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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1896

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The Australian Eleven. a Further Alteration. Johns Replaced. Meeting of the Victorian Cricket Council. Opinion in Melbourne. The Selectors Condemned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

The alterations in the composition of the Australian Eleven at the last moment are still the chief topic of discussion…

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Municipal Council. Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

THE council met last night. Present: —All except Alderman Jonas. MINUTE CLERK. Alderman Wright moved—"That…

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Action by the Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

At the meeting of the municipal council last night Alderman Massey asked whether the sanitary arrangements were such that wherever a case…

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The Auditors and the Town Clerk. The Report of the Referee. Discussion in the Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

AT the meeting of the municipal council last night the report of Mr. Edward Kay, who had been appointed to investigate the auditors' report and the…

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An Absconding Council Collector. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 4

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of T. J. Mille for forgery as collector for the Dandenong shire council, and also charging him with embezzlement of the council's…

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Deputation to the Council

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 4

A deputation, cotsisbing of Me[?]srs. Harry, J R. Edwards, and J. Dunstan, waited upon the Mayor (Alderman Souter) this afternoon and made a…

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In Absconding Council Collector. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 1

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of T. J. Mill[?] for forgery as collector for the Dandenong shire council, and also charging him with embezzlement of the council's…

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Municipal Law. Important Cases at Silverton. Rate Books Improperly Kept

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 2

AT the Silverton Police Court on Friday, before Mr. H. E. Bright, J.P., the Municipal Council of Silverton proceeded against some eight…

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The Council and the Clerk

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 2

THE municipal council has sown the wind and is reaping the whirlwind. It finds itself with a chief executive officer who is almost avowedly…

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Municipal Council

Western Grazier · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above body was held at the Council-chambers on Monday evening last. Present—The Mayor, and Aldermen Doake, Vandenberg, Peter…

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Special Meeting of the Council Called

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 2

The Mayor has convened a special meeting of the council for to morrow evening to deal with the whole matter…

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Typhoid and the Water Supply. Special Meeting of the Council. The Depot to be Retained. Preventive Measures Decided On

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1896 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the municipal council was held last night to consider the question of the washaway at the Wills Ward depot. Present:—All…

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A Municipal Conference. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 3

A conference between the Acting Government Statistician and the council clerks of several municipalities was commenced last night. It was…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, March 25,1896. Municipal Insurance

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

REFERENCE was made in a recent article to the relations between the insurance companies and the fire brigades, which are not at all of a…

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Municipal Council. Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 2

THE council met last night. Present: —All. Ex-Alderman Sutherland was present, and was accommodated with a seat at the table…

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Municipal Works. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 3

SIR,—I see by your report of last week's meeting of the municipal council that Alderman Strachan says the work required at the nightsoil…

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Municipal Council

Western Grazier · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above body was held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening last. Present—The Mayor and Aldermen Doake, Vandenberg, Byrne,…

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Municipal Council. Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

THE council met last night. Present— All except Alderman Massey. CORRESPONDENCE. From the Minister for Justice,…

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Municipal Assessments. Estimates of Receits and Expenditure

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 2

Report on the Past Year's Work. AT the council meeting last night a report was tabled from a committee of the whole in reference to the annual…

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Municipal Works. The Schedule for 1896

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

THE following is the schedule of works for 1896 which the municipal council has approved of in connection with the striking of a rate for the current year:-…

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