Differences Aired Before Council
Difference of opinion between their Electrical Engineer, Mr. W. Dodd, and a local electrical contractor, Mr. V. Ball, who is also a member of the Council, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1954
569 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 29
Review Of Union Moves Follows Council Decision
Following a decision by Gerringong Aldermen to answer in public a letter from a ratepayer, published in this newspaper, the Town Clerk of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Senseless Destruction By Vandals Vandalism in the Gerringong Municipality During the Christmas Holiday Led to Expressions of Concern When the Council Met on
In his report the electrical engineer, Mr. W. Goudd, said that a high-powered lamp placed in position for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Apology to Council
The Department of Main Roads admitted a mistake in stating that the Greater Wollongong City Council had made NO application for a variation in priorities in construction and surfacing work outside the central pavement on Princes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Threatens To Evict Family of Nine From Hut
A man, his wife and seven children who are aged from seven months to 15 years, claims he has been threatened by council officers that a hut in which they are residing at Spoonerville will be demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cross-talk in Council New Alderman Wanted Apology
One of the new Aldermen of Gerringong Council, Ald. L. W. Watson, made demands for an apology at the meeting last week after another Alderman had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ironworkers' Probe of Council-controlled Sydney Markets Sought
The Research Officer of the Iron workers' Union has been asked to investigate and report on the operations of Council-controlled markets in and around…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aldermen Question Invitations
Ald. Brandon told City Councillors he was 'tired of being made a fool" when asked who was being invited to the official dinner tendered to the Queen, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council-Controlled Markets Move
The South Coast Trades and Labour Council will request the Wollongong City Council to implement council controlled markets. This was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hitch Over Union Move Council Rejects Variation Proposal From Minister
A decision made by Jamberoo Council this week on the question of a basis for a union with the municipalities of Kiama and Gerringong, could lead to a public inquiry being head by the Minister for Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visit Has Deeper Meaning—Deputy Mayor in a Speech in Which He Gave a Civic Welcome to Touring Bowlers From the Murray Valley, the Deputy Mayor of Kiama, Ald. R. Weir on Wednesday Referred to the Deeper Meanings of the Royal Visit
In the absence of the Mayor, Ald. R. W. Walker—who was at Farm Cove—he spoke of this "great and historic day in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Alderman Elected Soccer Official
Highlight of the Corrimal Rangers' Soccer Football Club's annual general meeting Was the election unopposed of Ald. C. R. Birch to the important post of Treasurer for the coming 1954 season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Council Wants City Municipal Markets
The South Coast Labour Council has asked Greater Wollongong City Council to confer with its representatives on the question of establishing council-controlled municipal markets in Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council-Controlled Markets at Port?
A report is to be prepared en the possibility of introducing council-controlled markets at Port Kembla to sell general…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Illawarra Natural History Society's Council Meeting
The Illawarra Natural History Society commences the new year when it meets at the Technical College, Gladstone Ave…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mayor Suggests Big Loan When They Discussed a Report of the Amounts Collected From Their Camping Areas Over the Recent Holiday, Aldermen of Gerringong Council Were Advised by the Mayor That They Should Ask for a Big Grant for Improvements
The report revealed that the fees collected from the Crooked River—Gerroa reserve during the holiday period was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clerks' Union Wants Council To Set Up Markets
The Secretary of the South Coast Secttion of the Clerks' Union (Mr. S. Small) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Duke Told Two City Aldermen They Seemed "Young For Job"
The Duke of Edinburgh yesterday told Aldermen Squires and Barnes they "appeared young for their jobs." Ald. Squires is Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Queen Replies to Address From Mayor
On the dais in front of the Town Hall Her Majesty replies to the welcome from the Mayor. She sent a special message to people of the South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-servicemen Talk with the Queen Mayor Presents the Welcome Address People Are Inspired by Queen's Character
In the address of welcome which he presented to Queen on the dais at Wollongong Town Hall yesterday Mayor of Wollongong, Ald. J. J. Kelley, told Her Majesty that the qualities of her own character would inspire the…
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