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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

1,268 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 64

Council Chambers at Adamstown Leased to R.s.l

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 5

Adamstown Returned Soldiers' League has been notified that it has been granted the use of the old council chambers as a clubroom…

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Major Murdoch Resigns From R.S.L. Council SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

Major W. H. Murdoch of Newcastle, representative of Central Northern District on the State Council of the R.S.L., to-day resigned because of his…

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Arms Returned to Italians in Australia Allegations At R.S.L. State Council SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Arms and ammunition taken from Italians in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area at the outbreak of war have since been returned to them, Griffith…

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Housing Site at Stockton Inspection by Mayor Wanted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 8

Stockton Progress Association intends to ask the Mayor (Ald. Young) to inspect an area at North Stockton as a site for a proposed housing scheme. This was…

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Maitland and District West Maitland £250 for Lord Mayor's Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 11

In response to an appeal from the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund. Maitland District Comforts Fund has decided to send £250…

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Overtime and Beer Labour Council Declares Ban

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A ban on overtime and beer was declared to-night by a special meeting of the Labour Council, attended by shop stewards, union…

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SIR B. Stevens for Delhi Post on Empire Supply Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced that Sir Bertram Stevens had been appointed Australian…

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Suburban and District Adamstown Forms Association Will Seek Municipal Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 6

A public meeting of ratepayers and other citizens at Adamstown last night decided to form a progress association. The President of the District Council…

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Grave Financial Position Shanghai Municipal Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 7

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24. A.A.P.—In view of the serious financial position of the Municipal Council an emergency meeting of the British and American councillors,…

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SIR B. Stevens's New Post War Council Members Critical

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1941 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—The appointment of Sir Bertram Stevens an Australia's representative on the Eastern Group Supply Council at Delhi will probably have…

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New French Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 26. A.A.P.—The new French National Council includes, says the Paris radio. M. Bonnet, a former Foreign Minister, M. Francois-Poncet, former…

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The Mayor Believes in the Human Touch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 4

"The magnitude of this job has staggered me. As an alderman I had no conception of the amount of work involved. I now realise that the Mayor of Greater Newcastle is something more than the first citizen of the city. He is the head of a…

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National Council to Widen Scope

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 2

A move to promote more active co-operation with the National Councils of the United States and Canada, to strengthen the position of the…

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Empire Arms Council London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 4

Sir Archibald Carter, lately Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, has been appointed British Government representative of the Eastern…

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Mayor to Open New Cricket Pavilion at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 7

The new cricket pavilion, erected by the Greater Newcastle Council for the Wallsend District Cricket Club at Wallsend Park, will be officially…

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"Not Gulling the Public" Mayor Defends Comforts Distribution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 6

"After hearing Major German's address to the executive committee, I am satisfied he is not attempting to gull the public. There was a ring of truth in…

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Mayor to Inspect Housing Site Stockton Wants Inexpensive Homes for Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. young) said last night that, at the invitation of the Stockton Progress Association, he would inspect an area at North Stockton suggested as…

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One-day Stoppage Move Situation Is Still Indefinite Trades Hall Council Seeks Unions' Views

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 2

The number of northern unions which will participate in the proposed one-day stoppage of industry on Monday, as a protest against the Federal Budget, is still undecided. The Secretary of the Trades Hall Council (Mr. G. Bass)…

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Council Business Decisions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

Authorisation for the raising or a special loan of £7500 from the State Superannuation Board to buy or resume lands on the route of the new…

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City Council's Compensation Insurance

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 6

A suggestion that the City Council workers' compensation business be transferred from private companies at present handling it to the…

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