Council to Debate Injunction on Flats
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3
Greater Newcastle Council tonight will decide whether it will incur the heavy cost of taking out an injunction to restrain the Minister for Housing (Mr. Evatt) from proceeding with the erection of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ask Council to Turn Garbage Into Fertiliser
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2
Greater Newcastle Council will be asked by Hamilton Central Ward Progress Association to investigate the method of converting garbage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban and District £1550 Grant for Lake Shire Road
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4
Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night accepted a grant of £1550, made available by the Minister for Public Works (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Council Renews Ban On Communists
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2
Maitland City Council decided last night to reimpose its ban on the Communist Party. Only one alderman voted against the ban…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Plan To Save On Salary
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 9
Greater Newcastle Council may save £650 a year by transferring to the City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council To Call Protest Meeting On Newsprint
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to call a public meeting to protest against the allocation of newsprint allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.N.O. Council For Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A State council of the Australian National Committee to be United Nations was to be formed in Sydney, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Dean In Trouble With Council "Herald" Service
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The "Red Dean" of Canterbury (Dr. H. Johnson) has received a letter from West Ashford Council, alleging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Obstructs Work On Flats Project
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3
Greater Newcastle Council is taking every action to delay the erection of Housing Commission flats in Parkway-ave., while it awaits the Premier's reply to a deputation which protested strongly to him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Strikes In Flats Fight
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1
The first legal blow in the battle of Greater Newcastle Council versus the Housing Commission was struck today with the issuing of 12 prosecutions against three drivers for alleged breaches of a council ordinance. The ordinance prohibits the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest On Council Chambers Rental
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3
Newcastle Municipal Assembly of the A.L.P. will be asked by Hamilton branch to protest to Greater Newcastle Council against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aldermen In Favor Of Administration Probe
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4
One of the main points emerging from last night's debate at the Greater Newcastle Council meeting, which led to the adoption of an increased rate of 8d, was the conviction by a majority of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Attacked on Flats
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3
The Building Trades Group last night condemned what was termed "the obstructionist tactics of Greater Newcastle Council" in its attitude towards the flats under construction in Parkway-ave. The resolution adopted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re-form Safety Council
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2
Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council is expected to be reorganised at a meeting to-night The Secretary of the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Buy 10 New Trucks
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2
To replace obsolete trucks, Greater Newcastle Council will buy 10 heavy-duty A.E.C. trucks. It voted £28,470 last night for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Puts Up Rate To 8d
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1
A rate of 8d in the £—an increase of a penny—for 1948 was struck last night by Greater Newcastle Council. It will yield an extra £40,121…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Misled By Unions Says Lord Mayor
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) claimed at a meeting of the Municipal Employees (Greater Newcastle) Conciliation Committee today that union leaders had supplied him with misleading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Accepts Offer On Colliery Roads
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 3
An offer by the Joint Coal Board to pay the full cost of construction on colliery approach roads during 1948 and 1949 was accepted by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flats Dispute New Approach To Council
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1
The State Housing Commission today submitted a new application to Greater Newcastle Council, seeking the council's approval of its plans for the erection of flats in Parkway-ave., Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Has £23,000 More To Spend
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2
Having struck an 8d rate, the Greater Newcastle Council will have £23,166 more to spend than was budgeted for in its estimates…
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