Road Safety Council Warning
Greater automobile speed means greater chance of death. That warning to motorists was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illawarra · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1953
705 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 36
8,000 Bulbs Yearly Replaced by Council
Greater Wollongong Council has to replace about 8,000 lamps in street lights every year, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →T. & L. Council President Says "Support A.l.p."
President of the South Coast Labor Council, Mr. W. McLeod, has issued a statement supporting local A.L.P. candidates in the forthcoming State elections on February 14…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dapto Wants Own Alderman on City Council
At the January meeting of the Dapto Progress Association, Mr. S. Cook was emphatic that the people of Dapto should indicate clearly what boundaries they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spastic Council Active
Despite the holiday season, the activities of the Bull, and District Spastic Centre Council continue…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Accused Over Coniston Hall Betting
The City Council was accused last night of "going behind the backs" Of Coniston Hall Committee members in hiring Coniston Hall for the showing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulk Electricity Costs To Council To Remain
The existing charges for bulk electricity to the Greater Wollongong Council wail have to remain in effect until March 31. This has been stated in a…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Council Are "Apprehensive"
Kiama Council have told Jamberoo Council that they are apprehensive about a clause in the proposed agreement for the supply by Jamberoo of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Still No Decision On Rates Postponement Due to Mayor's Absence
Ratepayers at Gerringong are still in the dark about what their rates are going to be for this year. Hopes that the controversy within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guest House Complaint—"appalled" Visitor Writes to Council
A visitor to a Gerroa guest house has written to the local Council to protest against "the appalling conditions" which she found there. Gerringong Council on Tuesday ordered an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bob Graham Appointed To R.A.S. Council
One of the high honours of the Australian Agricultural world has gone to a district personality. Mr. J. R. Graham, of Albion Park,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fireworks at GERRINGONG—Stormy Council Scene Follows Dissent Vote
In a stormy scene at Gerringong Council meeting in which the Mayor, an Alderman, and the Town Clerk clashed, Ald. H. E. Cooke accused the Town Clerk of "getting the cream…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Loan Money For Council
Greater Wollongong Council has secured additional loans and overdrafts amounting to a total of £112,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.l.p. to Control Miners' Council; Parkinson Beaten
SYDNEY, Mon. — More than 15 years of Communist control of the Miners' Federation ended today when anti-Communists gained control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor's Report Bridge Work Ended
In his report to Gerringong Council last week, the Mayor, Alderman G. E. Chittick, said that public Works staff had been concentrated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Confidence Vote Given To Mayor
References to a motion of dissent at Gerringong Council which led to a stormy scene last week were made when the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increase Ends Rate Dilemma New Figures Will "Be a Shock" - MAYOR
A final decision on what one Alderman called the "dilemma of the rates." was reached by Gerringong Council on Monday. They have now agreed on a higher figure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Open Letter To Mayor Kelly (To the Editor)
Sir, — There are many things going on in the administrative field of Council which, to the average ratepayer, seems a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Told Sewer Work Will Go on
A total of £580,190 had been spent by the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board on water amplifications in this area since July, 1950, Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alderman Says He Is Made Scapegoat
A vote of confidence in the Mayor of Gerringong, Alderman G. E. Chittick, was carried by the Council on Monday night by six votes to two. The vote was taken on the proposition of the…
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