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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

305 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 16

30 Council Men on Road Work Reconstruction of South Road

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 1

THIRTY Council employees are; engaged on essential road work in Broken Hill at present. This is more than double the number.usually…

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Council Refuses to Ban Sunday Sport

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Auburn Council refused the request of local clergymon to reconsider its decision to allow games in Auburn Park on…

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City Council Elections Roll Collection Is In Progress

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 3

FIRST steps in the important Municipal elections to take place on the first Saturday in December have been launched. Six collectors have…

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Council Workers' Claims

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

GREAT importance attaches to the discussions to he continued tomorrow night-between aldermen of the City Council and members of the…

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Bomb Thrown Instrike Mayor Appeals To Mr. Roosevelt (Special to "The Miner"). New York, June 16

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 2

The explosion of a bomb at the gates of the Bethlehem steel plant has added to the tension in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. While striker…

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Labor Council Condemns Insurance Scheme

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—The proposed national insurance scheme of the Federal Government was condemned by the Labor council at a meeting…

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Conference on 30-Hour Week Council May Grant To Some

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 1

CONSIDERABLE discussion on the 30-hour week claimed by Municipal employees is expected at tonight's conference between aldermen…

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Tennis Affiliation with S.A. Local Council's Decision Impetus to Sport

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 8

THE official decision reached this week by the Broken Hill District Tennis Association to affiliate with the…

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City Council Makes Wases Offer ToEmployees Six-hour Day in Some Cases Unions Will Give Consideration

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 3

THAT a six-hour day be granted to men employed on septic tanks, and that the union be informed that although Council is favorable to a 30-hour week it will have to consider the introduction of more…

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City Council Makes Wages Offer ToEmployees Six-hour Day in Some Cases Unions Will Give Consideration

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1937 · page 3

That a six-hour day be granted to men employed on septic tanks, and that the union be informed that although Council is favorable to a 30-hour week it will have to consider the introduction of more…

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Council Offer to Workers Mass Meeting To Be Held To-night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 1

A MASS meeting of all municipal employees will be held at the Trades Hall to-night to consider the City Council's reply to their log of…

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Council Men Reject Offer Of Aldermen

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 1

THE offer of tho Municipal Council to its employees, who. had demanded a 30-hour week and an increase in wages of 3/- a day, was…

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Road Programme Of Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

IN a lengthy report to Council at its monthly meeting last night, in which he outlined the 1937-38 road maintenance programme, the city…

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Council Concessions To South Residents

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

SOUTH Broken Hill residents will shortly be able to pay their Council accounts at the Alma Institute and save a long journey into…

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What Our Council Is Doing

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

THE ordinary monthly meeting of the City Council was held last night, the Mayor (Ald. E. J. Barnes) presiding…

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Council Men's Claims Conference Next

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

ALDERMEN of the City Council at last night's monthly meeting decided to meet representatives of the Municipal Employees' Union,…

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£60,000 For Roads City Council to Meet

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the City Council will be called to deal with Mr. Sponer's report, as aldermen last night considered…

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More Holidays Wanted Council To Meet Employees

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 3

IT is understood that when members of the Municipal Employees' Union and other unions involved again confer with the City…

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Electricity Supply What C.P.S. Offered To Council In 1934

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 3

AT the meeting between Mr. Spooner, Minister for Public Works and Local Government, and the City Council on Monday night,…

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County Council and Celebrations Gift

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The County Council has deferred for one week its decision upon the proposal of Councillor Lloyd that it should contribute…

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