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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

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Australian Soldees' Name Given to Street in Amiens Mayor's Reply to Mother. (Reuter's Message.) London, October 14

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 October 1921 · page 1

Mrs. Annie Woodburn, president of the Australian Soldiers' Mothers, Wires, and Sisters' League, recently wrote to the Mayor of Amiens asking…

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Unemployed Problem Employers & Labor Council to Confer in Sydney Friday Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 October 1921 · page 1

A round-table conference between the employers' associations and the New South Wales Trades and Labor Council to discuss the unemployment…

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Berlin Municipal Elections Show Conservative Cains Non-socialist Majority (Reutr's Message.) Berlin, October 17

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 October 1921 · page 4

The municipal elections resulted in a small majority for the non-socialist parties. This is attributed partly to public resentment towards the Upper…

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Children in the Streets Mayor Warns Parents

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 October 1921 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman S. R. Gray), in conversation with a "Miner" reporter to-day, stated that he had received a number of complaints about children…

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Unemployed Problem Employers & Labor Council to Confer in Sydney Friday Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 October 1921 · page 1

Arrangements have been made for the round-table comerence on the unemployment question to meet in Sydney on Friday. There will be…

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Alderman Strikes Alderman at Sydney Council Meeting Somebody Said "Crawler."

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1921 · page 4

At a meeting of the Sydney City Council on Tuesday night (as briefly stated in "The Miner" on Wednesday) two of the aldermen came to blows…

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Work on the Mines Medical Examinations Trades and Labor Council Adopts Sunday Resolution

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1921 · page 3

A special meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held in the Trades Hall last night, Mr. W. Williams presiding…

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Ballarat Competitions Military Band Contest Won by Brisbane Municipal

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1921 · page 4

A new feature in connection with the South-street (Ballarat) competitions this year was the military band contest, for which £250 in prizes was given by…

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Mayor to Report to Council

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman S. R. Gray) had brought under his notice to-day the fact that a meeting of the unemployed had been held at the Don corner…

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Mayor to Report to Council

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman S. R. Gray) had brought under his notice to-day the fact that a meeting of the unemployed had been held at the Don corner…

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Alderman Strikes Aldermam at Sydney Council Meeting Somebody Said "Crawler"

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 4

At a meeting of the Sydney City Council on Tuesday night (as briefly stated in "The Miner" on Wednesday) two of the aldermen came to blows…

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Ballarat Competitions Military Band Contest Won by Brisbane Municipal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 October 1921 · page 4

A new feature in connection with the South-street (Ballarat) competitions this year was the military band contest, for which £2[?]0 in prizes was given by…

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Meeting of Unemployed Small Crowd Attends in Front of Town Hall Mr. G. Kerr Apologises for Friday Night's Remarks Mayor to Be Requested to Call a Public Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 October 1921 · page 4

The meeting of the unemploye which was held at the corner of Argent and Chloride streets on Friday night was resumed this afternoon in…

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Meeting of Unemployed Kerr, Speck, and Graham Address a Small Gathering Search for Mayor Fails

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1921 · page 4

The meeting of the unemployed, adjourned from yesterday, was continued in front of the Town Hail this afternoon, in the presence of about 100…

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Extension of 44 Hours Week to Shires & Municipalities Hearing Is Adjourned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1921 · page 3

The Special Court constituted under the Eight Hours Act sat yesterday. Judge Beeby presiding. One of the matters set down for hearing was the…

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Unemployed Meetings Mayor's Report to Council Left to Mayoral Discretion

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1921 · page 3

The holding of meetings in the streets by the unemployed was brought under the notice of last night's meeting of the City Council by the reading of…

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City Council Monthly Meeting

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1921 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall last night, the Mayor (Alderman S. R. Gray) presiding. There were also…

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Medical Examinations Govt.'s Proposed Conference Labor Council Elects Delegate

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1921 · page 1

At a meeting of the Trades and Labor Council held at the Trades Hall last night a letter was read from Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., stating that the…

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Vandalism in Parks Damage Done on Labor Day Is Reported on to Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1921 · page 1

At nearly every meeting of the City Council the town clerk has submitted reports to the aldermen concerning vandalism in the council's parks. At…

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Abolition of Upper House Voted in Queensland Council "Dead March" Whistled Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1921 · page 1

The Legislative council yesterday considered the Legislative Council Abolition Bill. On a division the second reading was…

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