Male Secretary for Mayor Relieve Town Clerk of Routine Work Cashier Given Task
The Mayor of Greater Newcastle is to have a male instead of a female secretary. Reporting the resignation of the…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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Tourist Bureau Proposal Rejected by City Council
A recommendation from the finance committee of the Greater Newcastle Council that the Tourist and Publicity Bureau be voted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council's War on Mosquitoes Public Help Sought
An appeal to the public for cooperation in the campaign to minimise the mosquito nuisance in Newcastle was made to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lake Council's Debt Liquidation Refused No Authority, Said Minister
There is no legislative authority for the liquidation of £6418 owing to the Treasury by Lake Macquarie Council. The money is the unpaid balance of advances…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Praises Water Board Achievements in 1939 Personal Tributes to President
Tributes to the progress achieved by the Water Board and to the work of the President (Mr. C. G. Sehroder) were paid by the Mayor (Ald. Wiggins) and other…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Greater City Council Mr. Lawson's Leave May Wait Committee to Study Alternatives
Greater Newcastle Council agreed last night to withdraw its instruction to the Abattoir Manager (Mr. J. L. Lawson) given last July that he begin his 60…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Work Nearer Home Plan for City Relief Men Council Wants Widening of Pacific Highway
A suggestion that Newcastle relief workers be employed at Newcastle or close to it, instead of being sent to Bulahdelah was made by Ald. Travers at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Inquiry to Be Held Affairs of Woy Woy Council Minister Is Critical Sydney
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. L. O. Martin) will have an inquiry held into the affairs of the Woy Woy Shire Council, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Postponed to Monday Lake Shire Council's Special Meeting
Owing to the death of the wife of the President (Cr. T. A. Johnson), the special meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, which was to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trades Unions to See Mayor
Newcastle Labor Council decided last night to meet the Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) to discuss reports that Walsh Island was being denuded of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lake Shire N.e.s. Calendar
The following calendar of N.E.S. activities for next week in the Lake Macquarie Shire, was issued to-day by the Chief Warden for the Shire (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Employees' Award Claim
The Town Clerk (Mr. G. Wells), accompanied by the City Electrical Engineer and Manager (Mr. G. Allbut) and the City Engineer (Mr. L. J. Price) conferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Council Meeting
A meeting of the Management Committee of the Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales will be held in the committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lake Shire Men Want Preference on Local Jobs
A working committee, which has as its objective, preference for local men on works within the Lake Macquarie Shire, has been set up at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unionists to See Mayor Shipbuilding Revival Campaign Reported Removal of Machinery
Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night decided to discuss with the Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) features of the shipbuilding revival campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council's Loan Had Big Response Brisbane
The response to the Brisbane City Council's loan of £250,000 was so good in the last few days that it is felt another £100,000 could have been secured if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail Chief Will Not Recognise Barrier Council Sydney
The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) said to-day that he did not intend to allow the Barrier Industrial Council to interfere in the affairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Resumptions for New Bridge Kearsley Council Wins Dispute
Bolwarra Shire Council must bear the full cost of the resumption of land required for the approach road to the new Melville Bridge over the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Care Can Reduce Road Toll Safety Council's Plea To Motorists
A holiday is the average person's opportunity to get away from the job—from office, factory or kitchen—to take to the highway and become mentally refreshed by unfamiliar scenes. That is a perfectly understandable desire but,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Hurt Newcastle, Not Us" Suspension of Council's Advertising Tourist Bureau Manager's Comment
"I feel sure there must have been some misconception," said the Manager of City and Country Tourist Services (Mr. F. J. Cahill) last night commenting on…
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