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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1933

2,651 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 133

Oil Dispute Britain's Case Presented League Council Persia's Cancellation of Contract (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, January 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 6

Before the League Council at Geneva this afternoon, the British Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) presented the British case in the dispute with Persia arising…

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Not the Municipal Quarry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 8

The Chairman of the Martin's Creek Municipal Quarry Board (Ald. G. W. Jenner) wishes it to be explained that the misadventure to loaded trucks, causing…

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Electricity Sales Looking Up Council Report

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 5

A steady recovery in the sales of electricity for the year 1982 is revealed in a report which will…

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UNIFICATION Summer School Views the Loan Council Robertson

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 4

The reaction caused by the establishment of the Loan Council and the tendency to unification in Australia were among topics discussed when the…

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Loan Council Meeting This Week £6,000,000 Loan Proposal Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 5

Representatives of the various States who will attend the Loan Council meeting, to begin in Melbourne on Wednesday, are known to be in an optimistic…

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MR. B. LIGHT Farewelled by Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. B. Light, formerly an alderman of the Newcastle City Council, will leave Newcastle on Saturday on the first stage of a world tour. At last night's meeting…

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Nelson's Bay Camps Complaint to Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

A resident of Singleton has brought under the notice of the Port Stephens Shire Council the undesirable condition of thing now existing at Nelson's Bay…

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"A Menace" Young Autograph-hunters City Council Concerned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

The small boys who descend in their hundreds on famous cricketers at the Newcastle Sports Ground to demand autographs are treated seriously by the…

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Bush Fire Control City Council Discussion Conference Authorised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

Newcastle City Council decided last night that the Mayor (Ald. W. M. Shedden) should call a conference of district bodies to deal with proposals for…

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Penalty of Fame Boys Swoop on Cricketers Council Concern

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

"Happy is the man who has never known what it is to taste of Fame." THE Newcastle Cricket…

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City Council Beaches and Baths Lookout Tower at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

Many matters affecting the beaches and baths of the municipality were dealt with at last night's meeting of the Newcastle City Council. The Mayor (Ald. W. M…

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Local Cement Not Used for Hospital Block City Council Protests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

The use of cement manufactured at Portland in the construction of the new block for the Newcastle General Hospital was criticised by aldermen at the…

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Cheaper Electricity for Theatres City Council's Decision for Shops Too?

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

A 10 per cent, cut in electricity charges for local theatres was decided upon by the Newcastle City Council last night…

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Land Settlement Proposal Government Won't Have It Council Informed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

The Newcastle City Council's much-talked-of settlement proposal for districts within a 15 mile radius of the city, has been turned…

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Walsh Island Government Criticised City Council Debate "Influences at Work"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

Aldermen of the Newcastle City Council were outspoken in criticism of the Government's attitude towards Walsh Island Dockyard at the meeting of the…

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National Park Play Areas New Pavilion to Be Built Council Plans

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 5

The Newcastle City Council copes to have five or six new ovals available for hockey baseball and other sports activities…

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Maitland District West Maitland Labour Council Optimistic Annual Report Lessons of Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 7

The report presented to the annual meeting of the Maitland State Electoral Council of the Australian Labour Party, presided over by Mr. W. F. O'Hearn,…

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In The Councils "Gaudy As a Circus" "Decoration" in Hunter-street Council Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Alderman Oldham, at the City Council masting last night, said that Hunter-street looked like a circus…

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Grappling with Bush Fire Menage City Council Move a Conference to Be Called District Patrols

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

At the instigation of Aid. O'Neill, the Newcastle City Council decided last night to call a conference…

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Deputation From Lake Shire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 10

Asking for work to be provided for the unemployed in the Lake Macquarie Shire district, a deputation, headed by the President of the Shire…

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