The New Year Message by the Mayor "Will Enter New Era"
The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. H. Fenton) on behalf of the aldermen of the Newcastle City Council, conveyed last night to all ratepayers and citizens best…
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Council & local affairs, 1938
2,257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 113
COST £218,469 New Buildings in City Council Figures for 1937
The total value of applications approved by the City Council in 1937 for new building or alterations to existing building in Newcastle was £218,469,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir Earle Page High Distinction for Deputy Prime Minister the New Year Honours Retiring Lord Mayor Knighted: Northern Names in State List
There were several knighthoods among the list of New Year honours announced last night by the Commonwealth and four of the States. The Deputy Prime Minister becomes Sir Earle Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Public Works State Government's Plans Borrow Independently of Loan Council Sydney
The State Government is planning a series of big public works, and it is expected that steps will be taken to give legislative power to certain departments,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wasteful Mining Methods Mayor Suggests Expert Committee
Formation of a committee which would work for the scientific mining and processing of coal, was suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Race Broadcasts Privy Council Appeal Application to Be Heard on January 16 SYDNEY
The race broadcasting case will enter upon its final stages in London on January 16, when the application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Expulsions Warning to Electorate Council Barton Defiance Sydney
At a stormy meeting to-night, the Bar on Electorate Council decided, to defy the officials of the Labour party, and send delegates to the rebel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All Resign Members of Ulmarra Council Error in Ballot Paper Grafton
All the alderman of the Ulmarra Council, elected on December 4, have resigned, following an objection to the election on the ground that the name of Ald. Bernard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →England's "Baby" Aldermen
ALDERMEN are usually associated with bulging watch-chains, pomposity, and long long years of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£12,006 OUTSTANDING Tarro Shire's Rate Position Clerk's Report to Council
The Shire Clerk (Mr. C. H. Hodson) reported to Tarro Shire Council yesterday that £6629/5/6 had been collected during 1937, when £6220/17/3 was levied and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Madam Will Not Swim with Aldermen Sydney
A special invitation has been issued to the Madam Mayor of Newtown (Mrs. Fowler), to compete against other mavors at the aldermanic swimming carnival at Enfield Pool on February 16. Hopes that Mrs. Fowler would accept will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labour Council Pacific Coast Congress
The Secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council (Mr. G. Bass) has received from the Secretary of the New Zealand Federation of Labour and the Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tarro Shire Fixing of Rates Delayed to Seek Minister's Advice
Tarro Shire Council yesterday decided to ask the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) what was its position. The decision followed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hamilton Council Rangers' Good Work Electric Light Charges
Hamilton Council held its first meeting for 1938 last night. There was a sharp exchange between Ald. Jenner and Ald. Williams as soon as the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LAMBTON-ROAD Adamstown to Spend £780 Council's Decision
Adamstown Council agreed last night to construct a 12-foot roadway on the northern side of Lambton-road tramway, at a cost of £780…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Employees
The first sitting of the Newcastle City Council Conciliation Committee for 1938 has been fixed for January 18 at the Newcastle Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Council Wards
The Greater Newcastle Council Electoral Commission has submitted its report to the Minister for Local Government, but it will rest with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Faulty Footpaths Wallsend Discussion Complaints to Council
The meeting of Wallsend Council last night was marked by a long discussion in which the condition of local footpaths was severely criticised. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial News Labour Council 40-Hour Week Agitation Management Committee Meets
The question of the reduced working week was one of the first matters to be considered at the meeting of the Management Committee of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Industry and Science Research Council Officer's Investigations Fremantle (W.a.)
Returning from an important mission abroad, where he carried out investigations, as a result of the decision of the Commonwealth Government to extend the…
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