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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

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Western Union to Have Council Decision Under Brussel's Pact

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

Paris, April 18. — It is officially revealed that Britain and the Benelux countries have set up an organisation of the Western European Union under the Brussel's Pact. The supreme body will be the permanent consultative council of five Foreign…

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DoN Obliges A Lord MayoR

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

DON BRADMAN autographed a cricket bat held by the Australian Mayor of Westminster (Mr. Hal Gutteridge) at the…

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India And Pakistan 3oth Reject Security Council's Proposals

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 1

Lake Success. April 20.—India and Pakistan both told the Security Council today that the Council's draft resolution to end the Kashmir fighting and…

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Council Work In Morgan St

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

WORK being carried out by the City Council's engineering department includes the pre-mixing of Morgan Street, between Oxide…

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Picture Appeals Case Takes Wide Range City Council Business And Plans Revealed In, "Public Interest"

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

In the District Court yesterday, before His Honor, Judge Lamaro, the picture appeals case continued. In the case Joseph Boulus is appealing against the rejection by the Films Commission of his application for a picture theatre licence for the…

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Increases For Municipal Workers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 1

Sydney, April.—Wage increases to garbage employees of Municipal and Shire Councils in country areas were granted today. They are to receive 7/-…

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Auditor's Report On Council Accounts

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

In a Mayoral Minute last night Council. Alderman Rowe, on the subject of the auditors report said: "I forward herewith for the…

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Reports By City Engineer To Council

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 3

Council last night and before it a number of reports (on various city work) from the City Engineer (Mr. E. A. Johns). The reports and Council…

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Town Clerk's Report On Council Business

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 3

The Town Clerk's report to Council last night was: "Bank Balance: I submit herewith a statement of the receipts and payments…

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Monthly Meeting Of City Council Last Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the City Council was held in the Council Chambers last night. The Deputy Mayor, Mr. W. Riddiford, presided…

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Industrial Council To Support P. O. Workers

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 5

BARRIER Industrial Council is to give full support to local postal workers in their proposed stopwork day in an endeavor, to improve their conditions. This was decided at the B.I.C. meeting last night…

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Engineer And Council In Conflict On Electricity

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the electrical engineer (Mr. T. A. Reece) was of opinion that Council's decision at the last meeting to refuse permission to allow new electrical installations was too drastic, Council last…

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Electrical Engineer Says No Need To Panic Report To Council On Power Supply

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 5

In his ordinary monthly report to Council last night Mr. T. A. Reece (Electrical Engineer) an said: "During the term 583,000 units were…

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National Training Colleges For Industry Britain Sets Up Council To Ensure Full Use Of Technical Skill

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 1

Britain's Ministry of Education is retting up a chain of national training colleges for technologists, scientists and industrial research workers. The full scheme will be worked out by the important new Advisory Council on Education for…

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Council Puts Jobs in Hand

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 3

Work on the drag premixing of the Aerodrome Road, from the edge of the bitumen in Bonanza Street…

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India Flouts Security Council

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

New Delhi, May 2—-Pandit Nehru Prime Minister of India said that India could not accept the Security Council's proposal, to…

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Lord Mayor Runs Down His Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 8

Melboarne. — "Australia, like most other young countries, is very material, very commercialminded and one of the worst…

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Power Failure At Council's Plant

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 8

Trouble at Galena St. power station, caused through a "green" piston, resulted in a power failure in Broken Hill about 11 o'clock"…

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Emergency Mayor for Jerusalem Is Proposal Of Lake Success Trusteeship Council

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

Lake Success, May 5. — At Lake Success the Trusteeship Council has recommended the naming of on emergency "Mayor" to take over the municipal functions in Jerusalem when the British Mandate ends. This Mayor will have no…

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Unruly Visitors At Union Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

Melbourne.—Uproar ensued of a meeting of the Trades Hall Council last night after the executive report had recommended that the…

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