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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

1,578 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 79

District News. Waratah Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

Waratah Council met on Tuesday night, those present being Aldermen A. J. Gardiner (Mayor), Silcock, Hughes, Griffiths, Ireland, McMeekin, and Cowie…

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District News. Adamstown. Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

Adamstown Council met last night, when there were present: Aldermen Coote (Mayor), Bailey, Arthur Cousins, Wright, Wiggins, Lloyd…

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Modern Methods Hamilton Council Move

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 8

Hamilton aldermen decide last night that the time has arrived when the council should adopt more up-todate methods, so as to facilitate the…

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A Tough Job Contractor Makes Mistake Sympathetic Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 6

How a tenderer for a council contract had failed to make the job pay, and then applied to the council for more money to finish tho work, was…

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Can't Take Plunge Council and Road Roller Referred to Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

The New Lambton Council is quite prepared to recognise that good roads are essential. It has been told that a road roller and scarifier is an…

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Cessnock Shire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. Brown, administrator to the Cessnock Shire Council, sat at the Shire Chambers, Cessnock, yesterday, and dealt with the business of the council…

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"Spineless Lot" Irate Alderman's View Damaged Surf Reel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Several boys attended Merewether Council last night to give an explanation with regard to the alleged damage to a life-saving reel which had…

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District News. Merewether Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 6

Merewether Council diet last night, when there were present Aldermen Wells (Mayor), Meehan, Davies, Wisby, Pont, Rowlands, Dixon, Townson, Jefferson, and…

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Whose Job? Wallsend Council's Mistake

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 8

Apparently there are some of the aldermen of the Wallsend Council who are not quite conversant with the municipal boundaries…

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The Lord Mayor's Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 10

It is the London one, and occurs every year on November 9th. The one in 1924 was described by a London paper as follows:—…

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County Council Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 5

The triennial election of the London County Council was held yesterday. The results hitherto declared show numerous Labourite gains, and corresponding losses…

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District News. Wallsend Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

Wallsend Council met on Thursday night, when there were present: Aldermen S. M. Neal (Mayor), Scott, Turnbull, Timmins, Lee, Morris, Capewell, Jones…

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Municipal Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 4

Were an opinion to be based on the last conference of councils in the district as to the prospects of the establishment of a Greater…

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"Confounded Cheek" Council Electricity Control Indignant Aldermen

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 6

The language used when a communication was read at last night's City Council meeting from the recent conference of suburban councils…

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Wasting Time Indignant Alderman "The Worst Offender"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 3

Despite the fact that the Newcastle City Council held a record short session last night, aldermen seemed it necessary to raise the charge of…

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Newcastle Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

The Newcastle City Council met last night. There were present: The Mayor, Alderman M. Light, and Aldermen Moroney, Ellis, Gibson, Shedden, Parker,…

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No Case Ex-President of Shire Charge Dismissed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

The adjourned case in which John Brown, administrator of the Cessnock Shire, is proceeding against James Robert Scott for the larceny…

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MOTORS for GRACE & Pace Shorter Road Sydney to Newcastle Shire's Request Wyong

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 8

[?] meeting of Erina Shire [?]…

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Shire Contracts

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 6

Tenders were accepted for about £180 for repairing roads in the Port Stephens Shire at the last meeting of the council…

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'Looking for Trouble' Candid Alderman Railway Weighbridge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 5

The disabilities under which the commercial community of Newcastle is laboring owing to the inadequate weighbridge controlled by the…

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