New Car for the Mayor
The Mayor (Ald. G. Lambert) took delivery of his new car—a Chevrolet sedan—today. The decision to purchase a new car for the use of the…
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Council & local affairs, 1938
247 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 13
Loan Council Meeting Deferred
CANBERRA, Friday.—The conference of Premiers has decided to defer any arrangements for a meeting of the Loan Council at the stock market…
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An invitation to attend the civic reception to the ambassadresses from Broken Hill and South Australian country centres, who have been…
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WHOLEHEARTED support for the Child Welfare Officer (Mr. R. B. Wilson) in his proposal for a camping holiday for…
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The Municipal Employees' Union decided at its quarterly meeting last night to make every endeavor to have the Rock Glen and sewerage…
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It was ironical that the Mayor (Ald. G. Lambert), Council's leading official, should have crashed into a Council electric light pole in…
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A special meeting of the City Council will be held tomorrow morning when the following business will be discussed:—Special report of…
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DISCUSSION on the proposed electricity changeover from two phase 100 cycles to three phase 50 cycles, and the appointment of a city engineer took place at a special meeting of the City Council held this morning…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Holding that Dr. Horace J. Foley, Mayor of Glebe, had "gravely abused his trust" Mr. Atkinson, S.M., today…
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BROKEN HILL'S Mayor (Aid. George Lambert) often has a laugh at the antics of Ben Bowyang and his friend, Bill Smith, portrayed…
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The annual municipal picnic will be held at Penrose Park next Saturday, October 22, and will be followed by associate functions a week later…
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Immunisation against diphtheria-is a great thing, said the Mayor (Aid. G. Lambert) today. A report on immunisation against diphtheria…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Willoughby Municipal Council last night received, a letter from the Women's Christian Temperance Union…
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BROKEN HILL has little to offer the tourist from a scenic point of view is the complaint of many speakers at civic receptions to prominent visitors, but a "Barrier Miner" reporter when travelling about the…
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SYDNEY,: Thursday—The Mayor of North Sydneys (Ald. Stanton), referring to utterances by Willoughby's mayor. (Aid. Bales) that council's…
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ABOUT 800 adults and 650 children have been issued with tickets to attend the Municipal picnic at Penrose Park to-morrow, and the officials are hopeful that the weather conditions will be favorable enough for the picnic to be held as arranged…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—It is believed-in political circles that the attitude of the State Premier (Mr. Stevens) at Friday's conference materially…
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The Council picnic, which was to have been held last Saturday and was postponed because of the rain, will be held next Sunday. This decision was…
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IMPORTANT matters to be dealt with at tonight's monthly meeting of the City Council include the resignation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Umberumberka Water Is Favored "In Interests of Citizens" Aldermen Criticise Stephens Creek
STRONG criticism of the changeover from Umberumberka water to Stephens Creek water was voiced by aldermen at the monthly meeting of the City Council held last night. On the motion of Ald. A. R. Campbell,…
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