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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

1,432 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 72

Relief Measures City Council Action Public Meeting Called

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

A public meeting to consider unemployment in Newcastle was decided on by the City Council last night, when a minute from the Mayor (Alderman…

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Municipal Regret

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

Referring to the death of the Pope, it the Newcastle City Council meeting last night, the Mayor moved. "That this council records its sympathy with the…

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Waratah. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 6

Waratah Council met last evening, when there were present Aldermen A. Griffiths (Mayor), E. Hughes, Aspinall, Jacka, Winn, Clayton, Whyte, Ireland, and Gardiner…

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Stockton. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 6

The Stockton Council met last evening. There were present Alderman Griffiths (Mayor), Asquith, Garside, M'Gregor, Harris, Cody, Newton, Rees, and Cotterill…

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Sydney City Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

The City Council to-night decided to discharge from the business paper the resolution inviting tenders for offers of timber-bearing country, with a view of…

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District News. Lambton. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 6

Lambton Council met last evening, there being present Aldermen Lightfoot (Mayor), Polak, Spruce, Omerod, G. Hardy, Bell, Miller, and A. Hardy…

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Electricity Fees Council's Good Asset Credit of £400

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

Electric light, which was almost forced upon the autnerities of the Waratah Benevolent Home during the period of the '[?], is, to use the words…

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Appeal to Lambton Council To Stir Up Government

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

So far the appeals made to the Minister for Works on behalf of Lambton Council in the matter of providing money for public works, so that work might be…

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Municipal Election Hamilton Vacancy Nominations To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 7

Nomination papers, with the Consent of the candidate attached. for the vacancy in the Hamilton Council created by the resignation of…

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Merewether Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

The Merewether Council met last night, when there were present Aldermen A. Campbell (Mayor), Dixon, Meehan, [?]dow, Jefferson, Archer, Lloyd, Hargreaves,…

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Wallsend. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

Wallsend Council met last evening, when there were present: Aldermen C. H. Rae (Mayor), Scott, Atkinson, Jones, Lee, Morris, M'Kay, Brooks, Timmins,…

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Adamstown Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

Adamstown Council met last night, whom there were present the Mayor, Alderman J. Arthur, Jones, Lewis, Cousins, Thompson, Eaton, and J. J. Cameron…

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District News. Hamilton. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

The Hamilton Council met last night. There were present Aldermen Townsend (the Mayor), Cram, Wiggins, Wilson, Brien, Jenner, Steel, Melville, and Myers…

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Why Refuse? 'Bus Licence Council Curious

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Lake Macquarie Shire Council recently refused to grant a motor 'buss licence to Mr. George Downing, to ply between Charlestown and Catherine…

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Abattoir Meat Discussion at Wallsend Member at Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

Alderman Melville, a member of the Newcastle Abattoir Board, attended a meeting of Wallsend Council last night to refute the statement,…

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Hamilton Rate Attempted Reduction Council Confirms 4¼d

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman Townsend), at last night's meeting of Hamilton Council, having moved the confirmation of the general rate of 4¼d in the £ agreed to…

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Waste of Time Municipal Conference Trams and 'Buses

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 8

Merewether Council last night asked Hamilton Council to convene a conference of all the councils in the district to consider:—…

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On the Spot What the Mayor Thinks

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 9

Newcastle public and business men view with satisfaction the Federal Cabinet's approval of Mr. Hughes' proposal to immediately…

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Noxious Weeds Council as Offender

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

In a report to Wallsend Council last night, the engineer stated that noxious weeds of every description were growing wild on private properties in the town,…

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Hamilton Council Extraordinary Vacancy Six Candidates Nominated

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

The nomination of candidates for the vacaney in Hamilton Council, created by the resignation of Mr. David Murray. M.L.A. took place in…

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