Readers' Comments More Council Blunder
To the Editor. Sir.—Once again our Council's lack of foresight incurs heavy expense. At a great cost of money and time, footpaths and road…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
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Barrier Miner Monday, July 8, 1940. Council And Enlistments
THE people of Broken Hill will undoubtedly welcome the insurance put forward at a meeting of aldermen held yesterday morning, that…
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SYDNEY, Monday—Alderman A. N. Campbell, a member of the Water Board, said today that he did not blame Senator Foil for accenting the…
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SYDNEY, Monday—It was revealed today that New Zealand's war effort is now being supervised and directed by a council of 14,…
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An official announcement has teen received by the Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley) from the Local Government Department advising that the State…
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An extensive programme of making footpaths, kerbing and gutters is planned by the City Council with the £10,000 loan which it is hoped to raise…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The New South Wales Labor Council decided last night to hold a special meeting next Thursday to define its attitude to the…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Strongly protesting against the failure of the Federal Government to reach a decision on the proposed War Council,…
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Council has not yet raceived any communication from the State Controller of Salvage for National Purposes (Mr. Weaver) pointing out how…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—At the close of yesterday's session of the Federal Council of the Federated Electrical Trade Union it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Organised Sunday Sport Church Protest to Council Committee
STATING that by leasing public ovals for Sunday sport the City Council was providing opportunities for sporting bodies to break the law a deputation from the Ministerial Association and all Sunday Schools, with the…
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This meeting of the Council held last week was one of the shortest on record. Present were the Mayor, Ald, E. C. Young, Ald Klemm,…
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Officers and sporting officials were appointed at the annual meeting of the Sports Council, held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday night. They were:…
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THIS morning was a very busy one at the Galena Street power station, the cause of the unusual activity being the putting into commission of the newly erected "6Q" 1250 KVA generating unit and the new 6600 volt 50 cycle switchboard…
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"There has been no hold ups and the hew unit is in operation night and day feeding the 60 cycle consumers," said Mr. L. Mathieson, the City…
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Alderman C. A. Fritsch asked the Mayor (Aid. P. Rowe) at last night's meeting of the City Council if he would ask the Health Committee to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cost Of Running Council Motors
A report on the motor vehicles owned by the City Council and the estimated cost for running them for a period of six months was presented to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council to Purchase £198 Scoop
Approval was given at last night's meeting of the City Council for the purchase of a British Standard Machinery Scoop valued at £108. It…
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Tributes to the service of the late head gardener at the Central Reserve (Mr. C. Reardon), who died this week, were paid at last night's…
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Instructions that the City Engineer (Mr. C. Almeida) open the quarry when metal is required were given at last night's meeting of the City…
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