Mayor Praises Apexians
"Speaking of the Wollongong Apex Club, no fob is too big and they give every assistance. Apexians definitely deserve a welcome," the Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Aid. J. J. Kelly) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1953
705 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 36
Council Items
The Corrimal East Hills Committee has been granted a two-year lease of the hall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council to Protest on Taxi Licence
The City of Greater Wollongong Council will make a strong protest to the Motor Transport Department against cancellation of a Mount Kembla firm's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Labour Council Wants Protest Meeting On Medical Scheme
The South Coast Labour Council will join with all sections of the Labor movement and the State Government in an attempt to force the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Alarming Failures" In Council Cables
Wide differences of opinion regarding "alarming failures" in a certain type if aerial cables were revealed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Opposes Move to "Shuttle" Workers
Greater Wollongong Council has opposed a move by the Department of Transport to discontinue direct workers' bus service to Pt. Kembla and to introduce shuttle and feeder services to railway stations on May 4. A motion opposing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Council Joins Protest By Miners
"The action taken by A.I. & S. against Miners' President, Bill Parkinson, in attempting to finely prevent him from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Meeting Wanted By Labor Council
The South Coast Labor Council is emphatic in its criticism and rejection of the Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Times' Thanked For Supporting Council Markets
The "South Coast Times" was thanked by the Deputy Mayor (Ald. T. Ward) at Wednesday's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Protest No Ballot For Taxi
It was alleged at Wednesday night's meeting of the City Council that a taxi plate was issued to a man without a ballot being held. Greater Wollongong City…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Could Do More For Sporting Bodies
Delegates from sporting organisations are of the opinion that the Wollongong City Council could do a lot more than it has done in the past to assist sport in the preparation and upkeep of playing fields…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council "Fires" Its Orchestra
JOHANNESBURG.— Johannesburg City Council has dismissed the City Orchestra, alleging lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move For 18 Aldermen In Council
At the annual meeting of the A.L.P. Municipal Assembly held in Wollongong a report was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.L.P. Assembly Supports Move For 18 Aldermen
At the Annual Meeting of the A.L.P. Municipal Assembly held in Wollongong, a report was received from the delegate to Labor Caucus, Mr. Johnson, that Caucus had adopted as a policy the increase in the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Workmen Busy On Re-sealing Works
A comprehensive re-sealing programme is being undertaken on main roads throughout Greater Wollongong. All council road gangs have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ald. Brandon Challenges Mayor to Build Baths
"The Mayor is talking for talkings sake. I challenge him to get an olympic pool built in Wollongong", said Ald. R. A. Brandon, last night. He was answering a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Replies to Ald. Brandon on Baths Proposal
"Aid. Brandon must have been bitten by one of those mosquitoes from Stuart Park, but where I do not know", [?] the Mayor (Aid. J. J. Kelly) last night. He was replying to Aid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor Replies to Ald. Brandon on Baths Proposal
"Aid. Brandon must have been bitten by one of those bi[?] mosquitoes from Stuart Park, but where I do not know", said the Mayor (Aid. J. J. Kelly) last night. He was replying to Aid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Asks Council Aid in T.b. Survey Costs
The Wollongong Hospital Board will the City of Greater Wollongong Council to pay £100 towards expenses incurred during the recent T.B. X-Ray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Asks Council Aid in T.b. Survey Costs
The Wollongong Hospital Board will ask the City of Greater Wollongong Council to pay £100 towards expenses incurred during the recent T.B. X-Ray…
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