"Snowstorm" for City Council Staff
With approximately 100,000 people taking part in and watching the Eucharistic procession next Sunday week, Newcastle City…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1938
2,257 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 113
Straying Stock Menace in Lake Shire Inspector to Report
Cr. D. T. Johnston expressed surprise at the meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that no mention of straying stock had been made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Nominations Invited for Greater City Elections Six Days Allowed Many Suburban Aldermen Purchase Rolls Keen Contest Expected
Nominations for the Greater Newcastle elections were invited to-day by public advertisement. Candidates for election have only six days in which to lodge their nominations as the closing time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lorn Street Lights New System Too Expensive Bolwarra Shire's Decision
Bolwarra Shire Council decided yesterday afternoon to advise the West Maitland Council that the proposed alteration of the street lighting system in Lorn was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Transforming a Park Council's Scheme of Improvements
Birdwood Park, near the Bank Corner, has at last captured the attention of the Newcastle City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labour Council Japanese Ships Refusal to Load Praised
Newcastle Trades Hall decided at its meeting last night to congratulate the Sydney waterside workers on their refusal to load war materials shipped by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suggestion That the Price Oe Bricks Should Be Raised Weaver's Evidence Story of Talk with Former Lord Mayor Sydney
The Speaker of the Legislative' Assembly and former Minister for Works (Mr. Weaver), at the Royal Commission into the sale of State enterprises to-day gave evidence of an interview with the former…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MAITLAND — KURRI — CESSNOCK West Maitland Further Vacancy West Maitland Council Ald. Barton to Resign
Ald. Walter Barton, who secured the highest votes at the lost triennial election for the West Maitland Council, stated yesterday that he intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Stockton Council
Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," a writer named A. B. Thomas stated that Ald. Felton, of Stockton, was correct when he said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deputation Next Week Minister Advises Tarro Shire
Perturbed at the financial position of the council as a result of the inclusion of portion of its area in Greater Newcastle, Tarro Shire Council decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney's Lord Mayor Caught Napping Obliged To Foot Hotel Bill For £350 To Avoid Fine SYDNEY
When the Lord Mayor (Alderman Nock) was examining the accommodation arrangements during the Celebration for the visiting Lord Mayors and Lady Mayoresses he found that they had been allotted rooms at an hotel of which he is a…
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Sir,—As the time for the creation of the Greater Newcastle Council is rapidly approaching, and with it the passing of the 12 distinct municipalities, one thing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paid Guests' Bill Lord Mayor Took No Risk Disqualification Section Sydney
The Lord Mayor (Ald. N. Nock) was involved in an awkward predicament by a section of the Local Government Act when Lord Mayors and Lady Mayoresses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shorts, at Carnival City Alderman's Protest
Whether the City Council had jurisdiction in the incident at Newcastle Surf Carnival on Saturday, in which a Newcastle team…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shorts Worn Newcastle Surf Carnival City Alderman Complains
Disapproval, of the appearance of member of the Newcastle Surf Life-saving Club in shorts, at the club's carnival on Newcastle Beach on Saturday was voiced…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mayor's Plan to End Power Deadlock Rejected by Council Problem Left For Greater City
By seven votes to two the City Council last night rejected a long minute by the Mayor (Alderman H. Fenton), in which he outlined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor's Fund Launched Sydney
The bord Mayor's Bondi and Rodney disaster relief fund was launched to-day at a public meeting of citizens convened by the Lord Mayor (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayor's Plan Rejected Government Intervention in Electricity Dispute Bulk Supply to City Council Decision to Refer Question to Greater Newcastle Adhered to
With Ald. Pittar the sole supporter, Newcastle City Council rejected the Mayor's scheme to Seek Government intervention in the dispute between the council and the Railway Department over the bulk electricity supply contract by seven votes to two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Straying Stock Menace in Lake Shire Advice to Pedestrians
At a meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council last week, Cr. Johnson mentioned the mutter of straying stock in the shire's areas. He stated that on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cannot Agree Erina Shire and Gosford Electricity Works Gosford
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) caused a stir when he requested Gosford Municipal Council and Erina Shire Council…
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