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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

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Corrimal Will Get 250-Bed Hospital, Says Deputy Mayor

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 7

The Hospitals' Commission will acquire a 14 or 17 acre site for the purpose of establishing a 250-bed hospital at Corrimal, the Deputy Mayor, Ald. T. Ward, told Wednesday night's meeting of the City Council…

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Council Rejects Proposal By Electricity Commission Will Appeal To Premier For Help

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 5

Greater Wollongong Council will appeal to the Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill) for assistance in overcoming problems relating to electricity supplies in the nothern sections of the City. The Council has decided on this course following…

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Cemetery Is a Disgrace Says Alderman Cooke

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

Gerringong Cemetery was in "a deplorable condition" Aldermen said at the Council Meeting on Friday. After Ald. Flint moved that £5 be…

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Council Cutting Request

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

The danger to the public at the Collins Street cutting is to be referred to the Illawarra M.L.A., Mr. Howard Fowles, for representation…

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Council Rescind A Decision

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

After dealing with a number of replies to their advertisement for an Engineer-Health Inspector and carrying a motion that no…

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Bitter Criticism on Council Rates

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

During a short discussion at Monday night's meeting of the Northern Zone Committee in…

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Municipal Gardens Competition

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

Results of the Shellharbour Council's footpath garden and lawn competitions were announced to the Council on Wednesday…

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Inspection By Mayor

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 26

Yesterday at the invitation of Towradgi Progress Association, the Mayor (Ald. Kelly) accompanied by Mr Wagener, Central…

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Alderman's Bitter Attack on Overseer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3

Ald. T. Ward, at Wednesday night's Central Zone Committee meeting accused council construction and repair Tangs of "going out to jobs and sitting…

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Spastic Council Formed at Kiama Meeting

Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 2

A meeting called by the Mayor of Kiama, Aid. R. W. Walker, on Wednesday resulted in the formation of a Kiama and District Spastic Centre…

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Surf Club Earns Praise From Aldermen

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

"If ever people have been blessed with the determination to get things done, it is the members of the…

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Former Alderman May Build A Park

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 7

A former Mayor and alderman of the Wollongong and Greater Wollongong Councils, Mr. C. M. Dawson…

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Mayor Was Quizzed on Maintenance Allocation

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 7

What will happen when each Central Zone alderman has spent the £2,000 allocated for maintenance and repair work in his ward? This question was asked at Wednesday night's meeting of…

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A Council Notice

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 7

A Fairy Meadow resident will be served with a notice by the Council Health Department to remove a heap of sawdust…

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All Branches Represented At A.L.P. Electorate Council Annual Meeting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

The annual meeting of Wollongong Kembla A.L.P. State Electorate Council was held at Port Kembla on Friday night, when there was a full attendance…

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Council Abandons Lamb Branding Scheme

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 9

The Greater Wollongong City Council will abandon its suggested scheme to introduce lamb branding in its area. This decision was…

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£100,000 Loan for City Council

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

The City of Greater Wollongong Council has been granted a £100,000 loan by the Loan Council. £50,000 of the loan is to…

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£1000 From Council For Coronation Celebrations

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

Greater Wollongong City Council will make available £1000 towards the cost of staging festivities to commemorate the Coronation on June 2nd. This was announced at the…

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South Coast Bowling Association Greenkeepers' Advisory Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 25

Bowlers with recall at the last quarterly conference a discussion on the variation in the playing surface of the various clubs when a suggestion was advanced that something should be done to make all greens uniform…

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N.A.T.O. Council Meets in Paris

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 29

The ministerial meeting of the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was recently opened in the headquarters at the Pala[?]s de Chaliot, Paris, by the President of the Council, Mr. Ole Bjorn Kraft, the Foreign Minister of Denmark. On the wall of the large…

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