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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

2,604 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 131

Wallsend Council Drainage and Sewerage Department's Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 14

Wallsend Council last night discussed a letter received by Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A., from the Department of Public Works, in reply to representations urging…

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To Cooperate Infectious Diseases Hospital Lake Council Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 12

By five votes to three, Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to co-operate with the Newcastle Hospital Board in the proposal to erect an…

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Sailing Week-end Events Need for District Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 22

Yachtsmen and skiff sailing enthusiasts are to have a busy week-end. A return will be made to club handicaps, after the special races of last week-end. On…

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Through Run Into City Avoid'bus Change Into Tram Lake Shire Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 10

"Lake Macquarie Shire residents and the public are suffering very severe inconvenience," declared the…

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Labour Council Walsh Island Plant Invitation to Herr Kisch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 17

Newcastle Trades Hall Council, which met last night, decided to extend an invitation to Herr Egon Kisch, the foreign author and novelist, against whom…

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MEREWETHER Beach Defects to be Remedied Council Confident Request for Bowling Green

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 14

A report from the Merewether Council's Beach Committee was tabled last night at the meeting. In its summary it stated that the Council's property on the beach…

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News From The Councils Extension of Hours More Work for Relief Men Council's Attitude

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 10

A greater number of hours work each week for relief men will be advocated at a conference at the Newcastle…

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Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 15

Mr. J. Cousins, a former alderman has decided to contest the vacancy on the Municipal Council as an industrial candidate. Mr. G. Rennix will contest the…

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Vacancy Filled Dungog Municipal Council DUNGOG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 8

Mr. G. A. Dombkins, bootmaker, of Dungog, was elected unopposed to-day to fill the vacancy on the Dungog Municipal Council, caused by the resignation of Ald…

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Nine Applications Lake Shire Buildings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

Alterations and additions to the Catherine Hill Bay Hotel, at a cost of £950, formed the principal item in the list of nine building applications granted at the…

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Erina Shire Building Applications Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

The Building Inspector for Erina Shire Council (Mr. G. Fletcher) reported favourably on the following applications at the last meeting—…

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Relief Grants Port Stephens Shire Expenditure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

The Shire Clerk (Mr. L. F. Monkley) has prepared for submission to the Port Stephens Shire Council a report dealing with the emergency relief work for the…

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Wallsend Council Record Broken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Sitting until 12.27 a.m. yesterday, Wallsend Council broke, by seven minutes, the record established for duration of session at the previous meeting…

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Cessnock Shire Boundaries Deputation Sees Minister KEARSLEY v. BOLWARRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 11

On Thursday, a deputation from the Kearsley Shire Council, comprising the President (Cr. W. Varty), the Engineer. (Mr. J. Shine), the Assistant Clerk (Mr…

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Newcastle Library Is Criticised Mayor in Defence Need for Cultural Facilities Views Are Varied

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 2

The Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. Christie) thinks that the men who criticised Newcastle School of Arts Library in their report to the…

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Pensioners Meet First Interstate Congress Supreme Council Suggested Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 9

At a preliminary meeting to the first interstate conference of the Old Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association to-night, it was decided to recommend to the…

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Municipal Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 11

Mr. C. Evans will contest the vacancy on the Municipal Council in the interests of the Communist Party. There are three other candidates—Messrs. G…

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Lake Shire Works

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 10

Included in mutters refe[?]ed to [?] engineer (Mr. Lowry) for port it the last meeting or the Lake Shire Council were:—…

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Unemployed Relief Workers Dismissals in Tarro Shire

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

A meeting of unemployed relief workers was held at Pelaw Main yesterday to consider the position created by the dismissal of 24 men in the…

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Hamilton Relief Workers Protest to Council

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 6

A meeting of the Unemployed Relief Workers' Association is to be held at the Mechanics' Institute to-morrow night to protest against the…

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