Council To Consider Transport Pool To Reduce Costs
A move will be made to reduce the Newcastle Council's transport costs by setting up a transport pool. The council last night elected a committee of three…
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Council & local affairs, 1951
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Council Pressing for Grant
Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday decided to urge the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) to grant its flood-damage application immediately…
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Newcastle City Council will seek a grant towards road works under a new agreement between the Commonwealth and States for the allocation of petrol tax receipts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress Bodies "Training For Aldermen"
Progress associations were the best training grounds for aldermen, Ald. Skelton told the annual meeting of Northumberland…
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BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Professor Ernst Reuter, 61-year-old leading Berlin Social Democrat, was re-elected Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Shire Points
The Joint Coal Board advised Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that it had no funds no help the council buy a sand pump to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Review of Low Rates
Lake Macquarie Shire Council will consider an increase of minimum rates. The Shire Clerk (Mr. T. H. Halton) will report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Persist, Unlucky Last Start, May Win Mayor's Cup
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Persist, unluckily beaten at her last start, is expected to win the Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. Persist will need to win or at least run well to retain her position as favourite for the Anniversary Handicap at Randwick on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Claim On Aid To Repair Roads
A report of bus route mileages in the shire and outside finance received to keep the routes in repair will be prepared by Lake Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mineleaders Urge Stoppages Council To Discuss Gallagher Award
The central executive and executive officers of the New South Wales districts of the Miners' Federation decided unanimously is Sydney yesterday to recommend to the Central Council that aggregate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Council Offers Jubilee Scholarships
CANBERRA, Friday.—Applications for two special Jubilee art scholarships, provided by the British Council, close on January 31…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food Gift By Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. O'Dea), guest of honour at a reception given at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of London (Ald. Denys Lowson), presents a token food parcel to Ald. Lowson. Ald. O'Dea was visiting England to distribute the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain Damage to Shire Roads
The Lake Shire Engineer (Mr. J. W. Webb) estimated that about 60,000 cubic yards of gravel was washed from shire roads last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Memorial To Be Moved By Council
The Lake Macquarie Shire Council has decided to move the Memorial Monument in Victory-parade because it holds up traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor Called A "Steamroller"
"We have bought ourselves a new steamroller," claimed Aid. Jones last night, when the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) ruled that a special City Council meeting on insurance matters was closed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lord Mayor In Favor Of Policing Grounds
Some definite system of policing would have to be undertaken by the Newcastle Council to protect the playing grounds from damage, due to Sunday sport activities, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) said today. The Works Committee will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council To Buy New Low Loader
The purchase of a trailer-type low loader, including lifting jacks and loading ramps for £1018 will be recommended to the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council to Seek More Roofing Iron For Urgent Repairs
Further strong representations will be made to the Minister for Building Materials (Mr. Dickson) to have a more generous allocation of roofing iron made available for Newcastle Council-sponsored repair works. commenting on the roofing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lake Shire Council In Brief
The Lake Shire Council is to ask the B.H.P. to forego its lease of about 25 acres at the corner of Myall and Government roads, Cardiff, which is required for a recreation area for Garden Suburb. The Coal Board advised that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lake Shire Points
Belmont A.L.P. would probably withdraw its protest against a carnival in Cullen Park when it learned the facts of the case, Cr. J. W…
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