Morpeth Council in Sound Position New Mayor's First Term
Morpeth Municipal Council closed the year on an optimistic note. The financial position is healthy, with the street lighting and main roads trust fund…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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SIX S.P. Operators Fined Arrests in Erina Shire GOSFORD
The Newcastle Gaming Squad, under Sergeant W. E. Lind, had a busy time during the holidays in Erina Shire. The patrol passed by Gosford, but in a score…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nominations for A.L.P. COUNCIL Referred to Central Executive
The decision of officials of the former Newcastle Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Labour Party to call for nominations of officers was discussed last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cessnock Department Will Not Enforce Act Appointment of Council Engineer
Any obligation on the part of Cessnock Council to appoint an engineer in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act has been waived by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Building By-laws Architect Commends Council Water Board Standards Questioned
A leading Newcastle architect, discussing problems common to the industry of building, said that the Greater Newcastle Council was to be commended on its firm…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Newcastle Rats Have Cultured Palates Council's Effort to Stamp Them Out
If there is one thing your Newcastle rat likes better than another, it is a sardine-cum-bread hors d'oeuvre. Mr. J. Brinkley, the City Council officer in charge of the extermination of vermin, knows, from long experience, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First War Loan Probably for £20,000,000 Loan Council to Discuss Canberra
The Loan Council will meet in Melbourne on January 19 to arrange the flotation of Australia's first public war loan. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland, Cessnock, Kurri West Maitland Threat to Scratch Dogs Hunter Owners Have Grievance Show Council Criticised
Because the Show Council has refused to meet a deputation from the Maitland and Hunter District Owners, Trainers, and Breeders' Association to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A. I. F. March Arranged Statement by Mayor Conference at Rutherford
The Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) announced this afternoon that arrangements had been made for the march of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Electoral Council N.S.W. Officials' Statement
There was no Newcastle electoral council operating on behalf of the Australian Labour Party, nor had such a body been in existence since the unity conference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Water Supply at Rathmines Quantities Carried From Toronto Council's Offer Refused
Residents of Rathmines have no water. It has to be supplied from other centres by a tank. A pipe-line front the Rathmines seaplane base has broken, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisk Response To Mayor's Appeal For Funds
In response to his urgent appeal for public subscriptions to meet the cost of transporting the men from the camps by rail and providing them with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Aid Results in Lake Shire
Results of the first aid examination conducted at the Charlestown Public School on December 10 were issued by the Chief Warden for Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →N.e.s. in Lake Shire
After a vacation of three weeks, N.E.S. classes in the Lake Macquarie area will meet at Catherine Hill Bay to-night to make arrangements for the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CLAIMS £3000 From Council Orange
A claim for £3000 from Canoblas Shire Council as compensation for loss of access from his property to the Mitchell Highway by Andrew Neville Kerr, a grazier,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Election of Officers for Progress Association Council
Delegates from all progress associations operating in the Newcastle district will meet at Hamilton Council Chambers to-morrow night to elect…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Wants a Say Abattoir and Electricity Affairs County Councils Suggested
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to inform the Greater Newcastle Council that it considered it was entitled to representation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water Shortage Near Toronto May Have to be Carted by Shire
The water shortage along the Awaba-road, Toronto, has been temporarily relieved by the light rain on Sunday. Mrs. H. S. Lewis, of Awaba-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hard to Get Labour Works in Lake Shire President to See Minister
"It has been reported to me by the Engineer that he is finding it exceedingly difficult to make suitable arrangements for carrying out works provided in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire Unemployed
Kearsley Shire unemployed would continue to receive consideration when fulltime works were started in the district, the Minister for Labour and Industry…
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