Indignant Residents Worry Aldermen on Blackouts
City Council aldermen have become targets for a barrage of protests from householders whose reaction to crippling blackouts this week has reached unprecedented heights of…
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Council & local affairs, 1952
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Council Loan Protest
Heaton-Birmingham Gardens Progress Association is to protest to the Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur…
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Three Newcastle aldermen will sit on the council's Health Committee this year under protest. They stated this after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mosquitoes Checked In Port Shire
Stocking pools with the mosquito larvae-eating fish gambusia affinis in Port Stephens Shire in the past six years was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Council Points
A move for establishment of an anti-polio branch at Maitland was referred by the City Council last night to the Health and Bylaws Committee. The Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Council Honours Headmaster
The Headmaster of Raymond Terrace Central School (Mr. A. M. Griffiths) was entertained by Port Stephens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£8184 For Port Shire Road Work
The Main Roads Department yesterday advised Port Stephens Shire Council that a grant of £8184 would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Opposes Drain Plan
Port Stephens Shire Council will protest to the Minister for Air (Mr. McMahon) against a proposal to drain the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Joinery Plan Opposed By Council
Newcastle Council Works Committee decided last night to oppose an application to the Department of Labour and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Move For Removals Of Silt
The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust informed Maitland Council last night that while it appreciated the need to remove silt from Wallis Creek, machinery could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Services "Should Be Run By Council"
The Newcastle Council would be better off running its own fue services than leaving them in the hands of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Ald. H. D. Quinlan said today. The Government the…
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PARIS.—The Mayor of Verrieres was left on the roof for six hours during an official inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mayor To Seek Higher Values
The Mayor of Cessnock (Ald. R. Oldfield) said today that when the Valuer-General visited Cessnock later this month he would confer with him on the question of raising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor To inspect Powerhouse
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Armstrong) and council technical officers will inspect Zara St. Powerhouse…
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The Mayor (Ald. R. Old-field) with officers and the Works Committee of Cessnock Council and the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cr. Chapman County Council Chairman
GOSFORD, Wednesday.—At a special meeting to-day, Cr. Owen Chapman (Wyong) was chosen as chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council Fails In Loan Request
An application to the New castle branch of the Rural Bank for the outstanding £250,000 of Newcastle City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Shire Council Points
Catalina seaplane derelicts near Blackalls Park had been responsible for injuries to children playing about them, Blackalls Progress Association reported to Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only Aldermen Can Vote Beaches Body Bombshell
The Newcastle Beaches Liaison Committee was advised by the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) last night that under the Local Government Act coopted members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Endowment For Shire
The Lake Shire Council will receive £2220 for each of the next three years in endowment from the…
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