Hygiene at Waratah Big Increase in Garbage Council's Problem
Hygiene in the municipality is being given special attention by Waratah Council, which now has under consideration…
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Council & local affairs, 1936
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Council Meets To-night First Session for New Year Rate and Estimates
Newcastle City Council will meet to-night for the first time in 1936. A heavy programme confronts the aldermen, and it is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Buildings Acquisition by Council Mayor to Inquire
The first meeting of the City Council in 1936 was held last night. Because the Works and Finance Committee meetings lapsed last week, there was a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. J. GLASSOP Resignation from City Council Aldermen's Tributes Town Clerk for 17 Years
After nearly 18 years' service as Town Clerk of Newcastle, and 42 years in local government, Mr. J. Glassop handed his resignation to the City Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Retiring Town Clerk Talks to Council the Perfect Alderman Genial Home Thrusts Mr. Glassop's Review
The Town Clerk (Mr. J. Glassop). who tendered his resignation to the City Council last night to enter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Waratah Council
Sir,—It has been with some perturbation and not a little amazement that I have read of the proposal of Waratah Council to borrow £15,000 to spend on ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Merewether Trams Proposal to Cut Down Services Protest by Mayor
Public protest against the reported intention of the Department of Transport to reduce the tram services on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£12,000 For New Wharf Road Big Resumption Plan for King-street Extensive Improvement on the Beaches Council's Development Loan
Many district works, which have been shelved for years, will be undertaken by the City Council with its loan of £100,000, which has been adopted in conjunction with the estimates, based on a rate of 4½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lake Macquarie Shire Council
Sir.—Once again the vexed question of fences encroaching on to the footpath of Channell-street, Swansea, came before Lake Macquarie Shire Council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Municipal Council Increase in General Rate
The general rate will be 4d this year, an increase of ½d on that levied in 1935. The loan, street lighting, and liability rates are to remain the same as last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bells As War Memorial Proposal Commended by Mayor
The proposal of Newcastle Business Men's Club for a carillon for the Town Hall tower as a war memorial commends itself to the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Where Beauty Owns The Day— —Lord Mayor's Richmond Farm
Above: A SETTING for calm reflection, inspired by the rippled beauty of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£15,000 for Roads Loan by Waratah Council Scheme Approved Municipality's Capacity to Pay
By six votes to two, Ald. W. E. Evans and W. J. Traise dissenting, Waratah Council decided at a special meeting last night to raise a loan of £15,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief Workers Provincial Council Formed
Reports on the conditions of the unemployed and relief workers in the Maitland district were presented at a meeting of the Northern District Provincial…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Loan Council for Canada Ottawa
The Finance Minister (Mr. Dunning) announced to-day that the Dominion Provincial Committee on Financial Questions had approved of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Rating Increased Council's Financial Position
Cessnock rates for 1936 will held higher than in 1935. The increase is in the genera[?]nate. Council last night fixed the following:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Relief Work Withdrawal at West Maitland Mayor Criticised Special Meeting Not Called
The Mayor of West Maitland (Ald. H. W. Fry) was criticised at a meeting of the West Maitland Council last night for not having called a special meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Council Long Committee Discussion Three Minutes in Open
After nearly three hours' discussion in committee last night, the City Council reported progress. The open council meeting lasted three minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sell Apparatus County Council and Electricity Majority Decision Sydney
Although various suburban councils frequently have expressed hostility towards entering into competition with private interests, the newly-formed Sydney County…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Rate Struck Same as Last Year Council Supports Yacht Club
The annual rates were struck at a meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last night as follows—General, 2.11/16d in the £ on unimproved capital value of…
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