Council Votes £9000 To Celebrations
Greater Newcastle Council agreed last night to provide £9000 to finance booklets for the 150th anniversary celebrations. The £9000 will be made up of £3000 each from…
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Council & local affairs, 1947
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Anniversary Plans Accelerated By Council Grant
Long-range plans for Newcastle's 150th anniversary celebrations are being put into immediate effect, the Organiser of the Celebrations Committee (Mr. G. D. Mitchell) said today…
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Freshened up after his sixth in the Summer Cup, Homeleigh Dick is expected to win the Lord Mayor's Cup at Canterbury to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mayor Sees More Scope for Local Government
The possibility of a Greater Hunter Valley Council was visualised yesterday by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Quinlan)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Writs Against Gosford Council
Two writs against Gosford Shire Council were issued out of the Special Federal Court yesterday on behalf of the Gosford sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Council Rejects £1800 Grant
The offer of an £1800 grant towards the cost of repairing flood damage in Stroud Shire has been rejected by the Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cessnock Council To Discuss Traffic
Cessnock Council, at its next meeting, will discuss suggestions to dear with the problem of heavy Saturday morning traffic in Vincent Street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Want Municipal Markets
South Newcastle branch of the Communist Party decided to invite all organisations in the City and South Wards, Newcastle, to join a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.l.p. Council Meeting Out of Order
Because the State A.L.P. Executive had advised him that the special meeting arranged by the Waratah Electoral Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland and District Maitland A.L.P. Council Aids High School Plan
Maitland Labour Council decided to elect a deputation to meet the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) when he visits Maitland in the near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plan to Replace Greater Newcastle Council
Hamilton Central Ward Progress Association will ask progress associations in Newcastle to support a request for a plebiscite at the next council elections that the Newcastle District be divided into Local Government areas instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recommend 3 Books on Hunter Valley to Council
Three publications telling the history of the primary and industrial development of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley over the past 150 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appreciate Mayor's Election
Hamilton Central Ward Progress Association decided last night to place on record its appreciation of Aid. H. D. Quinlan being elected…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Support for Tressilian Home
Council support for the establishment of a Tressilian Home in Newcastle has been recommended by the Greater Newcastle Council Health…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Security Council Postpones Talks on Disarmament
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. A.A.P.—The Security Council has postponed consideration of the disarmament discussion until February 4. Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Too Many Inspections For Council Staff
It was impossible, because of staff problems, to give building applications the attention they required, the Parks and Building Surveyor (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Property Maintenance May Cost £15,570
General maintenance of municipal property this year would cost £15,570, the Parks land Building Surveyor (Mr. Patterson) estimated in a report to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack Of Staff Hampers Work In Parks, Claims Council Officer
The staff position had deteriorated so seriously that it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain parks, sports grounds and other municipal property in a reasonable condition, the Parks and Building Surveyor (Mr. Patterson)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Council Criticised Over National Fitness
GREATER Newcastle Council was accused of lack of interest in National Fitness in Mayfield by the President of the Mayfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One A.L.P. Man Endorsed for Shire Election
Mr. A. Groves, of Speers Point, was the only candidate endorsed by the Central Executive of the A.L.P. to contest the Lake…
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