Flying Gang to Care for Trees City Council Innovation
The City Engineer announced at a meeting of the City Council last night that yesterday a "flying gang" had been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1939
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Throsby Creek Beautification by Damming Water Council Approves Scheme
The Greater Newcastle Council last night approved, subject to its practicability, the scheme to flood Throsby Creek water channel near Tighe's Hill as a means of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Free Gravel Council to Revise Position Vote of £500 REJECTED
An amendment by Ald. Rowlands that £500 should be made available to supply free gravel to ratepayers was defeated at a meeting of the Greater Newcastle Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Milk Board Council Seeks Abolition or Reform Minister Should Have Control
Greater Newcastle Council agreed last light at the Mayor's request, to ask the Government either to abolish the Milk Board or to amend the Act that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →No Compulson at Greater Newcastle Elections Council Changes Its Mind On Close Vote
By 11 votes to 9, Greater Newcastle Council last night reversed its decision of the previous fortnight to ask the Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) to amend the Greater Newcastle Act to provide for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electricity Charges Trades Hall Council's Interest Four Aldermen Attend Meeting
Four members of the Greater Newcastle Council—Ald. Johnson, Petersm McLagan and Pittar—attended last night's meeting of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council, at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"On Trial," Says the Mayor Ferry Service Protests
The opinion that the new ferry and bus arrangement for Stockton and North Stockton should be given a fair three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trades Hall Council Expression of Sympathy
Before the general business of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council was begun last night, the President (Mr. J. Wilson) referred to the death of the Pope…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Revival of Sea Training Housing Schemes Hopes Raised at Trades Hall Ex-naval Men to Confer with Mayor Strong Support For Move
Distinct hope for Newcastle's congested areas clearance campaign has been raised among local union officials by The Newcastle sub-section of the Ex-Naval Men's Association has thrown its weight behind the move to have naval…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cobar Housing First Municipal Scheme SYDNEY
Plans are being formulated by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) to establish the State's first municipal housing scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stockton Transport Mayor Advises Patience
"I will receive any deputations, and I shall be interested in such information as they may put before me, but I still believe that the existing arrangement…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mayor Denies Report Paralysis Cases At Muswellbrook MUSWELLRROOK
A denial of a report that two cases of infantile paralysis from Muswellbrook had recently been admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference with Mayor To-morrow Naval Training Revival
Arrangements were made to-day for executive members of the Newcastle sub-section of the ex-Naval Men's Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surf Boat Criticism Refuted City Council's Attitude
Refuting the statement that Greater Newcastle Council had refused the Merewether Surf Club's request to have its surf…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canberra's Slum Areas Advisory Council to Urge Action CANBERRA
While the Commonwealth Government charges only a fraction more than 5 per cent. for rent of homes costing up to £2500 erected for higher-paid public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BORROW £18,000 Lake Shire Council's Decision Extensive Programme of Work
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to borrow £18,000 to carry out a programme of work, including the reconstruction of the bridges linking Five…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Naval Training Conference with Mayor
The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. G. W. Jenner) agreed yesterday to confer with executive members of the ex-Naval Men's Association this morning regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Prosecutions
John Chard, of Croydon-street, Mayfield, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge that on February 7. 1939, without the permission of Port Stephens Shire Council, he…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Revival of Naval Training Mayor Calls Meeting
Re-establishment of naval training in Newcastle has caught the imagination of the public, and it will be urgred at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Overcrowded Mayor of East Maitland Seeks Relief
The Mayor of East Maitland (Ald. H. C. Morton) yesterday made representations to the District Railway Superintendent's office regarding a complaint that…
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