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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

871 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 44

Club Asks For Inquiry On Lake Shire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

Belmont 16ft. Sailing Club members decided yesterday to ask the Department of Local Government to appoint an officer to investigate…

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District Council P. And C. Officers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

The report submitted at the 20th annual meeting of the Newcastle District Council of P. and C. associations showed…

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Lake Shire Council In Brief

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council will gravel low sections of Creek-rd., Boolaroo, to improve it and to prevent water from Cockle Creek flooding the sections during high tides. The engineer will supply an…

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Shire Council Has Swimming Baths Problem

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 9

Councillor Nichols urged the Lake Shire Council last night to seek expert opinion on the construction of swimming baths…

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Shire Council Objects To Club Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night not to entertain any request from the Belmont Sailing Club for…

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Lake Shire Points

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

The Engineer (Mr. J. W. Webb) was authorised by Lake Macquarie Shire Council to repair Killing-worth-West Wallsend road…

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Proposed Shire Road "Major Undertaking"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 9

To construct a road from Boolaroo, via the Borehole Colliery and Cockle Creek Powerhouse, to Barnsley would be a…

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Shire Divided on Baths Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

A motion by Cr. C. S. Nichols asking the council to ascertain the cost of an architect's opinion on lakeside baths was deferred by Lake Macquarie Shine Council last night…

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"Grilling" For Ex-Mayor At Crime Inquiry

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): William O'Dwyer, Irish immigrant boy who broke Murder Incorporated and later became Mayor of New York, was "grilled" today by the Senate Crime Investigating Committee…

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Two Opinions; Shire View On Boatshed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Conflicting opinions about Lake Macquarie Shire Council's attitude to the proposed erection of a commercial boatshed at Pelican were…

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Police Land To Cost Shire £1800

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council has agreed to pay £1800 compensation to acquire Police Department land in Swansea Park…

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Further Of Country Council In Doubt

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

Completion by the Northumberland County Council of its draft master plan has raised the controversial quest ion of the council's continued existence after April next year. The Country Council will offi-…

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Council Ban On Lake Sailing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

Lake Macquarie Shire Council will have no further dealings with Belmont Sailing Club while a motion asking for a shire…

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Confidence Vote in Alderman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

Maitland City Council last night carried a vote of confidence in Ald. H. T. Skilton, its representative on the Hunter Valley Trust. The confidence vote followed…

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Aldermen Discuss City Clean-ups

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

A scheme to hold a city-wide "clean up day" once a month, when Newcastle City Council would remove rubbish and waste materials for citizens, would mean a loss of £4300 a year in excess garbage…

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Council Raid On Greyhounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Council Health Committee last night instructed officers of the Health Division to "raid"…

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Flagpole Offer to Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

A local firm had offered to donate a flagpole of self-supporting tubular steel, to stand 60 feet from the ground, for installation in Civic…

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Council Workshop Busy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

Keeping Newcastle City Council's equipment working makes the council's Corlette-street busy. Top: Messrs. A. Miller and J. Brickett overhaul an overloader used in road work. Right: Mr. A. Breen works on a wheel of a streamroller in the depot…

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Grass Removed From 40 Streets, Says Lord Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 2

Despite claims to the contrary, Newcastle City Council employees had collected huge quantities of grass heaped on footpaths in recent…

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Lake Shire Points

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council will undertake road and drainage construction, to cost £2202, at Fennell's Bay for the Housing…

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