Affected Schools Cessnock Council Favours Closing
Cessnock Council decided last night to urge the closing of schools which had been attended by a child who contracted infantile paralysis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1938
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Cessnock Action Threatened Council's Loan Payment Arrears
The State Superannuation Board directed the attention of Cessnock Municipal Council to the fact that arrears of instalments on the £50,000 loan were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MR. F. J. CAHILL Farewelled by City Council Colleagues
Eulogistic references to the work and personality of the Tourist Director (Mr. F. J. Cahill) were made at a farewell gathering arranged by the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Identical Tenders "County Council in Octopus Grip" Investigation Urged Sydney
Local manufacturers appeared to have the council in an octopus grip. Investigation should be made to see whether profiteering was being attempted, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Raymond Terrace New Industry Important Development. Says Mayor
The opening up of a new vista for Raymond Terrace was how the Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. H. Fenton) to-day described the establishment of a big…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Quorum Carrington Council Lapses
Because there were insufficient aldermen to form a quorum, the fortnightly meeting of Carrington Council lapsed last night. Only three of the nine aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Need for Panic "Diphtheria Far Greater Menace" Cessnock Mayor's Appeal
The Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. J. Brown) who is also Secretary of the Cessnock District Hospital, does not share to the same extent the feeling of alarm which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Meeting Abandoned Federal Health Council CANBERRA
The Federal Government has abandoned a proposal to call a meeting of the Federal Health Council in March or April, owing to the imminence of State elections…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wickham Council Town Clerk Reports Record Year Footballers' Request Granted
The combined rates levied by Wickham Council doting 1937, as shown by the annual report of the Town Clerk (Mr. W. A. Miller) presented to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Control of Halls Committee to Police New Act Executive Council Approval Sydney
The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) stated to-day that at the meeting of the Executive Council this morning approval was given to the appointment as…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Aldermen Seek to Lecture Boy Golf Ball Incident At Northbridge SYDNEY
Indignant at receiving an invitation from Willoughby Council to company his 11-year-old son to the next meeting of council, so that the boy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Epidemic" Paralysis in Cessnock Mayor Tells Deputation
The Mayor or Cessnock (Ald. J. Brown) told a deputation of women's organisations yesterday afternoon that the authorities did not consider an epidemic of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Labour Council To-morrow's Conference
The Secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council (Mr. G. Boss) informed the delegates at the meeting last night that the conference fixed for to-morrow would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Defies Nazis Vienna Mayor Outspoken "Will Die for Austria" Says Dictatorships Cannot Last (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 24
The Mayor of Vienna (Herr Richard Schmidtz), who is a strong Roman Catholic, made a surprising anti-Nazi speech to a large audience in Vienna last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →East Ward Campaign Ald. Parker and Hudson Municipal Fire Insurance Scheme
The establishment of a municipal fire insurance scheme was an outstanding item in the policy submitted by Ald. E. Parker and F. C. Hudson at a public…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District Council Parents and Citizens' Associations Supply of Materials
The Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens Associations, which met at the Hamilton Council Chambers last night decided to ask the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Council For the New Era
ON HIS VISIT last week to Newcastle, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) made a timely appeal for vision in the big step that is being taken by the inauguration of Greater Newcastle. The celebrations of the last few weeks have overshadowed the impending…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Need for Vision Youth Council Wants Housing Scheme Greater City Policy
"It Is useless calling Newcastle the Birmingham of the South if there is not greater vision," said Rev. A. R. McVitte, at a meeting of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Straying Stock Damage on Shepherd's Hill City Aldermen Perturbed
"We have tried everything. If the Health Inspector can tell the council what to do, I am sure there is not an alderman at this table who will not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Councils and Engineers
Sir,—There is a misconception abroad of the power of a shire council with regard to its ability to dispense with the services of an engineer. The idea has…
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