Electrocuted at Top of Pole Council Mechanic In Sydney SYDNEY
Doctors tried for two hours without success to-day to revive in an iron lung Robert Cunningten Watt, 37, who had been electrocuted at the top of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
1,818 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 91
Here and There in the Suburbs Male Clerks for Council District-wide Campaign
The District Council of Progress Associations is to be asked by the Central Progress Association to institute a district-wide…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor Welcomes New Full-back
Dick Johnson, State full-back, who will play for Cessnock this year, was welcomed at Cessnock last night. The Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) said Cessnock club had played…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Council And Its Future
THE suggestion of Mr. F. J. Cane, a leading City businessman, that the Greater Newcastle Council should conduct an Inquiry into its affairs, is one which, at first glance, might easily give rise to misunderstanding. It is now clear, however, that what Mr. Cane…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cessnock Dairy Supervision Kearsley Council Wants Authority
The President (Cr. P. Saxton) reported to Kearsley Council last night that he was one of a deputation which waited on the Minister for Agriculture on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →E. Maitland Council and Noisy Motor Cycles
Nineteen residents or East Maitland petitioned East Maitland Council last night asking it to assert its authority in regard to noise made by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traffic Danger Near Camp Kearsley Council Acts
The absence of proper lighting and a parking area for cars on the road near Rutherford military camp, was discussed by Kearsley Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Aid Sought In Move For Coal Conference
A telegraphed request that tho Newcastle Council should cooperate in an effort to have an immediate conference called between tho coal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Shocking State" of Street Alderman Complains
"This street is in a shocking state I do not know how people get their cars in and out," said Aid. R. Norris at a meeting of the City Council last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lake Macquarie Shire
Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," under the heading, "Rathmines Roads Criticised," another instance is pointed out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Conference with Mayor Dismissed Relief Workers
The District Secretary of the Unemployed and Relief Workers (Mr. S. Campbell) will interview the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charge Made Against Three Aldermen Alleged Solicitation of a Bribe Sydney
Police hidden at night behind a bale of clothing in a Waterloo factory, saw £50 in notes passed to an alderman of Waterloo Council, it was alleged in the Central Summons Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Water Board Officers and Aldermen's Jobs Reactions on Move to Raise Ban Mixed Reception By Parties
The move to be made by Mr. J. M. Concannon, M.L.C., to have the Greater Newcastle Act amended to raise the restriction…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Supports Move For Coal Conference
The City Council last night unanimously supported a request by Central Illawarra Shire Council (Wollongong) for cooperation in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Used Car Without Permission Council Employee Loses Week
What amounted to a fine of £5 was imposed on an employee by the Greater Newcastle Council last night, for having used a council car without permission…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Conference of Parties Council Appeal to Prime Minister
Responding to a suggestion put to it by the Central Illawarra Shire Council by telegram, Greater Newcastle Council agreed last night to cooperate in an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sunday Quest for Mosquitoes Stir Caused in Council
Alderman Stevenson provoked a brisk debate in the City Council last night when he took aldermen of the Health Committee to task…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Review of District Transport Move Made by Council
The opinion that the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. Neale) should be invited to Newcastle to make a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rate Collections at Wallsend City Council Makes Change
To suit the convenience of ratepayers in Wallsend, particularly old age pensioners, the City Council decided at its meeting last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Repairs to Wharf at Stockton City Council Votes Funds
The City Council last night voted £25 for repairs to Mitchell Street Wharf, Stockton. In a report the City Engineer said…
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