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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 10 of 12

Municipal Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 October 1898 · page 4

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the municipal council will be held to-night Reports will be submitted from the works committee dealing with the…

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Municipal Council. a Protracted Meeting

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the municipal council was held last night. There were present — Aldermen Strachan (Mayor), Goodier, Buzacott, Wright, Plant, Waugh,…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 2

In the Council the Sydney Corporation Act Amendment Bill and the new Newspaper Defamation Bill were each read the third time. The Accused Persons' Evidence Bill…

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The Council and the Fire Board. Mr. Mills Refutes the Mayor's Statement

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

AT the meeting of the Municipal Council or Thursday night the Major (Alderman Strachan) was asked if it was a fact that the council was in arrears in its contribution to…

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A Municipality in Trouble. Deputation to the Colonial Treasurer

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

Mr Archer, M.L.A., the other day introduction to the Colonial Treasurer a deputation consisting of the Mayor (Ald. Rodd), Aldermen Nicols, M'Fadyen…

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A Minimum Municipal Wage. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Your issue of this day, ride report of municipal council meeting, under the head of Irrigating Central Park, credits Mr. Alderman Wright with the assertion that…

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The Council and the Fire Board. Mr. Mills' Figures Challenged

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday Mr. Mills, secretary of the Fire Board, talking with a MINER reporter on the dispute between the board and the municipal council on the subject of arrears, quoted…

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Sydney Municipal Affairs. a Reform Agitation. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

Recent investigations have disclosed the existence of an exceedingly loose system of financing in connection with the city council and has led to an agitation for reform. The…

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The City Council. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 3

A great municipal reform meeting was held in the Town Hall last night. It affirmed the necessity for municipal reform, and recommended the…

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Fire Brigade and Town Council. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 2

SIR,—The Municipal Council's relation with the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board have been placed before the public as most questionable. These lines are peuned not with…

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The Water Supply. The Municipal Committee's Inquiries

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 4

THE committee appointed by the municipa council to consider the question of water supply for Broken Hill met last night. The most important business was the consideration of…

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The Athenaeum and the Council. to the Editor of the Western Grazier

Western Grazier · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

Sir,—At a meeting of the subscribers of the Athenaeum on Thursday night last it was resolved to offer the Town Council premises consisting of rooms in the…

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The Water Supply. The Municipal Committee's Inquiries

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

THE committee appointed by the municipal council to consider the question of water supply for Broken Hill met last night. The most important business was the consideration of…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, October 31, 1898. a Municipal Fire Brigade

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 October 1898 · page 2

THE suggestion that the Broken Hill Municipal Counoil should completely take over and control the work of the fire Brigade is…

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The Fire Brigade. The Municipal Contributions

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 October 1898 · page 2

A REMARK made to a MINER reporter by Mr. Mills, secretary of the Fire Brigade Board, that the Municipal Council has seized every opportunity to make an excuse for not paying…

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Municipal Enterprise at Picton. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 3

SIR,—A part of West Broken Hill is called Picton. That's where we live. We are a sociable little community out there, agreed upon most things, but enthusiastically…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

In the Legislative Council the Metropolitan Saleyards and Illawarra Harbor Bills each passed. The Treatment of Inebriates Bill was taken up, but further debate was…

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Municipal Council. The Fortnightly Meeting

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the municipal council was held last night. There were present:—Aldermen Strachan (Mayor), Goodier, Buzacott, Wright, Plant, Waugh,…

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Big Municipal Undertakings. Proposed to Borrow £25,000. The Advisableness Affirmed

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

AT last night's meeting of the municipal council the finance committee repotted that it had carefully considered the question of finance in connection with street-lighting…

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Sydney City Council. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 November 1898 · page 2

At a meeting of the city council yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. H.Reid's offer to appoint a public officer to hold an inquiry into the state of the city finances was accepted…

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