Outstanding Rates at Tarro Junior Clerk Engaged by Council
This council was, year after year, an absolute failure and it was not until outstanding rates were placed in the hands of a Newcastle debt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1939
2,238 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 112
Industrial News Dyke-end Men Report to be Given to Labour Council
The Secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council (Mr. G. Bass), who visited Sydney on Monday, said yesterday that a report on the interview with the State…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cultural Centre Proposal Mayor to Call Conference
Steps would be taken immediately after the holiday on Monday to advance the cultural centre project, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mayor Asks for Apologies From Two Members of Parliament
The Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman G. W. Jenner) issued a statement to-day calling on Messrs. F. H. Hawkins…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Employees No Retrenchment Before Deputation
The secretary of the Shire and Municipal Employees' Union (Mr. C. Krempin) stated yesterday that he had received an undertaking on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Combine" Alleged Insurance Companies and Gosford Council GOSFORD
What he termed "an insurance company combine" was denounced by Ald. C. J. Staples at last night's meeting of Goaford Council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Similar Tenders for Insurance Complaint At Gosford Council GOSFORD
Alderman C. J. Staples declared at the last meeting of Cosford Municipal Council that the insurance companies' combine was charging uniform'…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wrong Principle Transport Services Follow People Ald. Travers Critical Council Health Committee Meeting
The refusal of the Department of Road Transport and Tramways to extend the New Lambton bus service to Kotara was criticised by Ald. Travers at a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wants Reply in House Tarro Council and Land Dispute Mr. Lang's Charges Minister's Support Sought
An area of land at Thornton which some months ago was the basis of charges made against Tarro Council by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. T. Lang), and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Do Something Soon Mayor on Cultural Centre
An assurance that he would take ster early next week to secure further progress towards the realisation of the cultural centre project was given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Will Be Friends No Longer" Mayor's Threat to District Parliamentarians
The Mayor (Ald. G. W. Jenner) said yesterday that if Messrs. J. G. Arthur and F. H. Hawkins, Ms.L.A., did not apologise publicly within seven days for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pensioners' Council New Officers Elected
Carrington, Cessnock, Cook's Hill, Paxton, East Greta, Kurri Kurri, Mayfield, Adamstown, Stockton; Weston and East Maitland branches of the Old-age and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Rate Same As Last Year In Kearsley Shire
Rates fixed by Kearsley Shire Council at a special meeting last night provide for relief from local government taxation in some areas and increased…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trades Hall Council America's Appreciation Letter to Mr. Roosevelt
"The council's expression of interest and approval in appreciated," the American Consul-General (Mr. T. M. Wilson) wrote to the Newcastle Trades Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Half Yards Closed Brick Companies' Pact Powers of Council Sydney
Under an agreement in 1936 half the brick yards closed and the others continued production, a witness told Mr. Justice de Baun at the Industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Municipal Finances
At the end of his term, the first Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Grifiths) warned the council of the need for financial caution to avoid a higher…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Preference for Recruits; Mayor's Plan
Speaking at the recruiting demonstration in Newcastle last night, the Mayor (Ald. G. W. Jenner) suggested that preference of employment should…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Kearsley Shire General Rate Fixed at 3d
A special meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council on Thursday night approved of the general rate being struck at 3d in the £ for this year. A similar rate was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Helping Footpath Gardeners Greater City Council Will Supply Soil
"The council will give reasonable assistance by providing good soil to householders anxious to beautify their footpaths," said the Mayor (Ald. G. W. Jenner)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Woman Mayor Not Invited London, January 16
Wood Green Bowling Club, England, recently held their annual dinner. Usually they invite the Mayor; this time they did not do so…
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