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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

2,531 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 127

Council News Wallsend Relief Work to Cease Council Would Go "Broke"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

Wallsend Council last night decided to abandon the emergency relief scheme as from March 25. It was reported that a £1000…

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Sympathy Expressed Newcastle Trades Hall Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 11

The Wonthaggi disaster was mentioned at the meeting of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night. The Secretary (Mr. G. Bass) said that…

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Penny Section Sought By Merewether Council Subway to Be Built

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

Merewether Council decided last night to ask the Minister for Transport (Mr. N. F. Bruxner) for a penny tram section between Lingard-street and Merewether…

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Industrial News Mr. Outteridge President of Trades Hall Council Unanimous Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 13

Mr. A. Outteridge, a delegate of the Australian Railways Union, was unanimously elected President of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night…

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In Five Weeks Discontinue Relief Work Wallsend Council Men to Go on District Jobs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

What was regarded as the most important question to be dealt with by the council for many years—the position of the council and the relief workers, in…

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Brisbane Weekly Notes Municipal Golf Links

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 17

Financially, the Victoria Park Golf Links are probably the most successful municipal links in the Commonwealth Structurally they are the best, according…

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Mayor's Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 10

"It's too deep for me,' said the Mayor of Newcastle yesterday, in a heartfelt comment on the contents of a letter which lay on his table. The letter was from…

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Scott-street Traffic Mayor Satisfied with New Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 3

Failure of outward traffic to make use of Scott-street last night, the Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. H. Fenton) said to-day, provided no argument…

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Labour Party Waratah Electoral Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 9

Mr. J. Parkinson attended a meeting of the Waratah State Electoral Council of the Australian Labour Party. Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A., gave a report on the…

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New Council Milk Suppliers' Associations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 16

A combined conference of milk suppliers' associations met in Sydney on Thursday. The following associations were represented—Seven Hills,…

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Storm Was Kind Helped Council Along

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 5

"We just about broke even," commented the City Engineer (Mr. L. J. Price) in reviewing this morning the effect on City…

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County Council Plan Opposed Objection to Spooner Electrical Scheme Lismore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 6

A vigorous attack was mode on the Greater County Council Bill to coordinate and control electrical development on the North Coast at…

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Lord Mayor's Message

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

I would like to take this opportunity of wishing the Newcastle A. H. and I. Show, which will commence tomorrow, the success it undoubtedly deserves, and of expressing to the exhibitors and the committee responsible…

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A Citizen's First Duty Mayor's Message

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 15

"IF there is one thing more than another in which a city requires the cooperation of its people it is the maintenance of good health," said the Mayor of…

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P.S.A.A.A. Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 4

A special meeting of the Hunter Valley Council of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association was held at the Junior Technical School, West Maitland…

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Wives in Jobs County Council Asks Why Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 6

Hundreds of married women whose husbands were in good positions and were able to keep them were employed in…

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Greater Powers for Committee District Issues Move by City Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 7

A move to increase substantially the powers of the Local Government Coordination Committee is likely to be…

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Bands Group Protest to City Council Outside Bands on Beach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 8

A meeting of the Newcastle and Suburban Districts Band Group was held in the Waratah band room on Sunday. Delegates who attended were Messrs. Kay…

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Against Bachelors Italian Municipal Decree LONDON, February 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 9

Pursuing Signor Mussolini's ideal of making the bachelor's lot worse, the municipality of Turin (Italy) has decided that no bachelor, whatever his merits,…

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Erina Shire Inquiry Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

Another stage in the internal war in Erina Shire, which has caused the dismissal of the council on two occasions, will be reached on Monday, when the…

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