Stolen Shire Truck Crash
Two men were driving a stolen truck when it crashed at Fishery Creek last night are believed to have been thrown…
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Council & local affairs, 1950
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Mayor Seeks Return Of Paintings
The Lord Mayor (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) has asked Mr. F. H. Hawkins, M.L.A. to expedite the return of the paintings removed from the City Hall to the National Art Gallery for renovation several months ago…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Platt's Channel Talk By Aldermen, B.H.P.
Newcastle Council aldermen this afternoon met officers of the B.H.P. Company to discuss aspects of the proposed exchange of Platt's Channel for 200 acres of B.H.P.-owned land at Shortland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor Will Try Direct Approach To Federal Govt
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) will go to Canberra within the next month or two to place before the newly-appointed Ministers for Air, Army and Health matters he considers of vital interest to Newcastle. Ald. Quinlan said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut In Council Loans Likely
Newcastle City Council—in common with many other councils—may have to face the problem of reducing loan money to finance construction works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Basic Plans For County Council
In less than a year on the job, Northumberland County Council would have completed the basic groundwork of planning for the County district, a region of 1700 square miles, the County Chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Urgent Road Problem For Council In 1950
Newcastle Council aldermen, facing in 1950 the last and most testing of their three-year term of office, will have to grapple more seriously with the increasingly urgent problem of halting the rapid deterioration of Newcastle roads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fewer Immunised In Hunter Shire
Parents had responded poorly to the immunisation campaign against diphtheria in Lower Hunter Shire last year, the Health…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judge's Order to Council
Mr. Justice Cantor, of the State Industrial Commission, yesterday made a formal order requiring Newcastle City Council to reinstate Andrew Davidson. He ordered that Davidson's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →78 New Homes In Lower Hunter Shire
Of the 78 new homes approved by Lower Hunter Shire Council last year, all but 16 were weatherboards. Four were brick, six fibro, four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclists Seek Support From Labour Council
Newcastle District League Cycling Club last night decided to seek the cooperation of the Trades and Labour Council in a protest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council-B.H.P. Talks On Land Exchange
The proposed exchange of 200 acres of land at Shortland for Platt's Channel was discussed by officers of the B.H.P. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factions Organising to Win Control of Trades Council
Right and left wing trade union officials in Newcastle are organising intensively for the Trades Hall Council elections this month. The most vigorous campaign since the war is being waged for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S.L. Council Expels Five Members
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Five members of the Returned Servicemen's League were expelled at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Council Continues War Against Hyacinth
Armed with knapsack pumps two of Maitland's City Council works staff today continued the fight to eradicate water hyacinth from Wallis and Fishery Creeks…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →1949 Trading Surplus For Council's Abattoir Dept
The Newcastle Council's Abattoir Department will show a surplus on trading during 1949, the manager of Newcastle Abattoir (Mr. L. Lawson) disclosed today. Although no figures are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lake Shire Council Points
A grant of £4000 to Lake Macqua rie Shire Council has been approved by the Minister for Public Works and Local Government for improvements to roads in the Cooranbong area. The roads are Owens Rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gambling Move By New York's Mayor
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. A.A.P.—The Mayor of New York (Mr. William O'Dwyer) said he would ask the State Legislature this week to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boundaries Changed In Lake Shire
Lake Macquarie shire Council last night adopted a plan sponsored by the former president (Cr. C. Hazell) to ajust…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Boundaries For Lake Shire Ridings
Reallocation of boundaries of ridings of Lake Macquarie Shire had resulted in a more even distribution of population in the three divisions,…
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