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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1900

305 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 16

Criticism of the City Council. Deputation to the Premier. Neglect of Public Interests. A Greater Sydney Proposed. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 2

A deputation constating of members of Parliament and private citizens waited on the Premier yesterday regarding matters arising from the plague outbreak…

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The Powers of Municipal Councils

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 2

As for sanitary law, the Attorney-General has jast been laying it down officially. so:— Municipalities have, under the Public Health Act of 1896, very large powers of…

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The Municipal Audit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

THE Mayor (Alderman Wright) has now become embroiled with the municipal auditors. The case is set out from the point of view of has auditors (Messrs. T. Hall and…

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The Municipal Audit

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 4

WITH reference to the block lo connection with the municipal audit, no action has yet been taken, and the deadlock continues. The auditors claim that they have been debarred…

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Alleged Larceny of Municipal Tools. Aa Extraordinary Case. An Innocent Man Arrested

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 4

AN extraordinary case was heard in the Police Court to day. Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and Bright, J.P., were called on to decide to whom some toals found at the house of a…

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Mayor Wright and the Auditors. The Deadlock Discussed by the Council. Thc Council Supports the Mayor

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

THE following letter, dated March 29, the the purport of which has already been published, was read at last night's municipal council's meeting: —…

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Muncipal Council. a Midnight Meeting. Much Useless and Angry Talk

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the council was held last night. All the aldermen were present except Alderman Retallick. THE ROAD OVER THE MINES…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, April 7, 1900. the Mayor and the Audit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

IN relation to the auditors the municipal council has taken up a position which it cannot hold. The dispute is very simple. The auditors say that they want to get…

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The Water Supply Question. The Mines as Council Customers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

THE settlement of the water supply question has not advanced much. The municipal council recently sought information from the mining companies as to their probable…

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The Privy Council. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2

The Privy Council has, upheld the appeals, with costs, in the cases of Falkingham v. the Victorian Railways Commissioner and Simms v. the South…

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The Municipal Valuation. to the Editor

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me to suggest that, if the majority of the municipal council are sincere in their endeavors to proceed as rapidly as possible with the assessment of the…

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The Municipal Finances

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 April 1900 · page 2

THE fact that the Broken Hill Municipal Council is in need of ready money has prompted the offer of a loan by the Citizens' Life Assurance Company, Dimited, Sydney…

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Municipal Council. The Case of Valuer A. E. Hart. The Mayor's Action Criticised

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting was held last night to deal with the Mayor's suspension of Mr. A. K. Hart, one of the valuers, and other business. Aldermen Linnane, Williams, and…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Privy Council. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 2

The Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case of the Queen v. Bullivant…

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Saturday, April 14, 1940. Municipal Reform

Western Grazier · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

WE are promised municipal reform, but we have been promised this so long by different Governments that we feel doubtful if it is ever to come. In the…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 2

THE ordinary fortnightly meeting of the municipal council will take place to night. The business-sheet is heavy, and a lengthy report by the health committee, besides the…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the municipal council waa held last night. Present: Aldermen Wright (Mayor), Davitt, Williams, Beskeen, Waugh, Hentry, Wise, Warren,…

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The Council and the Auditors

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 4

MESSRS. T. Hall and G. A. Mills, the municipal auditors, have received the following letter from the town clerk (Mr. Allison):— 1 have the honor to [?]cknowledge the receipt…

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A Lord Mayor's Banquet. Imperial Consolidation. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 2

The Lord Mayor of London (Alderman Newton) gave a banquet last night, and among those present were H.R.H. the Dake of Cambridge, Mr. Choate,…

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Quarrelsome Aldermen. From Words to Blows

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

SOUNDS of a savage strife swept through the council room at the Town Hall this afternoon (a Sydney correspondent wired on Monday), white a meeting of the general purposes…

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