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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →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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