Council Balance Sheet Discussed
Northumberland County Council of Progress Associations last night appointed Messrs. T. J. Brennan, P. R Watt and W…
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Council & local affairs, 1951
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Labour Council Head Re-elected
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. J. Shortell was to-night re-elected President of the New South Wales Trades and Labour Council…
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Permission for the Lake Macquarie Shire Advancement Committee to hold its meetings in the Shire Hall has been withdrawn…
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Newcastle Council Finance Committee decided last night to recommend a ½d increase in rates. The recommendation will go…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor Lake Shire Library
I AM amazed by the itndiffere5nc of Lake Macquarie Shire Council concerning the library scheme. This scheme, established a few…
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Suggestions that a split had developed in the Labor Party in Newcastle Council over the proposed increase in rates were…
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Newcastle District Council of P. and C. Associations last night decided to support the Waratah Associations requests that…
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A well-attended meeting of, ratepayers from Kearsley Shire at the weekend protested against the sharp increase in…
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Northumberland County Council decisions yesterday included.— LAMBTON: On the recommendation of the County Planner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Lake Shire Ban
LAKE Macquarie Shire Advancement Council is concerned at the unreasonable action of Lake Macquarie Shire Council in…
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Newcastle City Council will begin its road construction and improvements programme on Monday…
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An application for permission to build a dwelling at Bolton Point, between Macquarie-street and Lake Macquarie, was refused by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beaches Liaison Aldermen Favor Retention Of Dixon Park Club
The Dixon Park Surf Club was an established club sponsored by the City Council and it was the council's responsibility to see it received proper support, Aid. Alder claimed today. Aid. Alder was commenting on a report by the City Engineer last night, in which he…
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Newcastle Council Works Committee last night recommended that a 30ft. flagpole in Civic Park' be approved. The City Engineer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTERS To the Editor Lake Shire Library
IN REPLY to "Progress" ("N.M.H.," 17/2/51), Lake Macquarie Shire Council should be exonerated of the charge of…
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Lake Macquarie Shire Council had taken no action on a proposed joint inspection of Crown land near Charlestown, suggested…
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A suggestion from the Road Safety Council that its work could be made more effective if State local government authorities would…
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A rise of one halfpenny in the £ in Newcastle rates was approved by a special meeting of Council last night without comment from any alderman. Labor aldermen and Aid. Henderson voted in a bloc…
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LONDON, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—Hundreds of frauleins and lonely bachelors throughout the British Commonwealth are besetting the…
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No decision in the municipal year is more important than the fixing of the rate, yet on Tuesday night Newcastle City…
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