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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 52

Want Members on Transport Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4

Newcastle Branch of the Transport Workers' Union is demanding representation on any provisional council set up to conduct the affairs of the…

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Miners' Council Elects New Vice-President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Mr. T. Millar, President of the Queensland District, was elected Vice-president and a member of the Central Executive at a…

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Professor Laski's Summing Up On Clashes At Security Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 6

LONDON: As I listened to the issues being outlined before the U.N.O. Security Council — the Iranian charges against Russia and the Russian counter-charges against Britain — I had a sense of dismay…

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Consider Asking R.S.P.C.A. Council to Resign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—It was proposed that the R.S.P.C.A. should consider reinstating the dismissed Secretary (Mr. W. F. Painter) and asking…

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Alderman Challenged on Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

AT a conference yesterday between representatives of suppliers of builders' materials and the Greater Newcastle Work's Committee, Ald…

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Mayor Of Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 1

THE Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman R. Norris) said: — "I welcome the resumption…

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Deputy Mayor And School Band At Show

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 9

Among the public men in Newcastle who look back on past Shows with a gently reminiscent smile is the…

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Trade Hall Council Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 5

Because of the Show holiday, Newcastle Trades Hall Council will not meet to-morrow night. The next meeting will be held in…

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Maitland Council Bans Communists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 3

Maitland Council decided last night not to receive any communication, either by correspondence or deputation, from the Communist Party…

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Milk Control Opposed Maitland Council Protests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 3

A protest against the proposal to establish a new milk distribution district to include Maitland, Cessnock and adjoining areas, will be sent to…

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Council Asked to Move in Building Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

Lack of skilled labour and materials caused the shortage of bricks, tiles and galvanised iron, building suppliers' representatives told Greater Newcastle Works Committee yesterday…

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Red Cross Backs Mayor's Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 6

Newcastle Red Cross decided yesterday to support the Food for Britain appeal being sponsored by the Mayor (Ald. Norris)…

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No Slight of Hunter Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Norris) advised Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday that there had been no slight of the council regarding the…

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Homes for Mill Workers Maitland Council to See Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 2

Inability of the management of Burlington Mills at Rutherford to secure accommodation for their trained operatives is preventing the…

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Communists to Fight Ban by Maitland Council (To the Editor.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

Sir,—The latest decision of Maitland City Council banning the Communist Party is the culmination of many attacks by this reactionary…

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Aldermen to Use Scissors on Estimates Tonight

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Tonight the aldermen of Greater Newcastle Council will take up their pruning scissors to cut the financial pattern that will govern the council's activities during 1946. ALTHOUGH the Finance…

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German Advisory Council Chosen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—A German advisory council of 30 members will begin to function from March 6 at British Military Government…

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The Council Must Face the Facts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2

If Greater Newcastle Council decides to-night to reduce the general rate, it will do so with its eyes open. In the most…

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Council Ordered To Pay £504 For Sacking Former Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. — For having dismissed a returned soldier without reasonable cause, Nepean Shire Council today was ordered in the Federal Court to pay £504/8/-. The returned soldier, Joseph Henry McGowen, 56, former…

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SPEND £1200 on Road Plant Decision by Lake Shire Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

Adopting a recommendation of the Engineer (Mr. J. W. Webb), Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided to buy a caterpillar tractor equipped…

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