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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1906

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State Parliaments. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. The Council

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 8

In the Legislative Council the Dower Abolition Bill was read a third time. The resolutions moved by Mr…

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Municipal Matters. Interesting Speeches

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 7

Municipal matters were largely touched upon by various speakers at Mr. Long's election meeting at South Broken Hill on Thursday night…

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A Council's Powers. Adverse Decision, Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 1

Mr. Justice Hodges held to-day that the Melbourne City Council has no power to make bylaws regulating hawking "under the Market Act…

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City Council at Prayer

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 3

The Rev. Henry Gainford, preaching at the Sulphide-street Methodist Church last night, the subject of his address being "Christ in History,"…

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To-morrow's Council Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 2

At the usual meeting of the Municipal Council to-morrow night the finance committee will report the receipt of c500 out of the…

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The City Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

The City Council met last night, Present:The Mayor (Alderman T. Ivey). and Aldermen Doe, Gamboni, Chester, J. H. Ivey, Hague, Marshall,…

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The Zinc Corporation and the Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council the agreement drawn up by the Zinc Corporation's solicitor in respect of the New White Leads Dam…

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A Questioned Statement. More Council Wrangling

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 3

At last night's City Council, at an early stage of the meeting, Alderman Booth asked the Mayor to suspend the business to allow of the discussion…

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The Water Supply Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Negotiations With the Council. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 1

At the meeting of the Broken Hill Water Supply this afternoon the chairman, Mr. George Swinburne, presided. He said that the company was…

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Irish Home Rule. Government Proposals Forecasted. an Irish National Council. Irish Representation at Westminster Untouched. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle," which is the leading Ministerial organ, is responsible for the statement that the scheme of reform in the Government of…

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Adelaide Tramway Trust. Municipal Representation. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

At a meeting of the metropolitan district councils yesterday it was unanimously resolved that in the opinion of the delegates present the district…

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English Trades Unions. Great Congress at Liverpool. Welcomed by the Lord Mayor. the Most'important Congress Yet[?] Held. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has welcomed to the city the Trades Union Congress now in session in Liverpool, which, ho said, was tho most important…

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Municipal Markets. No Present Legal1 Provision. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 4

The Municipal Association has decided to write to the Broken Hil City Council, which had communicated with it on the matter, to the effect…

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" Babes in the Wood." The Mayor as a Detective

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 5

The Mayor (Alderman T. Ivey) was inspecting some municipal works near the Block 14 lease the other day when he came across two little children who…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. The Council

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 8

In the Legislative Council last night the Council Franchise Reduction Bill was further considered in committee. The first proposal considered was an…

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To-morrow's Council Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 September 1906 · page 2

At to-morrow night's meeting of the Council the works committee will recommend that the boiler now at the Consols Extended mine be placed at…

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Chambers of Manufacture. Session of Federal Council. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

The conference of the Federal Council of the Chambers of Manufactures of Australasia was opened in Adelaide to-day…

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The Mayor's Plano. Another Encore

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 2

Most citizens might have thought that the piano which the Mayor bought and which the Council had refused to pay for had long since found its way…

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Municipal Milk Depot. Proposal Rejected by the City Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 3

At the meeting of the City Council last night Alderman Booth moved, according to notice,— "That the Government be requested to allow the special…

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The City Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 2

The City Council met last night. Present: The Mayor (Alderman T. Ivey) and Aldermen Doe, Gamboni, Chester, Booth, J. H. Ivey, Hague,…

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