Dismissal Of Council To Be Contested
SYDNEY, Friday.—Nine former aldermen dismissed from Bankstown Council have set up a "fighting fund" among…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
832 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 42
Not "Yes" Man, Says Alderman
The president (Ald. H. C. Myers) told members of Heaton-Birmingham Gardens Progress Association…
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SYDNEY.—To stop the old practice of "lobbying" aldermen, sweeping changes have been introduced in…
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Above all else, Henry Condell wanted to be the first Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He felt that such an achievement would touch him with immortality. His approach to the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Candidates for Sydney City Council senior staff appointments will be chosen by a full committee…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council's Loan Prospects Good
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) believes that prospects are reasonably bright for Newcastle Council to raise the extra £150,000 loan allocation offered by the State…
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Next Tuesday has been set as a tentative date for council representatives to meet the Electrical Trades…
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Newcastle Council expects to receive a net income this year of nearly one-million pounds. This will be disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alderman Wants Rate Increased
Alderman J. Herrald, of East Ward, has proposed that Newcastle Council should increase the rates this year by one penny in the £, "so that the ratepayers will really be…
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Flood damage had delayed Port Stephens Shire Council works programme "some months," the Engineer (Mr. A. L. Cook) told the council yesterday…
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Newcastle Council Finance Committee authorised the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) last night to tender for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hospital Asks Council To Aid Funds
Newcastle Western Suburbs Hospital appealed to Newcastle City Council last night for funds to help provide 20 more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Will Oppose Move To Charge Fiction Readers
Newcastle aldermen will oppose any move to introduce a charge on people who borrow fiction books from the council's free library service…
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Newcastle Council may make yet another bid to restrict the future activities of the Northumberland County Council This was indicated by the Lord Mayor (Ald…
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LONDON. — Deputy Fudge Tyrie said at Bow County Court that a Council seemed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kearsley Shire Flood Appeal
Kearsley Shire Council's North Coast flood appeal has so far raised £55. This includes £25 from Cessnock…
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The condition of Mr. Harold Scott-Dalsley. 63, of Brown St., Wallsend, who was injured in a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Two former city aldermen were surprisingly defeated in elections at the first meeting of…
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Harold Scott-Daisley, 63, of Brown-street, Wallsend, a former alderman on Newcastle City Council, was seriously…
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The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) has been invited to eight Anzac Day ceremonies…
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