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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

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"All War-workers" A.L.P. Council Discusses Housing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 3

The State Government's housing scheme for war workers. on which it Is proposed to spend £1,000,000, was the subject of questions at the meeting…

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Industrial Council Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA: The eight, employers' representatives on the Industrial Relations Council will meet in Sydney to-morrow to…

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Council and Evacuation Officers Study Plans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

The proposal by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) to councils to take over the task of organising and supervising the Government's…

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Petrol for Lake Macquarie Shire Down by 75 p.c

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

Lake Macquarie Shire has been directed by the Liquid Fuel Control Board to convert its motor vehicles so as to operate on a…

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Kearsley Shire Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

The general rate for Kearsley Shire for 1942 has been fixed at 3d in the £. Local rates are—Fire: Kurri ½d in the £. Homeville…

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Cessnock Council Disobeys Order

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Orders to transfer men who are at present encased on discing airraid trenches at Cessnock have been issued to Cessnock Council…

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Council to Consider B.H.P. Offer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

A proposal by the B.H.P. Company Ltd. to exchange Shell Beach Park for an area of three acres on the corner of Bull and Tourle Streets,…

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Cessnock Full-time Warden Council to Make Plea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

Following an appeal by Cessnock branch of the State A.L.P., Cessnock Council last night decided to ask the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr…

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Alderman Took It Back

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

"We are wasting time by talking too much," Ald. Quinlan complained at a meeting of the City Council Works Committee last night…

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Aldermen Not Sure Action Against Nuisance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

Whether Greater Newcastle Council should prosecute companies engaged in war production for causing a smoke nuisance was debated by the Health…

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Diggers' District Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 8

A desire that the District Council of the Returned Soldiers' League should continue to function was expressed by…

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Tarro Shire to Renew Bridge Near Morpeth

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

The condition of Peacock's Bridge on the road from Morpeth to Duckenfield was dangerous and should be renewed…

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Soldiers' Council No Decision Last Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

No decision was reached at a conference of delegates of sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League in the Newcastle district held at…

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Industrial Council Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deadlock led to an adjournment of the first session in Sydney to-day of the Industrial Relations Council…

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Council Estimates Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Estimates for 1942 will be presented to Greater Newcastle Council next Wednesday night. They have already been discussed by the…

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Industrial Relations Council Collapses

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: Following the virtual collapse of the Industrial Relations Council at a meeting in Sydney today, the Trades Union representatives accused the employers representatives of adopting "obstructive tactics,"…

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Dutch Join Delhi Supply Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Netherlands Government has decided that the Netherlands East Indies shall immediately participate in the…

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Minister Condemns Employers Industrial Council May Disband

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The attitude of the employers' representatives on the Industrial Relations Council was condemned to-night by the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward)…

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Council Works Inspections

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

A new site for the R.S.P.C.A. Dogs' Home occupied the attention of the combined works and health committees of Greater Newcastle…

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Collapse of Industrial Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: "So far as I am concerned, the Industrial Relations Council has collapsed, and I am going ahead without reckoning on…

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