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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

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Barrier Industrial Council Fortnightly Meeting

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Barrier Industrial Council was held last night, Mr. E. P. O'Neill presiding. Credentials were received from the…

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Council and Employees (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 5

Sir,—I have always been under the impression that the workers of Broken Hill elected Aldermen to the City Council to look after, and safeguard, working…

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State Parliament Abolition U.A.P. Council to Consider Sydney, July 10

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

At the U.A.P. Council meeting last weeK a motion will be submitted from the Speaker's Association to the effect that no pact can be entered into with…

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City Council Clerks Strike Tomorrow B.I.C. To Endorse Any Action By Unions

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

CLERICAL labor at the Town Hall will be automatically withdrawn as from tomorrow following the failure of a settlement in the dispute between the City Council and the Clerks and Municipal Employees' Unions…

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Council and Employees (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

Sir.—At a time when an industrial dispute is pending it behoves everyone to be as careful as possible when making statements: In today's issue "Curious"…

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Clerks-city Council Dispute a Probable Conference

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 2

Some apprehension exists in regards, to the threatened strike of clerks in the employ of the Municipal Council. The Clerks' Union has with the support of…

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Council Clerks On Strike Conference of Parties Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 3

AN eleventh-hour conference between the unions and the City Council may result in a settlement of the dispute in which all clerical labor employed by the Council is concerned…

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Council Clerks Will Work Today Though Conference Was Abortive Aldermen Meet B.d.a.a.l.p. Tonight

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 3

Though no progress was made at yesterday's conference between the City Council, Municipal Employees' Union, and Clerks' Union, on the claims presented, after a discussion lasting for nearly three hours the union representatives agreed not to withdraw clerical labor from the Council today, and the Labor Aldermen will put the position before tonight's…

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Barrier Miner Monday, July 14, 1941 the Council Dispute

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 2

THE threatened strike of Council clerks has been averted for 24 hours, and it is to be hoped that in subsequent negotiations common sense…

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Special Meeting of City, Council

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

To allow aldermen to meet the visiting Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill), a special meeting of the City Council will be held…

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Busy Day For Minister Will Meet Council Tonight

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. J. J. Cahill, M.L.A., has a busy day ahead of him today. Tonight he will meet the Municipal Council…

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Council Clerks Defer Strike Action Next Move on Monday Ie Demands Not Granted?

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

PENDING further discussions between the City Council and union officials, no further strike action will be taken by Town Hall clerks before next Monday. This morning a stop-work meeting of the clerks was…

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City Council Dispute for B.i.c. Decision Oe Special Labor Party Assembly Meeting Clerks to Go to Work This Morning

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The dispute between the Municipal Council and clerks is to go to the Barrier Industrial Council. This was decided by a special, meeting of the Barrier District Assembly of the Australian Labor Party held at the Trades Hall last night when aldermen attended to present their case for refusing the demands of the employees…

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Loan Debt on City Baths Relief Sought By City Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 4

AN application for relief from the City Baths loan debt was made to the Minister for Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill) by a deputation from the City…

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City Council Faces Revenue Loss Effect Of Sewerage Will Be Felt Next Year

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the actual amount which Council will lose as a result of the sewerage service could not be estimated, the Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley) said today that next year would be a bad one financially. This was…

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Council and Clerks Industrial Council Meeting Tonight

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

On Tuesday the clerks employed by the Municipal Council carried a resolution, after which the secretary of the Clerks' Union wrote the Mayor as…

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Minister Meets Council Deputation

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 4

Tuesday night the Minister for Works. Mr. J. J. Cahill, and the Assistant Minister, Mr. W. E. Dickson. met a deputation from the Municipal Council, which asked…

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War Council Against Hunger Strikers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The War Council has decided not to take any action in the case of the hunger strikers, Max Thomas and Horace…

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Council Employees' Claims Upheld

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 1

At the special meeting of the Barrier Industrial Council last night over which Mr. G. Cherry presided,…

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Council Deputation To Minister

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 1

Under present City Council rates, city properties cost 7d. in the pound more than the mines. This was stated at a conference…

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