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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

924 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 47

Surf Club Might Seek Council Aid

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

The time was approaching when Nobbys Surf Club would seek a share of the money the Newcastle…

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Council's Order On Yacht Club Work

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

The Lake Shire Council decided last night that work being carried out on behalf of the Belmont…

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No Council Action On Sale Of Sunday Ice Cream

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 6

Newcastle Council at present had no intention of trying to ban the sale of ice cream from vehicles in the suburbs on Sundays, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said today. He was commenting on…

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'Wrong Alderman' Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 7

The President of South Newcastle Surf Club (Mr. H. Struck) said yesterday that he had given the wrong…

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Fraud Admitted By Ex-Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—Thomas Richard Pracey, 43, a former mayor of Waterloo, pleaded guilty in Quarter Sessions…

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New Lighting Too Bright For Aldermen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 4

Newcastle City Council aldermen found the council chambers decked with new lights last night and entered…

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County Council v. Councils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 2

Honours seem about even in the struggle between Northen councils and their own voluntary creation, the…

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LETTERS To The Editor Lake Shire Poll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 6

HIGHFIELDS progress Association has decided to support a move to set up a committee of ratepayers to…

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Council "Rolled Off" With Roller

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 7

Aid, McGuirk claimed last night that a resident of Lake-road, Wallsend, had had a garden roller confiscated by…

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Council To Move On Ferry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 3

A move for Newcastle City Council to investigate the advisability of conducting the Stockton ferry service was just…

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Council Critical Finnan's Post Called Unwise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 1

Newcastle City Council decided last night to ask the State Government to reconsider the appointment of Mr. Finnan as president of the Hunter District…

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Ferry Service 'Too Much' For City Council

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 6

The Newcastle Council would be "biting off more than if could chew" if it tried to take over the Stockton-Newcastle ferry service, the Deputy Mayor (Ald. McDougall) said last…

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Ex-Mayor On Bond For Fraud

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A former Mayor of Waterloo who had pleaded guilty to five charges of false pretences…

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Cessnock Council Against Finnan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 2

Cessnock Council decided last night to support Newcastle Chamber of Commerce against the appointment of…

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Parade Ground Visit To Cadets By Lord Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 6

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) and other official visitors will see school military cadets in training at a bivouac at Fort Wallace on March 28. Ald. Purdue, senior…

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Progress Council's Finnan Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

Northumberland Council of Progress Associations last night decided to make an emphatic protest to the Premier on the appointment of Mr. F. Finnan as president…

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LETTERS To The Editor Lake Shire Poll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

MR. R. CULLEN ("N.M. H.," 18/3/'53) seems to labour under a misapprehension when he speaks of an…

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Alderman Invited to Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 12

Ald. T. Armstrong, when Lord Mayor, promised Lambton South Progress Association that rear…

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Shire Asked To Tar Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 5

Bolton Point Progress Association decided to ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to tar-surface Bolton Point-road…

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Purdue Opposed to Council Control of City Traffic

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) will not recommend that Newcastle Council take control of traffic and parking in the city. He was commenting to-…

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