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New England · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

859 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 43

Shire Council

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

[?]ostwyck Shire council held its monthly meeting on Tuiesday last present president J. SHANAGHAN, COUNCILLORS j.r. mCHUGH, T. E. C…

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Severn Shire Estimates for 1941 Adopted on Basis of Twopenny Rate

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 7

At this week's meeting of the Severn Shire Council, the estimates for 1941, involving expenditure of £28,662, were adopted, on the basis of a general rate of 2d in the £, as for the previous year. The Shire President. Cr. A. J. St…

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Direct Giving Decline in Support Criticised "Soldiers' Comforts Fund Must be Supported," Declares Orange Mayor

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

"It is most serious that people are saying that, because of the increased taxation, they are compelled to discontinue their…

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Town Council Not Legal to Differentiate in Charges for services. O. A.Ps. Pay full Sanitary Charge

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Council decided that the ordinary charges for [?] service would in future apply to old age [?] It had apply the…

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Deprecating Aldermen Attacked by Mayor

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

Approaching 11.30 o'clock on Monday night, when Armidale council had been sitting for upwards of four hours, the Mayor (Aid. McBean)…

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Macintyre Shire Council No Authority to Fill Vacancy

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

The Department of works and Local Government has notified the Macintyre Shire Council as follows:— The Department has noted that a…

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War Functions Associations Inverell Citizen's Branch Lord Mayor's Fund Objectives

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

A meeting of the citizens branch of the Inverell and District War Functions Association was held last night when permanent office…

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Road Accidents Pedestrians Who Are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 8

Pedestrians who were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. last year totalled 167 and of these nearly four-fifths were either over the age of 60 years…

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Local and General New Alderman

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 4

MR. JOHN R. WINDEYER, a former alderman and mayor of Glen Innes, has been elected unopposed to the vacancy on the local Municipal…

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Beautifying the Streets Casino Council's Enterprise

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

Marking a progressive step in the ultimate beautification of Casino was the appointment of a gardener by the Council at last…

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Lord Mayor wants Country Funds

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 2

The Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, has stated that about £130,000 was being held by country branches of the Lord Mayor's Fund for special…

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[?] COUNCIL Sewerage Survey Complete Application for Necessary Finance Storm Damage Referred to Works Committee Protest Against Reduction in Main Roads Grant

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 7

Advice that the detailed sewerage survey had been completed was received at last night's Municipal Council meeting. Aldermen decided to inform the Department of Works and Local Government accordingly and…

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Council's Dilemma

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

The Grenfell Municipal Council at its last meeting, cleared the decks for the legal action that is likely to take place over the sewerage loan rate. It…

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Petrol Pumps Responsibility for Removal Municipal Council Discussion Garage Proprietor's Refusal to Pay Fees

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

The question of responsibility for the removal or petrol pumps from the Council's footpaths was the subject of discussion at this week's meeting of the Municipal Council, which had before it a letter from a local garage proprietor, who advised that two pumps were not…

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[?] Time at Municipal Council Meeting Water on Macintyre Bridge

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the Municipal Council Ald, O'Connor asked for attention to the apple tree which was shading the electric light at the…

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Shot After Meeting of Shanghai Ratepayers British Chairman of Municipal Council Wounded (Australian Associated Press.) SHANGHAI

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1

The British chairman of the Municipal Council (Mr. W. J. Keswick) and two Japanese councillors were shot, but not…

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[?] S[?] By Council Opposi[?] View Points Expressed

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 4

O[?] ts of view taken by [?] and the Munc[?]pal Co[?]il in [?]gard to the to [?] electrical…

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GUYRA Parochial Council of St. James' Church Annual Meeting Hall Fund £198 in Credit

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

The balance sheet presented to the annual meeting of the Parochial Council of St. James Church of England, Guyra…

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Heavydeathroll Because 'The Car Ran Off the Road' (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

Most reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road," and end with such phrases as it then hit a telephone pole or a tree or the wheels Got into the rough surface and caused the car to overturn…

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