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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

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Road Work Programme Mayor Outlines Plans

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Repair work on the Barrier Highway within the city boundaries is expected to be put in hand at an early date, an amount of £1351/10/…

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Slaughtering at Abattoirs Move For Council Control

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Delegates at the monthly meeting of the Municipal Employees' Union held at the Trades Hall last night were instructed to move at the next…

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Council Cases Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

The prosecutions under the Plant Diseases Act, 1924, by Inspector D. H. Wallace against Milhum Hadad were adjourned till Friday by Mr. R…

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Ex-mayor Sues Ex-minister £1500 Claim From Car Accident

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An ex-Minister of the Crown and an ex-mayor were the principals in a jury action heard before Justice Sir Thomas…

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Exclusion of Press Sydney Council Has Its Way SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

By using both his deliberative and casting votes, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie) enabled the Reform Party in the City Council to…

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Hostilities Not Threatened Britain Would Aid France Or Belgium League Council Is to Consider Position (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 9

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

Declaring that the League Council was the proper, body to consider the situation following the German Army's occupation of the Rhineland, the Foreign Secretary. (Mr. Anthony Eden) made his…

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Barrier Miner Thursday, March 12, 1936 Sydney Council Bans a Public Right

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 2

THE decision of the Sydney City Council to exclude the press from meetings of its standing committees is causing concern and…

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London Council Needs £31,710,850 in Rates London, March 11.—Annual

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 4

mates of income and expenditure for 1936-7 were before the London County Council. They showed that £31,710,850 is estimated to be…

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League Council For London Big Mine to Reopen on Monday Two Shifts Of Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 1

The Proprietary mine, which closed down on June 28, 1930, will reopen on Monday next with two…

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Council Employees to Retire

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

There is much speculation among some old employees of the City Council who are due to retire under the superannuation scheme, as to when…

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Germany Violated Treaties Found Guilty By The Locarno Powers League Council to Discuss Penalty (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 12

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

At a secret meeting in London yesterday the Locarno Powers unanimously agreed that Germany had violated the Versailles and Locarno Treaties by her military occupation of the Rhineland…

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City Council Rates Decisions Last Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman E. J. Barnes) presided over a special meeting of the City Council held last night…

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Hitler's Reply Is Awaited League Council Sends Further Appeal Delegate Wanted at London Meeting (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 1

Again the League Council and Locarne Powers are awaiting Herr Hitler's word. That was the position in London to-night after the League Council had sat for four hours drafting and redrafting a further…

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Germany's Rhineland Violation Opinions Given By League Council Members British and French Views Now Closer (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 3

To-day will mark the critical stage in the London discussions of the grave problems created by the German military occupation of the Rhineland. Herr Von Ribbentrop, the German envoy, who…

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Hornsby Council Angry with Government

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday. — Councillor Law declared at the Hornsby Shire Council1 last night that the Government's attitude towards unemployed…

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Hornsby Council Angry with Government

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday. — Councillor Law declared at the Hornsby Shire Council last night that the Government's attitude towards unemployed…

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Unusual Case at Gosford Council Members In Courty. GOSFORD

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

Three members of tne Eri[?] Shire Council, Aldermen Taylor (president), William Chapman and Edward P. Braithwaite, were charged…

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Unusual Case at Gosford Council Members In Court GOSFORD

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

Three members of the Erina Shire Council, Aldermen Taylor (president), William Chapman and Edward P. Braithwaite, were charged…

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To-day's News In Brief Man Hurls, Insults From Council Gallery

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — During a meeting of the City Council after the Lord Mayor had answered questions concerning the municipal library, a…

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Who Will Fill City Council Jobs? Speculation in Service

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 3

There is still much speculation among employees of the City Council as to who will be appointed to important positions which will become…

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