Extra One-way Routes Opposed By Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) told a deputation yesterday that he could not agree with its suggestions that Scott-street be made a…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
1,058 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 53
Roads In Bad State, Says Shire Engineer
Lake Macquarie Shire Council spent £25,000 less on maintenance of roads from 1941 to 1948 than it did in the equivalent period of 1926-1933, the engineer (Mr. J. W. Webb) told the council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Shire Rate Up 50 Per Cent
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to increase its general rate by 50 per cent to 6d in the £. The estimates of income and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →50 Per Cent Rise In Lake Shire Rates
Lake Macquarie Shire Council, at a special meeting held last night to discuss the estimates of income and expenditure for 1949, decided to increase its general rate from 4d to 6d in the £…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£500,000 Plan For Amenities In Kearsley Shire
To provide a satisfactory standard of community amenities throughout Kearsley Shire would involve expenditure of about £500,000 over a 10-years period, the Joint Coal Board has advised Kearsley Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council to Get £135,000 Loan
The recommendation of the Town Clerk (Mr. Miller), that an offer of a loan of £135,000 by H. Byron Moore, Day and Journeaux…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State And The County Council
The Chairman of the Northumberland County Council (Councillor Boa) has done well to draw attention to the failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Garbage Clearance May Be Increased by City Council Madame Chiang Is Still In U.S.A.
Newcastle Council may reintroduce bi-weekly garbage disposal services during holiday periods in place of the present single service. At the instigation of Ald. D. NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP). The Chinese Embassy and consul[?] offices said that Madame Chiang Kai-Shek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Stone Visits Shire Council
The Chief Town Planner of Northumberland County Council paid what he described as "a Courtesy call" on Lower Hunter Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor Grubs in "Operation Burn-off"
The Mayor of Narrabri (Ald. Gleeson) throws his weight on a Shovel to help build a new landing strip at Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lord Mayor Of Sydney To Visit Newcastle
The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. E. O'Dea) would be in Newcastle next Wednesday and would attend a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council "Broke Promises"
The Newcastle Council had failed to keep its promises, Mr. C. Goodwin said at a meeting of the Birmingham Gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Deadlock For Council
The deadlock in the dispute which is holding up Millfield Greta Colliery is likely to be discussed by the Miners' Central Council in Sydney today. Millfield has been idle since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Council Meeting Abandoned
The meeting of Kurri Kurri State Electoral Council of the A.L.P., to have been held at Wallsend yesterday, was abandoned because of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Promises Of Council Like Rotten Egg"
"The promises of Greater Newcastle Council are like a rotten egg," Mr. C. Goodwin told aldermen of West Ward at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aldermen See Film On Newcastle
Prepared by Mr. K. G. Edwards, of Mayfield, "to correct the impression held by people living else-where that Newcastle was a city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman Objects To Being "Pushed Around By Theorists"
"I suppose I belong to a past age but I don't like being pushed around by theorists," Ald. A. S. McDonald said at Maitland City Council last night. He was commenting on a report by council's planning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Points Works
Permission to alter the position of a garage and service station in Lambton-road, New Lambton, was granted to Mr. S. R. Parker. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£1000 Increase For Lake Shire Staff
Salary increase amounting to almost £1000 have been granted to officers and staff of Lake Macquarie Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Rejects Health Centre Plan
Cessnock Municipal Council last night rejected the Department of Health's Conditions for the building and maintenance of a baby health…
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