Minister Recommends Big Loan to City Council
SYDNEY: The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) has recommended that the Australian Loan Council make an additional £150,000 available to Newcastle City Council…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
832 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 42
Lord Mayor On Committee
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) was nominated by Newcastle City Council last night as the representative for No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Showed "Decline" Of River: Mayor
Flooding last week had shown clearly how much the Hunter River had deteriorated, the Mayor (Ald. Fahey) told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Entire Council Dismissed
SYDNEY: All members of Bankstown Municipal Council have been dismissed from office on the recommendation of the Minister for Local Government (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trial of Ex-mayor Jury Fails To Agree
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Quarter Sessions jury failed to-night to agree on a verdict at the trial of Edward Charles Erwin, 46, former mayor of Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soot Analyses Puzzle Council
Newcastle Council is in a dilemma over the checks it has been making on the deposits of soot and grit throughout the city —because no one on the council can read…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Council's Duty On Garbage
After a long debate, Newcastle City Council referred a report by the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) on garbage removal to the Works Committee. Mr. Burges prepared the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furniture Gifts To Council
A Newcastle furniture store has given to Newcastle City Council the chair and table which the Queen and the Duke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Closer Watch on Council Works
Newcastle aldermen in future will keep a closer check on overspending on council's various works programmes. If any section of a job is found to be under-esti-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Council Action On Festival
Newcastle City Council took no action last night on a request from the Newcastle Orchid Society that it take over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council, Union To Meet On Claims
Newcastle City Council decided last night by 12 votes to 8 to confer with the Electrical Trades Union on a proposed industrial agreement. An amendment that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council and Union to Confer on Nesca Dispute
A move was made last night to clear up the dispute over the provision of an industrial agreement for members of the Electrical Trades Union employed by Nesca…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Municipal Non-Voters Saved By Default
A motion that no prosecutions be launched against nonvoters at the last municipal election was lost at Maitland City Council last night—but no prosecutions will be instituted. The motion was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dismissal of Council Administrator Appointed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bankstown Municipal Council was dismissed to-day. The Chief Inspector of Local Government Accounts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lake Shire Council Points
Lake Macquarie Shire Council will ask the Department of Health to lift the proclamation declaring as unhealthy building land part of the area around Stoney Creek, Toronto. Crs. Evans, Brown and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aldermen Start Fund To Fight Dismissal
SYDNEY: Nine aldermen, dismissed from the Bankstown Council, have established a "fighting fund" among themselves to contest their removal from office. They will pay the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Questions Light Charges
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to seek a conference with the chairman of the Electricity Commission (Mr. Conde) on the different rates charged for electricity in the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conference On Lake Shire Power Sought
A conference between the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, the chairman of the Electricity Commission and other interested organisations will be arranged to consider differential charges for electricity in the Lake Macquarie area…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Council Call for Talks Margins Move
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Trades and Labour Council called to-night for a Federal conference on the margins issue. The council passed a resolution calling on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council May Get Extra Loan
Newcastle City Council may get an extra loan allocation of £150,000 this financial year. The Minister for Local…
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