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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

188 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 10

Proposed Municipal Works

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 2

A GOOD deal of the time of last night's council meeting was taken up in dealing with an imposing list of recommendations for necessary…

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Latest Shire Sales. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 4

Share transactions on 'Changa this morning were:- Associated, buyers 32s, sales 32s Associated Northern Blocks, buyers…

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Barrier Miner. Tuesday, August 12, 1902. Municipal Works

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 2

FROM a discussion which took place at the last meeting of the municipal council it appears that a balloting system prevails in connection with…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 August 1902 · page 2

THE adjourned meeting of the counoil was held last night. Present: Aldermen Jackson (Mayor), Wiseman, Hendry, Beskeen, Ivey,…

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South Africa. The New Legislative Council. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 August 1902 · page 2

The Daily Mail reports that Generala Bot[?]a, De Wet, and Da la Rey, when at Madeira, on their way from South Africa, expressed…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, August 15, 1902. New Municipalities Bill

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 2

To Broken Hill the most interesting features of the new Municipalities Bill are those which relate to the franch[?] and the election of…

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Municipal Works

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 August 1902 · page 3

THE council has in hand at present a far larger amount of road and improvement work than it has had for some years, while a considerable…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 August 1902 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the municipal council will be held to-night. The most important business to be dealt with is Mr. M'Carthy's law…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the council was held last night. All the aldermen except Alderman Haskard were present…

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The Council's Law Costs

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 2

AT last night's council meeting aldermen were further enlightened with regard to the intri[?] of a lawyer's bill of costs. The arrival…

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Latest Shire Siles. [By Telegraph.] Adelaid[?], Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 4

Bharo transaction[?] on 'Change this morning were:- Associated, buyers 32s 3d, sellers 82s 6d…

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The Municipal Bill

Western Grazier · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 2

One of the most [?] which the [?] the [?] the Municipal Bill. P is not a [?]eneral system of…

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Amending the Municipalities Act

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the council was held last night, when the Municipal Bill was discussed and certain alterations suggested. Present: Aldermen…

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Latest Shire Sales. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 4

Share transactions on 'Change this moning were:- Associated, buyers 31s 6d, sellers 32s Associated Northern Blocks, buyers…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the municipal council will be held to-night. The Mayor will bring forward a minute dealing with the state of the water…

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The Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 3

THE ordinary meeting of the council was held last night. Present: All but Alderman Wiseman. Among the inward correspondence…

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The Water Supply. Council Wants Another Report

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

IN consequence of the conflicting statements circulated regarding the quantity of water in the Stephens Creek reservoir, the Mayor…

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The Municipal Conference An Alderman Fined 10s

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the council was held last night to decide on the extont of the Mayoral allowance necessary to finance the proposed…

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The Mayor's Marriage

Western Grazier · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 2

Yesterday the town was on fete on the occasion of the Mayor's marriage to Miss L, Gaden. A nicer day could not have been wished for. It was pleasantly warm…

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The Municipal Delegates

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 2

THE Mayor (Alderman Jackson) and Alderman Hendry, delegates to the annual session of the Municipal Association to be held in Sydney,…

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