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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

1,818 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 91

Refund to Election Candidate Money Paid to Council Under Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 12

Greater Newcastle Council agreed last night to refund to Mr. Daniel Price, a Newcastle resident, an amount of £13/10/1 he paid to the Newcastle City Council,…

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He Said He Paid Under Protest Council Candidate Seeks Refund

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 8

A candidate for the City Council elections of 1937. Mr. Daniel Price last night asked the Greater Newcastle Council to transfer £13 19s,…

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"Abolish State Parliaments" Council Wants Issue at Next Election Asks Federal Government for Referendum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 11

Greater Newcastle Council will ask the Federal Government to make the question of the abolition of Sate Parliaments part of the Federal election this year as…

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New Epoch, Says Mayor Conference on Industries

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

Yesterday's conference at the City Hall which considered plans for the industrial and commercial expansion of Newcastle, was…

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Main Roads Board's Reply to Patrick Plains Shire President Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

"It is one of the road works being carried out as part of the defence programme and by building it we are simply doing our job," said a…

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Worth More Than a Million Council Property In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

The value of municipal property owned by the Greater Newcastle Council, comprising: chiefly buildings, is £1,099,612…

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Council Attacked on Salaries Issue "Ignored Report of Committee" Anomalies Remain Is Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

The action of the City Council last night, when it considered the salaries issue for the fifth time in two years' existence in "putting…

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Council Scraps Salaries Committee's Report Suggested Reductions Give Place to Increases All Other Recommendations Referred to Conciliation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 11

The Greater Newcastle Council's Salaries Sub-committee submitted its report and recommendations to a special meeting last night, after five months' exhaustive deliberations…

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Mayor Opens Dahlia Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) officially opened the show of the Newcastle and District Dahlia Society in the store of Gow and Company in Beaumont-street,…

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Road Safety Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 13

At the request of the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner), the Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. J. Brown) will call a meeting in the Council Chambers on…

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"Pay on Ability" View on Council Salaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 12

The Mayor (Ald. Wiggins) and aldermen of Greater Newcastle Council should not discuss so much the man on the job as the position. He should be paid a…

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Council Pay Car in Collision Four Employees Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 10

Four employees of the Greater Newcastle Council were injured, two seriously, when the council's pay car was involved in a collision with another car at the…

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Council to See Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8

The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) said to-day that at to-morrow's interview with the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) the City Council…

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Too Extravagant Department Criticised by Shire President SINGLETON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8

"The Department of Main Roads is the most extravagant body that has ever existed," said the President of the Patrick Plains Shire Council (Cr. A. C…

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Federal Policy of Grouping Industry Mayor Takes Action Mr. Watkins to See P.m

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8

The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) has lost no time in having charges made last week that Newcastle is likely to suffer as a…

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Muswellbrook Weir Scheme Council Troubled Over Sewerage MUSWELLBROOK

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8

Muswellbrook Municipal Council has decided to obtain the services of an expert to report on plans submitted by the council's waterworks engineer to augment…

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Proposal for Central Abattoir Council Visit to W. Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 7

The City Council, said the Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) to-day, had decided to stay its hand regarding certain necessary…

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Minister's Ultimatum Has Expired Council and the Cultural Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 9

The Minister for Education's ultimatum to the City Council concerning the School of Arts and the cultural centre proposal…

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Busy Day for Mayor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 8

The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) faced a busy day, involving more than 250 miles travelling by car on council business, when…

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Former Lord Mayor to Contest Seat Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 5

Sir Harold Gergoult Smith, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, has been endorsed as the United Australia Party candidate to contest the Mornington seat in the…

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