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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1898

239 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 12

The Municipal Campaign

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 3

ALDERMEN Polkinghorne and Wright announce that they will give an account of their stewardship to the Start Ward ratepayers at the Pig and…

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Mr. Reid at Hudgee. The Reform of the Council. The Government and the Labor Party. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

The Premier addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting at Mudgee last night. After referring to the work of the last session, Mr. Reid dealt at length with…

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The Municipal Campaign. Opening of the Battle. Aldermen Wright and Polkinghorne in Sturt Ward

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

ALDERMAN Wright and Polkinghorne, representatives of Sturt Ward in the municipal council, last night addressed a meeting of ratepayers at the Pig and Whistle Hotel…

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Municipal Council

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of the municipal council has been called for to-morrow afternoon. There is but a short business sheet. Alderman Wright has given…

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Municipalities and Music. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. John Burns, M.P., advocates that municipalities should establish choral societies in order to give free concerts to the ratepayers…

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The Municipal Campaign

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 4

A MEETING is convened at Hegarty's Hall, South Town, this evening "to approve or otherwise" of the Labor candidates chosen to contest King Ward…

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Municipal Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

THE council met yesterday afternoon. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Dunstan, Phillips, Pound, Wright, Hanson, Jonas, Goodier, Strachan, and Polkinghorne…

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The Municipal Elections. Meeting at the South

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by Mr. Fletcher, was held at Hegarty's Hall, South Broken Hill, last night, and was attended by over 150 persons…

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The Municipal Roll. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me, through your columns, to call the attention of the municipal authorities to a matter of great importance. The time for claims or objections re the rolls…

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The Municipal Campaign

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

THE annual court for the revision of the municipal rolls, constituted of the Mayor and aldermen, must, according to the Municipalities Act, be held between the 21st…

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The Municipal Grant [By Telegraph. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. Reld says he will see that the municipalities do not in the end suffer through the action of the Council in rejecting his last financial proposals…

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[By Telegraph.] a Question of Funds. An Indignant Alderman. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

At a meeting of the Annandale municipal council last evening the following motion was carried:—"That this council requests the Government…

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Adelaide City Council. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the city council Mr. Worsnop, the town clerk, and Mr. Fabian, the city treasurer, both of whom are seriously ill, were…

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The Municipal Campaign. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

SIR,—As the municipal campaign has opened, I wish to draw attention to the manner and the cause of a system by which hundreds of householders are…

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The Grant to Municipalities. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 3

Mr Reid says he will regard the grant of half-crown in the pound to municipalities as a first charge upon any surplus at the end of the financial…

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THE A. L. F. Sittings of the Queensland Council Concluded. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

The sittings of the Provincial Council of the Australasian Labor Federation have concluded. It was agreed, at the request of the New South Wales Provincial Council, to…

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The Municipal Campaign

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

A [?] meeting of Wills Ward ratepayers was held at the Denver City Hotel last night in connection with the candidature of Mr. W. J. Wise. On the motion of Mr…

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The Municipal Endowment. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

The Municipal Association has decided to take counsel's opinion as to whether the payment of the endowment to the municipalities of 2s. 6d. in the £ promised by…

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The Federal Convention. The Mayor's Banquet. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 2

The Mayor of Melbourne banquetted the Federal delegates last evening. There was a distinguished assemblage The Mayor proposed the health of the Governor of…

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The Municipal Grant. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

The Municipal Association has decided to take counsole opinion as to whether the payment of the endowment to municipalities promised by…

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