bush Fire Brigade on Monday night, Gerringong Council agreed to provide £100 towards equipment…

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Combined Council Cricket Match

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 32

A combined Cricket Council eleven, representing the Illawarra, A.C.T.U. and Southern District Councils and a…

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Lost Lives Are Worth Millions Says Alderman

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

A reply from Mr. Jeff Bate to Kiama Council's campaign to get the Prince's Highway widened, in which he stated that the State Government…

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Work Started Too Early for One Alderman

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 5

When it was reported to Shellharhour Council on Wednesday that work had begun on alterations to Albion Park Showground. Alderman…

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Shellharbour Wards Are Lost Lives Are Worth Millions Says Alderman

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

Aldermen of Shellharbour Council wrestled for two hours on Wednesday night with the long-standing problem of unequal representation in the Council…

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Financially Embarrassed Mayor Asks for a Better Deal

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 2

In a personal request to Kiama Council on Wednesday, to give him a "fair, just and British deal," the Mayor of Jamberoo, Alderman C. R. Chittick, declared himself the most "financially…

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Council Support Bus Protest

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 6

A protest from a local bus operator was upheld by Kiama Council on Wednesday and referred to the Department of Public Transport…

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Council Fix Plan for Collecting

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 6

Arrangements for visits to collecting centres of the Municipality for payment of rates, electricity, sanitary and garbage accounts were…

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Complaint to Council Over State of Baths

Kiama Independent · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

An Alderman complained to Shellharbour Council on Wednesday on the state of the swimming baths. Alderman Dawes said that during…

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Kiama Council Fixes Charges

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 3

Features of the report presented by the Town Clerk, Mr. H. Lyons, at Wednesday night's meeting of the Kiama…

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