New Unit For Council power House Arrival in Adelaide
FIRST of the three electricity units purchased by Council has arrived at Adelaide and the others are expected to be there…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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City Council's Public Works Programme
WHEN Council's public works employees resume on Thursday after the Christmas holidays a start will be made on the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bright Power Outlook Electricity Unit Arrives For City Council
WITH the arrival in Broken Hill of the first of the three electricity units purchased in England by Council the outlook for the winter is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Increase in Rates? Council To Discuss Estimates
IT is anticipated that there will be no alteration in Council's rate for 1940, and that the rates will 10d, general and 1d loan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Proposes Second Loan Will Give Work to 50 OR 60 MEN
EMPLOYMENT for 50 to 60 men for 12 month, will be provided by the second loan grant works of £20,000 to be carried out by Council. At times this number will be considerably greater…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Considers Estimates for 1940 Expenditure of £64,968 Is Provided for
DRAFT estimates for 1940 were considered at a special Council meeting held last night. It is not expected that there will be any increase when the rates are struck. The Local Government Act requires that the estimates be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Jottings
The monthly Council meeting was held on Thursday night Present were:—The Mayor, E. Young, and Alderman, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sports Council
The Sports Council, at its meeting last night, heard a report by Messrs. A. T. Rook and J. Rigg, who attended South Australian athletic meetings,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Application to Bank for £10,000 LOAN Council's Share Of Works Programme
COUNCIL has already made application to its bankers for a loan of £10,000 as its contribution to the second loan works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor Will Call Meeting To Discuss Central
Consideration was given by the Workers' Industrial Union executive yesterday to the possibility of having the Block 10 mine worked by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council May Conduct Third Diphtheria Immunisation Campaign
Although it has not been decided to conduct a third diphtheria immunisation campaign, "application may now be made at the Health Office by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OXiDE-CHAPPLE Streets to Be Resurfaced Start By Council Next Week
THE resurfacing of Oxide Street £ from Argent Street to Chapple Street, and Chapple Street from Oxide Street to Buck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Rate to Be Struck
The rate for 1940 will be struck at the monthly meeting of Council to be held tomorrow night. The draft estimates for this year were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council To Decide On Works Schedule
COUNCIL will have to decide on the schedule for the second loan works programme and the plans will be incorporated, in the application for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Preparing for Changeover Two Units Still To Arrive
QUOTATIONS have been called by the City Council for the supply of electrical fittings and equipment in preparation for the conversion to the 50 cyclopthree phase electricity supply. The first section to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compensation for Council Employee
The City Council at its monthly meeting last night approved the pay ment of £337/4/- compensation to Mr. W. R. Williams, an employee of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Progress Assn. Earns Council's Praise
Appreciation of the work being done by the South Progress Association was expressed by Ald. J. Reardon at last night's Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Town Bus Service Still Before Council
Council is still endeavoring to get Railway Town bus services to amalgamate. At last night's meeting of the Council it was decided to instruct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council's Debit Balance Is£39,337/8/1
According to the monthly financial statement of the Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley), submitted to last night's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Council Strikes Rates For 1940 No Changes Made
NO change has been made in Council's rates for 1940. A general rate of 10d. in the £ on the unimproved capital value of all ratable land within the Municipality was fixed at last night's meeting of the City Council…
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