Choosing an Office Boy Council Takes Half an Hour
Last night it took New Lambton Council exactly half an hour to appoint an office boy. On the ground that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1928
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Trades Hall Council
Newcastle Trades Hall Council met last night. Mr. E. A. Sinclair presided. There was a good attendance of delegates, Credentials were received for Messrs. C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether. Council Meeting
Merewether Council met last night there being present Alderman W. Henderson (Mayor), Robinson, Dixen, Campbell, Jefferson, Archer, Stevenson, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News Wallsend. Council Meeting
Wallsend Council met last evening when there were present Aldermen T. R. Davies (Mayor), Reay, Hughes, Lee, England, Jones, Dennis, Lane, Neal, and Belford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lake Beautification Difficulties of Council Help Wanted
"I am quite satisfied that Lake Macquarie has not been properly opened up, in consequence, doubtless, of the limited means at our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Complete Control" Shire Council's Proposal Board and Main Roads
Lake Macquarie Shire Council has decided to co-operate with Yanco Shire in a movement for the vestment of entire control of main roads with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Licenses Lake Shire Defaulters
Out of a total of 69 public vehicles running in Lake Macquarie Shire, only 12 made application for now licenses at the council meeting to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£2700 for Lake Shire Local Government Grant
That the amount of endowment apportioned the shire for the period 1928-30 was £2700 each year, was the information given Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Candidates Fire Commissioners' Board Shire Support Sought
It was recently stated at Waratah Council meeting, when the Mayor (Alderman Cowie) was elected as a candidate for the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.R.M.A. PUZZLED Alderman's Criticism
The N.R.M.A. expresses itself as frankly puzzled with the reported statement of an alderman of Parramatta, who during discussion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lake Macquarie Shire
A meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council was held at Speers' Point yesterday. There were present Councilors Johnston (President), Pearce,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Council
The Newcastle City Council met last night. There were present: Aldermen R. Gibson (Mayor), Christie (deputy Mayor), Cornish. Light, Castleden, Kilgour,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Needs Excursion Fare Anomaly Council's Requests
Improvements needed in the Newcastle-Sydney railway service were discussed by Newcastle Council at its meeting last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Town Hall Plans Was Re-design Necessary? Question in Council
""Is it a fact the plans supplied by the architects have not passed the council, and that the Water Board has sent them back for re-design?"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Council Loan
Mr. F. G. P. Neilley, engineer-in-charge, Public Works Department, Newcastle, has been appointed to hold the statutory inquiry into Newcastle City Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Committees Carrington Appointments
The following committees were appointed by Carrington Council for 1928:— Finance: The Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial Matters Miners' Council Sydney
The central council of the Miners' Federation assembled in Sydney to-day, in order to give consideration to a large number of important matters affecting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Not to Be Renewed Carrington-Newcastle 'Bus License Big Petition Disregarded Council Reuses Application "In Public Interest"
Though 1100 people petitioned Carrington Council last night to allow the Carrington-Newcastle 'bus service to continue, the council, by six votes to two, decided not to renew the license…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Vehicles
There were many exhibits at Olympia of particular interest to municipal authorities, Prominent amongst these ranks the Karrior combined road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Board Alderman Cowie Withdraws
Alderman J. L. Cowie. Mayor of Waratah, will not be a candidate at the forthcoming election for the Fire Brigades Board…
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