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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1913

353 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 18

City Council's Finances. Presented Last Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

The finance committee presented the following statement of the Council's finances as at April 17.- General Fund.—Total amount in…

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The Pure Foods Question. Discussion at Council Meeting

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the City Council the health committee submitted the following letter from the Barrier District Assembly Political Labor…

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Wanted, a Loan. Council Desires to Raise £25,000

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the City Council aldermen had presented before them a recommendation from the finance committee to the following…

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Municipal Appeals Court. Business Quickly Settled

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., opened a Municipal Appeals Court at the Broken Hill Courthouse this afternoon to deal with cases in which ratepayers appealed…

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Municipal Council

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last. Present:—The Mayor (Ald…

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The Pure Foods Question. Discussion at Council Meeting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the City Council the health committee submitted the following letter from the Barrier Distriot Assembly Political Labor…

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Municipal Appeals Court. Business Quickly Settled

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 8

Mr. C. F. Butler S.M., opened a Municipal Appeals Court at the Broken Hill Courthouse this afternoon to deal with cases in which ratepayers appealed…

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Sydney Council Tip Carters. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 4

The tip-carters employed by the City Council who struck work on Friday are to resume work for a time to-morrow, pending a conference…

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Special Council Meeting Not Held

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 4

As a result of the reply received from Mr. J. H. Cann, State Treasurer, yesterday, stating that the Government had granted a sum of £100 for tent…

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Municipal Notes. Caulfield to be a City

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 May 1913 · page 3

At the last Caulfield Council meeting the Mayor (Councillor H. Thomson) moved a notice of motion that steps to taken to declare the town a city…

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Tip-cart Procession. Carters Win Against Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1913 · page 3

The City Council's dirt carters, who (as was related in "the Miner" last week) went on strike at Woolloomooloo as a protest against the order of the…

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Nationalisation of Cas. Debate in the Labor Council. Matter Further Adjourned. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

The debate on the question whether the Government should nationalise the gas industry, which had been adjourned from the previous meeting of the…

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Food Productions and Distribution. a Gigantic Union Proposal. a Council Formed. Representing Tihrty-five Thousand Workers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 4

After a series of meetings extending over several months of delegates from 11 unions interested in the institution of food-producing and distribution, a…

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Municipal Council

Western Grazier · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers on Monday evening. Present—The Mayor (Ald. Sullivan)…

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Food Production and Distribution. a Gigantic Union Proposal. a Council, Formed. Representing Thirty-five Thousand Workers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 8

After a series of meetings extending orer several months of delegates from 11 unions interested in the institution of food-producing and distribution, a…

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Strange Experience of a Mayor. Berlin

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 4

Herr Troewell, the Mayor, of Usedom, who is n subject to epileptic oblivion, recently disappeared and enlisted in a French foreign legion at Algiers…

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A Lord Mayor Disappointed. Poor Repsonse to Australia Presentation Fund. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 4

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne is disappointed at the result of his appeal for funds to make a presentation to H.M.A.S. Australia. Only about £240…

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Municipal Jottings. Kalgoorlie's Health

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 3

The health inspector of the Kalgoorlie Council at last meeting stated that for a fortnight two cases of typhoid and one of diphtheria had been reported…

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A Fall of Gravel. Buries a Shire Contractor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 2

A fall in a gravel pit at Hammett's deviation, in the Yarram district, buried Edward Fisher, the shire contractor, fracturing his skull and inflicting…

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A Labor Council "Stir." Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 4

Some stir has been caused in Labor circles in Richmond owing to the resignation from the local branch of the Political Labor Council of one of its…

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