Misinformed By Employees, Says Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) told the Municipal Employees (Greater Newcastle) Conciliation Committee yesterday that union…
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Council & local affairs, 1948
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Ex-Mayor Will Not Mow His Meadow
The neglected state of Newcastle parks was discussed at last night's meeting of Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Cases in Camera
Hearing of four applications affecting employees of Greater Newcastle Council was continued in camera yesterday by Mr. E. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flats Defended By Alderman
The Minister for Housing (Mr. Evatt) had done the right thing in going ahead, with the construction of flats in Parkway-avenue, Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor Wants to Rename Parks
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) intends to seek recognition for a number of present and past aldermen of Greater Newcastle Council by recommending that parks throughout the district should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argenton Requests To Lake Shire
Requests to Lake Macquarie Shire Council from a meeting of the Argenton Progress Association included: Gutter clearance in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ask Council To Hear Union Claims
The Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Meat Employees' Union (Mr. J. Larkin) will ask the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Want Aldermen on Hospital Boards
Greater Newcastle Health Committee will recommend to the council that the Minister for Health (Mr. Kelly) be asked to appoint aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Name New Park After Alderman
Greater Newcastle Works Committee will recommend that parkland in Ald. Thornton's subdivision at Heaton be dedicated as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Ask for Rail Siding
Greater Newcastle Works Committee will recommend that the council approach the Waratah Caledonian Coal Company and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ask Council To Move On Fish Markets
Greater Newcastle Health Committee will recommend to the council that the Premier (Mr. McGur) be asked to hand control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor's Royal Visit Appeal
With no acknowledgement of his request on behalf of Greater Newcastle Council to the Prime Minister and Premier that the Royal itinerary should include a visit to the Hunter Valley, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Council Could Run Speedway"
Greater Newcastle Council is to be asked by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) soon to consider taking over the running of a Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Case Is Expected to Fail
The view is generally held in civic circles, following yesterday's Government inquiry, that the Housing Commission will be permitted to continue the erection of flats in Parkway-ave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Query for Aldermen
Would the Lord Mayor and aldermen who again voted for the rise in our rates like to live on the pension and try to pay these…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Unlikely To Contest Case
Greater Newcastle Council is not expected further to contest the Parkway-ave. flats issue. Commenting today on the decision of the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Asked £2500 More For Fire Brigade
The New South Wales Board or Fire Commissioners last night asked representatives of the Greater Newcastle Council to increase by £2500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Asserts A Principle
The inquiry into the flats project in Parkway Avenue has resulted in a decision in favour of the Housing Commission. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council "Waste" at Flats Site
Newcastle A.L.P. Municipal Assembly decided to protest to Greater Newcastle Council against "the useless waste of money and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquiry Move on Council Leasing Fails
A motion seeking an inquiry into "the leasing of public buildings by the Greater Newcastle Council without calling for public tender" was…
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