The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. One typed page, titled 'The Editor, Bendigo Advertiser', unsigned and undated, but found in a 1964-65 sequence. Letter seems to indicate the date is sometime in 1964 when Oliver was Mayor. The letter relates to a proposed loan, by the City Council, to the North Bendigo Bowling Club, and the generally unsatisfactory repayment history of Council loans to sporting bodies.bendigo, council, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. bendigo advertiser. north bendigo bowling club.