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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

1,268 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 64

Housewives Address Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 3

Members of Newcastle branch of the Housewives' Association who last night attended Greater Newcastle Council meeting of discuss the need for a kindergarten and rest rooms in Newcastle. From left: The President (Mrs. A. McLagun) and Mesdames McLardy. W. A. Nicholl, M. Hayes and M. Howe…

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Death of Gosford Alderman

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 3

Mr. William Henry Pike, 56, an alderman of the Gosford Municipal Council, died to-day at Point Clare…

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Alderman's Charge "£15,000 Taken From Merewether"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 5

"An amount of £15,000 was taken from Merewether and used somewhere else, and I intend to find out where it went. This wall is a monument to…

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Mayor's Report on Stormwater Bridges Control

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 2

To meet an urgent necessity it had been decided to meet the cost of temporary repairs to the Gully Line bridge by equal contributions from the…

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"Cut Out Sentiment," Says Alderman Tipping Rubbish on Vacant Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 6

"Let us cut out sentiment and prosecute people who tip rubbish on vacant land," said Ald. Dunkley at a meeting of Greater Newcastle Council last night, in…

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City Council and Progress Associations

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 5

"Progress Associations have at all times endeavored to work in with the City Council," said the President of the North…

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"Useful Body" District Progress Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 9

Reviewing the activities of the District Council of Progress Associations, at the annual meeting held last night at Hamilton, the President (Mr. H. D. Quinlan)…

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Council Points Mistake in Tender

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 9

Alter he had been advised that his tender for painting a residence at the Newcastle Abattoir had been accepted. Mr. G. Bromley informed Greater Newcastle…

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Protecting Council Plans in Bombing Raids

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

A suggestion considered at the meeting last night of the City Council for safeguarding valuable Electric Supply Department plans in the event of…

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Council Fees for Blinds Regulations Continue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 6

Charges imposed by Greater Newcastle Council for blinds over footways were outlined in a report by the Town Clerk to the meeting of the council last night…

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St. Mark's Council of of Youth

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 9

The St. Mark's (Islington) Council of Youth has voted £5 to the church's branch of the Church of England Boys' Society for the purchase of a…

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Offer to Council Tar-spraying at Marks Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 9

Mr. M. Myers presided at the annual meeting of Marks Point Progress Association. The District superintendent of Road Transport said, in reply to the association's request…

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Chief Warden for City Council Recommends Mr. Aspery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 6

Greater Newcastle Council last night decided to recommend the appointment of Mr. J. H. Aspery as Chief Warden of the Newcastle Emergency Services…

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Gosford Alderman Dead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 14

GOSFORD, Thursday.—An alderman since Gosford was created a municipality in 1934, William Henry Pike, 56, storekeeper, of Point Clare, died suddenly at…

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Mayor's Plea for Aid to Greece

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

An appeal to the people of Newcastle to support Greek Day in Newcastle to the full and to continue financial aid for the…

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Swansea Baths Site Council's Application Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 14

An application by Lake Macquarie Shire Council before the Newcastle Local Land Board yesterday for a special lease of an area in Black Ned's Bay. Swansea, for…

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"Lease Conditions Harsh" Diggers and Council Chambers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 4

A complaint that conditions of the lease under which the Wickham-Carrington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League was to be permitted…

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Industrial News Preference to Unionists Labour Council Request

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 11

The Department of Labour and Industry advised Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night that consideration would be given to the request for…

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Favours Basic Wage Protest State Labour Council Attacks Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The New South Wales Trades and Labour Council to-night decided to recommend that unions hold a stop-work meeting as a protest…

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Attended the War Council

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 1

Army Chief Lt.-General Sturdee and Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, who have been conferring in Sydney with the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) on the situation in the Pacific…

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