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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

741 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 38

Council Points . . . Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 6

Newcastle Council Works Committee recommended last night that the Youth for Christ Movement be permitted to…

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Piping Stolen From Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 7

Two men who stole galvanised piping and used it to connect their homes to the water supply were each fined…

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Council Query On Phone Cleaning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 2

Newcastle Council Health Committee decided last night to ask the Commonwealth Department of Health whether…

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Geraghty, Mla, to Test Govt. on Legislative Council Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr. J. L. Geraghty, Independent Labor M.L.A. for North Sydney, hopes to test in the Legislative Assembly the McGirr Government's attitude towards abolition of…

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LETTERS To The Editor Shire Defended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 2

MR. G. L. Plain's attack on Lake Macquarie Shire Council ("N.M.H.," 3/3/'52) is largely political and…

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Council and Bank Confer

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 4

Negotiations between Newcastle Council and the Commonwealth Bank had had a very satisfactory…

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Lake Shire Points

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

The Lake Shire Council moved last night to expedite the building of the baby health centres at W. Wallsend and Cardiff. The council decided to instruct the architects to…

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Shire Asks For Road Subsidy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to ask the Department of Road Transport for a subsidy to…

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Shire Offer For Land Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

An offer of £2000 by the Lake Macquarie Shire Council for land fronting Main-rd. and Park-st., Speers Point, as a site for proposed new shire offices, has been…

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Shire's Move On Road To Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

The Lake Shire Council last night offered to cooperate with the John Darling combined miners' lodges in a deputation to the Joint Coal Board to seek financial…

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Cardiff Heads Building In Lake Shire

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

Cardiff heads the list of building applications in the Lake Shire so far this year with 24…

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Bank Loan to Council Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

The Commonwealth Bank has agreed to meet Newcastle City Council's immediate loan requirements, the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) said last night…

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Council Certain of Raising Loan Honey

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 3

There was little doubt now that Newcastle Council would be able to raise its loan requirements by the end of this financial year, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Armstrong), said…

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Carnival Sues Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Friday. — The National Committee of the Youth of Peace and Friendship Carnival to-day applied…

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Work On Council Appreciated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 4

Belmont Urban Area Committee placed on record its appreciation of the work of Mr. L. J. Parsons during his…

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City Council Meeting May Be Long and Lively

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 3

Aldermen of Newcastle Council seem faced with a long sitting tonight when they deal with at least four contentious matters. These will be the…

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Shire Refused Preference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 5

Port Stephens Shire Council's request for a first option on the lease of naval buildings at Nelson's Bay could not be…

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Lord Mayor Pays Tribute To Mr. Nash

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 8

Tribute to the work of the retiring chief of the council's electricity undertaking' (Mr. Nash) was paid…

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Shire Claim On Flood Warning Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 5

Maitland, Singleton and Lower Hunter Councils had agreed to contribute to the cost of maintaining flood-warning…

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Council Rules Carnival Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

Newcastle City Council last night refused permission for a turf carnival to be held at Dixon Park Beach on March 22 for the Youth Peace and Friendship…

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