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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

871 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 44

Shire Seeks Advice on Hall Control

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

Lake Macquarie Shire Council will confer with its solicitor on means of acquiring control of the memorial hall site at Redhead…

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Reds To Seek Lifting Of Council's Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 2

The Communist Party will make a bid at tonight's meeting of the Newcastle Council to…

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Shire Council Move On Camp Sanitation

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

The Newcastle District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. Juchau) had promised immediate action regarding…

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Alderman Seeks Pairs, "Like Politicians"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

A request that aldermen be granted pairs was made to Newcastle City Council last night by Ald. Gascoine, a Labour representative for Mid-west Ward. Ald. Gascoine said that "since…

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Strain Begins To Tell On Some Aldermen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 6

Some aldermen of Newcastle Council are beginning to feel the strain of their public duties. Mid-West Ward representative, Ald. Roy Gascoigne, said…

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Lower Hunter Shire Health

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

One case of polio and one of diphtheria had been reported from Beresfield in the past fortnight, the Health Inspector…

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Shire to Buy Loading Plant

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

Lower Hunter Shire Council decided today to purchase loading plant similar to that recently inspected at Lake…

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Dept's. View of Shire Finances

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

Budgeting for a deficit was regarded by the Department of Local Government as "rather imprudent finance," the…

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Shire Favors Quinlan For Fire Board

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

The Lower Hunter Shire Council decided today to give its first preference vote for the Board of Fire Commissioners to…

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Council Firm On Communism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

Newcastle City Council last night reaffirmed its resolution to ban the use of council facilities by Communist organisations. An amendment by the Deputy…

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No Council Aid On Theatre Plant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 4

A recommendation from the Finance Committee that the council share equally in the cost of an emergency electricity plant for the…

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Cut in Council Overdraft Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 4

Lower Hunter Shire Council was yesterday advised to provide for a reduction of the general fund overdraft. The Under-Secretary of the…

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City Council And Communists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 2

Important moral and legal considerations are bound up in the decision of Newcastle City Council to extend into the…

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Purdue Favors Council Site For Aerodrome

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 3

The site selected by Northumberland County Council for a civil aerodrome in Newcastle was preferable to others, the…

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Reds To Hold Meeting Despite Council Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 4

Newcastle branch secretary of the Communist Party (Mr. L. J. Aarons) said today: "Our first Federal election meeting on Wednesday night will be held whether the council approves or not."…

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Board, Council Agree On Water Main Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 4

Newcastle City Council and Hunter District Water Board yesterday reached agreement on several points on siting water mains while roads…

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Admission of Press Move By A.L.P. Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 2

The annual meeting of Hamilton State Electorate Council of the Labour Party decided to send a motion to the June conference,…

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Choked Drains "Inspected By Council Men"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

Low-lying ground at Birmingham Gardens, which residents called a "cesspool," had been inspected by council…

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Shire Praise for County Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

Lake Macquarie Shire Council appreciated the county council's work, Cr. Quinn said at the county meeting…

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County Council, Commission Work Together

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

Relations with the Housing Commission had mostly been most satisfactory, the Chief County Planner (Mr. Stone) told…

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