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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 50

Would Build 1000 PLANES Ton of Aluminium from Every Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

If every municipality and shire in Australia collected one ton of scrap aluminium, the quantity saved would be sufficient to build 1000 aeroplanes, the…

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Has No Power to Prosecute Council and N.E.S. Shelters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 2

No power has been vested in councils under the National Emergency Regulations to prosecute property owners who fail to lodge plans for air-raid shelters…

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Gosford Against County Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Gosford Municipal Council is to object against the proposal to form a county council to control the electricity undertakings of Erina and…

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Warden Trouble Matter for Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All municipal and shire councils have been empowered by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) to appoint district chief wardens and…

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Chief Warden Resigns Long Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

The Chief Warden of Newcastle (Mr. J. H. Aspery) tendered his resignation at a meeting of Newcastle Council last night. The Mayor revealed this in a minute to…

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Newcastle Council May Have to Prune Services

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

Maintenance of parks and playgrounds, footpath cleaning and general maintenance may have to be curtailed by the Greater Newcastle Council as the result of diminution in the ranks of the council service caused by recent call-ups and enlistments…

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Industrial Council Complete

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The names of eight employers' representatives on the Australian Industrial Council were announced to-night by the…

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Trades Hall Council Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Top: Mr. C. Bass (Bakers' Union) makes a point with the aid of his hat to Mr. A. R. Buckley (Executive) during a lively debate at the election of officers of Newcastle Trades Hall Council last night. Above left: Mr. C. J. McCaffrey, who was re-elected President unopposed. Above right: Mr. G. Bass,…

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Suburban and District Against District Council Stockton Sub-branch Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

Mr. G. Whitton presided at a meeting of Stockton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Memorial Hall. All men who have enlisted tram Stockton will…

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Diggers' Council Decision Deplored

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

The decision of the Stockton subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League to advise its delegates to the conference of local sub-branches this…

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Labor Aldermen Explain

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

Ald. Peters made three explanations yesterday to the Municipal Assembly of the Labor Party. Two were accepted…

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Labour Aldermen's Denials On Stray Vote Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

DENIALS by the four Labour aldermen in Greater Newcastle Council that they had voted against the party direction in the mayoral…

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Diggers' Council Supported

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

"It is essential that the district council of sub-branches should continue to function," said the President of the…

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Council Men and Caucus Position Defined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

Labour aldermen would be free to exercise their personal opinion on matters before council that had not been first submitted to caucus and…

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Voice in Pacific War Council Mr. Churchill's Reply Due This Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—A reply from Mr. Churchill to the War Council's request for an authoritative voice in the war councils of the…

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Wallsend A.l.p. Supports Alderman Peters

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

That the service that Ald. Peters had given to the Labor movement in Wallsend and elsewhere has been in the best…

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No Current Under Cost Mr. Allbut Assures Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

Neither the B.H.P. Co. Ltd nor any other concern was supplied with energy at cost or below cost. All contracts provided a reasonable…

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New Sydney Fund Speed-up Planned by Mayor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

An appeal by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman W. E. Young) to-day marked an intensification in…

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Balmain Council Abolishes Committee System

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: A system of administration, based on Cabinet principles, will be introduced into Balmain Municipal Council an…

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Meat Condemned at Abattoir Council to Notify Department

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

Some of the meat passed by Government inspectors in the country and reinspected at the Newcastle Abattoir had been found to be…

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