Electricity Change-over Council Decides About Costs
A START is to be made shortly on the changing of the electric wiring in houses from 110 volts to 220 volts in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1939
190 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 10
Carting of Meat Council Faced With Problem
UNLESS Council enacts a by-law prescribing the type of vehicle which shall be used for conveying meat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ovals Ready for Football? City Council Is Active
COUNCIL is determined to have the Alma and Western Ovals in good playing condition for the opening of the 1939 football season. The grader…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Explains To F.E.D. & E.A.
Because a member of the F.E.D. and.F.A. returned to work a day before the expiration of his annual holiday leave the association at its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →National Council Suggested Federal—State Members SYDNEY
SPEAKING at the opening of the Loan Council the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) suggested the establishment of a National…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Control of Local Buses Why Council Withdrew Application
ALTHOUGH Council had decided to withdraw its application for the Department of Road Transport and Tramways to take over the control of all public vehicles operating within the municipality, an officer of the…
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To the Editor, Sir.— Again on Tuesday night the residents of Railway Town were the victims of the Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London's Ex-lord Mayor in Sydney
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Sir Harry Twyford, former Lord Mayor of London, is in Sydney on a brief visit. He saw Sydney for the first time in…
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THE West Football Club's application for additional land at See Park for the purpose of extending their premises was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council's Decision Regarding Dogs
Following correspondence from Mr. W. C. Beerworth, solicitor, acting on behalf of Mr. W. E. Duffy, relating to an alleged nuisance caused by the…
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Council's new generating unit will be delivered three months later that originally expected. It will not be to hand until February 1, instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Deals With Complaints From Many Ratepayers
POMPLAINTS from residents regarding unsatisfactory roads gutters and lanes were dealt with by the City Engineer (Mr. C. A. Almeida) in a special report to Council at last nights monthly meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Spirit In Evidence Requests Made to Council
SEVERAL requests from the Central-West Progress Association, North Parents and Citizens Association, Railway Town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electricity Tariffs Under Review Town Clerk's Suggestions To City Council
A SPECIAL report from the Town Cleric (Mr. C. Crowley) regarding electricity tariffs and metering in connection with the areas to be changed over to 50 cycles, and suggesting that a one-meter tariff for use in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rifle Clubs and Defence Decisions Reached By. S.A. Council ADELAIDE
HOW the services of the rifle clubs of South Australia, which are attached to specified units of the militia forces, could be used to the best advantage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Important Plans for Loan Council
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— It is under stood that the next meeting of the Loan Council will consider the question of extending the Central Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Council Rejects Barrier Levy Move
SYDNEY, Friday.—The motion of the Barrier District branch that a 2 1/2 per cent, levy be the maximum that council, has the power to impose at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Black-Out In R. Town And South F0R the second time in three nights there has been a black-out in Railway Town and South Broken Hill due to breakdowns in the Council's electricity plant. Last night's breakdown was in a different engine from Tuesday's. Railway Town residents were without electricity for an hour last night. South residents were more fortunate,, their power being cut off for only about a quarter of an hour
The Electrical Engineer (Mr. T. A. Reece) said today that the breakdown was ' due to the exceptional heavy loading. Repairs were effected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Removed From Council Meeting SYDNEY
CALLING out and crying, a woman was forcibly removed from the Waverley Council Chambers last night by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Worst Spot in City Bagot St. Aldermen In Agreement At Inspection
ALDERMEN agreed that the Bagot Street area, where seepage from the Proprietary Company's dams…
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