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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

1,145 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 58

Council to Mend Road Stockrington Coal Hold-up Averted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

With a promise of financial assistant. Tarro Shire Council, on Tuesday will begin repairs to the road to coalmines is Stockrington…

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Council Meetings To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

Committees of Greater Newcastle Council will have their first meetings of the year to-morrow night…

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Mayor Praises Surf Clubs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

A tribute to surf lifesaving clubs for their efforts during the holidays was paid by the Mayor (Ald. Norris) yesterday…

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Mayor Wants More Cooperation between Councils

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

Cooperation of district councils in matters of district-wide interest is invited by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle City…

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Lake Shire Estimates for Year

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

Lake Macquarie Shire Council ended its financial year with a bank overdraft of £2200—probably the…

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Grant Likely For Shire Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

The President (Cr. Allen) told Lake Macquarie Shire Council that he had no doubt that when the Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. Craig) had…

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£23,611 in Works Lake Council Estimates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

Public works estimated at £23,611 were provided for in estimates for 1944 adopted by Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night…

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Newcastle's Mayor Seeks Cooperation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 2

The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Norris) is seeking the cooperation of district councils in matters affecting common interest…

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Council Speeds Through Business

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 5

Greater Newcastle Council put up what is probably a record last night by disposing of Electric Supply Committee…

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Council Wants Gov.gen.: 16Th Brigade Here

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 5

Greater Newcastle Council will invite Lord and Lady Gowrie to visit Newcastle officially before they return to England…

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Mayor Wants Advisers on Council Committees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

THE MAYOR (Ald. Norris) is convinced that many business men who could not spare the time to serve as aldermen would act in…

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Mayor Appeals For Salvage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 5

An appeal to the people of Newcastle to save every particle of waste paper and cardboard and to place it in the salvage bins which were…

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Charge Against Mayor Dismissed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE—On rehearing, a case in which the Mayor of Richmond (Cr. James Aloysius Loughnan, JP) was fined for…

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Mayor Praises Vacation Swim Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

School vacation swimming classes at Newcastle Ocean Baths ore an "eye-opener" to the Mayor (Alderman Norris)…

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Mayor Wants Help of Other Councils

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

Two of the 10 neighboring councils who were last week requested to cooperate with Greater Newcastle Council on matters of common interest have already agreed to do so…

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Eastern Supply Council Delegation Visits Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

A delegation from the Eastern Group Supply Council has been in Newcastle for two day as guests of the Broken Hill Pty. Company Ltd…

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Mayor Confident Purchase of Land by Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 4

Confidence that negotia­tions for the purchase of 48 acres of land at Hamilton South from the Newcastle…

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Health Report of Tarro Shire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

Health Inspector of Tarro Shire (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) reported to-day that no cases of infectious disease had been reported since…

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Horseflesh for Dogs Owners Seek Aid of Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

Representatives of the greyhound dot owners last night sought Kearsley Shire Council's assistance in securing a licence in the district for…

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Newspaper Cuttings To Alderman Dunkley

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

Bound in book form, a newspaper record of all meetings and public matters with which Alderman E. Dunkley had been…

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