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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

924 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 47

Shire Rejects Police Branch Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night denied a claim by the Police Traffic Branch, Redfern, that district police…

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Council May Seek Talks

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

A conference may be arranged next week between Newcastle Council representatives and the Chief…

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Council Aim To Kill Aniseed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

Newcastle City Council is experimenting with hormone in an attempt to eradicate aniseed weed. The Council Parks and…

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Bus Cut Plans To Go To Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

The Chief Traffic Manager of the Transport Department (Mr. Carter) would submit details of the Proposed…

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LETTERS To The Editor Shire Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

PROPERTY owners in B Riding will welcome Cr. C. Nichols's suggestion ("N.M.H." 21/1/53) that,…

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Emergency Council In Kenya Crisis

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

NAIROBI (Kenya), Tues. (A.A.P.).—The Governor (Sir Evelyn Baring) announces that he will…

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Council Cuts To Churches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

The council was losing thousands of pounds in rates and charges because of concessions to religious and other…

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Lord Mayor Sees No Hope Of Reduction In Rates

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

While appreciable reductions in coal and labor costs for electricity could result in reductions of electricity charges in Newcastle, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) holds out no hope for reduction in council rates this year…

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Closer Link Sought With Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

Closer cooperation with Lake Macquarie Shire Council was necessary, Mr. R. Fordham told last night's meeting…

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Council Move On Cuts In Bus Services

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) has advised the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Shoebridge) that…

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City Council Set Problem On T.V.

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 6

The introduction of television into the district has set Newcastle Council Works Committee a problem for which it had no precedent to use as a guide…

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Council Should Remove Weed Debris, Says Ald

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

If ratepayers were conscientious enough to clear weeds and other growth from their footpaths, the least the Newcastle Council could do was to have the debris removed, Ald. H. Braye said last night…

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Russian Union Council 'Wants To Visit Aust.'

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 4

The Russian All Union Central Council of Trade Unions wants to send a 10 or 12 man delegation to…

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Mayfield Library First In City Council "Block"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

The new Mayfield branch library will be another step towards establishing the proposed block of council buildings in that suburb. Several years ago council considered this…

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Lake Shire Library's Good Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

Lake Macquarie Shire Library service had had a most successful year in 1952, the Shire Librarian (Mr. J. B…

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Pit Stop Plan For Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

A proposal for a Northern miners' district stoppage to protest against dismissals at Northern mines will be referred to next week's meeting of the Miners'…

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£1M. Loan For County Council

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY.— The chairman of the Sydney County Council (Cr. R. A. Triggs) today announced that…

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City Council Subsidy For Surf Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 4

A £ for £ City Council subsidy to help build North Stockton Surf Club would be included in council estimates…

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Arts Council Man For Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Burbridge, new Commonwealth representative of the British Arts Council, will visit Newcastle from…

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City Council To Press Port Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

Newcastle City Council would continue to press for Newcastle's claims as the third port of the Commonwealth,…

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