Lord Mayor's Appeal On Transport
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) appealed yesterday to people not to use buses before 8 a.m. on the day of the Royal…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
832 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 42
£225 to "Fix Up" Council Application: Court Story
SYDNEY: A company manager said in Central Court today that his brother-in-law had told him it would cost him £225 to have an application to the Sydney City Council "fixed…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Norman Sidney Cohen said in the Central Court to-day that a man told him it would cost him £225 to have an application to Sydney…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.— Rockhampton police do not intend to take action over threatening letters to the Mayor…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1. A.A.P. —Mr. L. K. Munro, of New Zealand, is to assume the presidency of the United Nations…
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SYDNEY: Officials at the Farm Cove dais this morning refused to admit friends and relatives of aldermen to the official stand. Many persons arrived early with tickets for the…
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Newcastle City Council last night appointed aldermen as chairman of three special trusts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ald. Takes Lord Mayor To Task
Ald. C. K. Jones last night accused the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) of wanting "to have a crack at everybody". He was speaking during a…
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Cessnock Municipal Council will not enforce at present a previous resolution requiring meters in taxi-cabs. An interim licence for three…
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Newcastle City Council's attitude to garbage removal was not realistic, the Deputy Lord Mayor (Ald. McDougall) said…
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SYDNEY: Queen Elizabeth presided over the State Executive Council today, signing the minutes including one recommendation for the establishment of a post-natal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Shire Council Points
At the request of Dudley Progress Association, Lake Macquarie Shire Council will ask the Northumberland County Council to consider reserving sufficient land along the coast from Newcastle through Redhead to Belmont for the construction of a coast road…
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The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) today issued a warning to those whose enthusiasm on Tuesday…
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The Lake Macquarie Shire Librarian (Mr. J. Allison) was asked by the council last night to report on the question of setting up deposit stations throughout the Shire…
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SYDNEY, Friday. —The Mayor of Randwick (Ald. R. Jensen) said to-clay that many Randwick residents were…
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The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) today, on the eve of Newcastle's Royal visit, gave the…
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I AM most proud on behalf of the council and the people of the City of Maitland to express our happiness and loyalty on the visit of the Queen. Maitland, one of the first districts in the…
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IT IS appropriate on historic occasions such as this, the visit of Queen Elizabeth, for each representative area to express its continued loyalty and affection. The Municipality of Cessnock, representing one of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Library Service Expands In Lake Shire Area
The public library in Lake Macquarie Shire lent 51,856 more books during 1953 than it did in the previous year. Books lent in the three years since the library was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome to the Queen The Lord Mayor of Newcastle: Ald. F. J. PURDUE
WHEN HER Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, reaches Newcastle to-morrow she will be welcomed not only by gaily decorated streets and buildings, not only by pealing bells and lusty cheers from exuberant crowds,…
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