Safety Council For Cessnock
For the purpose of forming a branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, a meeting, called by the Mayor of Cessnock (Alderman J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
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No Library Until After War Mayor Sums Up Prospects
The opinion that it would be out of the question to look to Greater Newcastle Council to provide finance for the construction or maintenance of a free library until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane Council Reorganisation Brisbane
Proposals for a wide reorganisation of Brisbane City Council will follow investigations into council affairs by the State Liaison Officer (Mr. R. H. Robinson)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rates for 1940 Council Decision To-morrow
The City Council at a special meeting to-morrow night will consider the estimates and strike the rate for 1940—the first to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Roaming Stock Menace Little Response to Plea by Safety Council
Stockowners who allowed their stock to roam on the roads were criticised at a meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Urban Committee Wrong Posts on Roads Without Permission Lake Council Advised
The President (Cr. T. A. Johnson) reported to Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that with the Clerk (Mr. T. H. Halton) and the Engineer (Mr. J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lake Shire Registry
The establishment of a registry of births, deaths and marriages at Boolaroo was not warranted, stated a letter received by Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£26,605 OUTSTANDING Not True Indication, Said Mayor
When the books of Cessnock Council were balanced for last year, outstanding rates totalled £26,605. The amount included general rates…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"At a Dead End" Mayor Reviews Sydney Deputation
"We seem to have reached a dead end. I cannot see what else we can do," said the Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins), on his return to Newcastle last night, after…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cent. Abattoir Plan Not Abandoned Mayor on Maitland's Answer, "May Cooperate Eventually"
Though the negotiations which took place at a conference last night between West Maitland Council and the Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District Taxi Fares Tarro Council Discussion
Tarro Shire Council at a meeting to-day discussed a report from the last meeting of the Public Vehicles Advisory Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Will Have Own Abattoir West Maitland Council Decision Newcastle Proposal May Proceed
West Maitland Council decided last night to proceed with its own abattoir scheme at Foggitt Jones's works at Rutherford. Its decision will not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Aldermen Admonished
Sir,—It is a strange time—when our Empire is fighting to preserve the principles of democracy against the ideology of centralised power or irresponsible…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Aldermen Fix 1 9 4 0 R a T E Reduction Move Fails
Four members of the public in the gallery at the City Hall last night represented more than 100,000 Greater Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Budget Reactions Vary Indignation And Jubilation
Indignation in the city and reactions ranging from qualified approval to jubilation in the suburbs to-day greeted the 51/2d rate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Course of Study in Gardening Council Employees' Scheme
A move is being made by the recently-formed Parks and Gardens Horticultural and Social Club of the Newcastle Council to have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Conference Soon Central Abattoir Proposal Tarro Council and Taxi Fares
After a telephone conversation with the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) yesterday morning, Cr. T. McCarthy told Tarro Shire Council that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cessnock Road Safety Council Branch to be Formed in Cessnock
Cessnock will have a branch of the Road Safety Council, following an address to citizens last night by the Secretary of the Road Safety Council (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Economy Budget for City Council Votes "Cut to Bone" "No Money For Maintenance"
The City Council's activities for 1940 on the 51/2d in the £ rate fixed last night—the first under the uniform rate plan—will be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Uniform Rate of 5½d Greater Newcastle Council Practically Unanimous Increase Will Cost City £16,000
By 17 votes to two, Greater Newcastle Council adopted a uniform rate of 5½d in the £, which will produce approximately the same revenue as the previous differential rates…
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