East Maitland Council to Seek Extra Train
East Maitland Council decided last night to ask the Commissioner of Railways to arrange a service from Newcastle to Maitland at 12.30 a.m. for men working at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1941
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Waratah A.l.p. Electorate Council Reformed
Delegates from Mayfield, Georgetown-Waratah and New Lambton-Lambton branches of the Official Labour Party met at Lambton recently to re-form the Waratah State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Council Meeting Was Animated Government's Handling of War Problems Criticised
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The meeting of the Advisory War Council to-day was animated. Labour members protested against the attitude of the Government on a number of matters, including the handling of industrial disputes, unemployment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aldermen in the Dark
"What's this all about?" Ald. Soper asked the Mayor (Ald. Young) last night after Ald. Wiggins had spoken for five minutes on an Abattoir Sub-committee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aldermen Are Interested Plan to Beautify Throsby Creek
"I feel that the council views with a fair amount of interest your plan for the beautification of Throsby Creek," the Mayor (Ald. Young) told Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rationing of Work at Abattoir Employees' Deputation to Meet Aldermen
Employees of Newcastle Abattoir, at a special meeting last night, decided that their committee, which had been conferring with the General Manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Special Meeting for Council Estimates
General Fund estimates of Income and expenditure of the Greater Newcastle Council for 1041 will be considered at a special meeting next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carrington "Evictions" Opposed Council's Support for Tenants
"The protest to the Government against the removal of tenants occupying homes on Permissive Occupancies on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland-road Levels Council Urges Bitumen Strip
To overcome the difference in levels between the road and tram lines on Maitland-road, Islington, Greater Newcastle Council last night decided to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Protest Against Eviction Council's Support for Texas Residents
After hearing a deputation from Newcastle Trades Ball Council, Greater Newcastle Council last night supported a protest to the Lands Department against…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitlandroad Tram Lines Council's Move in Old Problem
Following an inspection yesterday of unequal levels of the tram tracks and the street surface in part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Points from The Council Lighting in Suburban Lanes
"It is not within the councils financial resources to deal effectively with the lighting of laneways in suburban areas," reported the Electrical Engineer and Manager when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cost Council £2214 Difference in Civil and Military Pay
The amount paid employees in 1940 to make up the difference between civil and military pay was £2214, the Town Clerk (Mr. Wells) reported to Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One-day Stoppage Proposal Trades Hall Council to Decide
A decision whether a one-day strike will be held in Newcastle industries on Monday to protest against the Federal Budget will be reached at to-night's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cost of First Elections Council Seeks to Have Them Waived
Because of costs incurred by former suburban councils in preparing rolls, Greater Newcastle Council decided last night to ask the Department of Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Shipbuilding Scheme Soon? Cabinet May Accept War Council Plan Sydney
Cabinet will probably soon accept a recommendation from the War Council that an expert shipbuilding committee be set up to supervise the establishment in Australia of commercial ship, building on a huge scale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greater War Supplies New Council to Handle Scheme SIR C. Baillieu's Post
LONDON, Jan. 15. A.A.P.—A British Supply Council in North America has been established to deal with the increasing flow of war…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Abattoir Men Meet Aldermen
Representatives of Newcastle Abattoir employees presented their case for rationing in order of seniority, before the Abattoir Sub-committee yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boys Gave War Gift Through Mayor
The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman W. E. Young) and the Deputy Mayor (Alderman Stevenson) constituted a "reception committee"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively Talks Forecast Diggers' Council and Mr. Robb
Mr. Robb's resignation as State President of the Returned Soldiers' League may evoke lively discussion at the State Council's next meeting, Mayfield…
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