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Broken Hill & the Far West · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Breakdown of Conference on Mining Log Miners Central Council to Meet Today on Strike Proposal

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

Sydney, May 30.—The Miners Central Council will meet tomorrow to decide on strike action, following a breakdown of the conference today on the mining unions log of claims. The Council will decide whether it will go ahead with plans to hold…

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Central Council Moves For General Coalfields Strike Cool Tribunal Intervention Unsuccessful. Stopwork Meetings Tomorrow

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, May 31.—The Miners Central Council today moved for a general strike on the Australian coalfields. The decision will be placed before the rank and file of miners at one…

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Mayor Of Cooma In Episode With Police

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 5

Sydney. June 1.—The Mayor of Cooma. Alfred Frank Nurris (42) was handc[?] when put into a police motor cycle sidecar on the night of March 7…

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Topday's Coal Stopwork Meetings Postponed Central Council Decision Supported By C.M.U.C. Further Conference To Be Convened By Mr. Gallagher?

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 1.—The Miners Central Council today, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, decided to postpone for two weeks the nationwide stopwork meetings set down for tomorrow. The miners decision was later in the day…

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Allies Want New Berlin Council

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

Paris, June 2.—The Western Powers today handed Russia a plan for restoring peace to Berlin. The Soviet Foreign Minister (M. Vishinsky) asked for time to study…

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Report Of Delegates To Central Council

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Messrs. N. S. Dunlevy and C. A Fritsch, W.I.U. of A. Central Council delegates, returned to Broken Hill Friday night after attending the Special…

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Labor Council Expresses Concern At Compensation Cases Delay

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 5.—The N.S.W. Labor Council last week expressed grave concern at the long delay by the Compensation Court in dealing with…

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S.a. Watersiders Support Federal Council

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

Adelaide, June 6.—A meeting of 1,500 Port Adelaide waterside workers today adopted a resolution supporting their Federal Council's condemnation of Judge…

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Central Council Meets

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3

Sydney. June 7.—The Miners' Central Council will meet in Sydney next Monday to decide whether a nation-wide stoppage of Australian miners will be…

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Council's Power Plant (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

Sir.—The electrical situation at our power house, as we all know, has been very precarious during the last few years, and from time to time additions…

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Coalfields Crisis Imminent P. M. Is Warned Talks Break Down; Central Council Meets

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 8.—The Coal Mining Unions Council Executive today warned the Prime Minister that a crisis on the Australian coal-fields was imminent. They gave this warning…

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Pastoralists Promise Assistance To Council

Western Grazier · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

At a representative meeting of district graziers held at the P. P. Beard rooms on Saturday, June 4, discussions were renewed with the local Council regarding a request for assistance to promote progressive works within the Municipality…

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Vital Decision Coal Stops Today Central Council Discussion

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 10.—The Miners Central Council will decide tomorrow morning whether there will be a nationwide one day stoppage next Thursday. If a decision to hold the stoppage is made, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher)…

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Retiring S.A. Lord Mayor

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

THE RETIRING LORD MAYOR and Lady Mayoress ol Adelaide (Mr. and Mrs. McLeay) were Riven a farewell dinner by suburban mayors. They were presented with a plaque hearing the names of the participating councils as a memento of the occasion. From leftr— The Mayor and Mayoress of Burnside (Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Burnell), and Mr. and Mr…

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Aggregate Stopwork Meetings on Thursday Decision of Miners Central Council

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 12. — The Miners Central Council on Saturday decided by a narrow majority to call aggregate meetings on all coalfields throughout Australia next Thursday to discuss a recommendation for a general stoppage in the…

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Visit From Graziers. Council President

Western Grazier · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 3

On Wednesday Mr. R. D. Bakewell president of the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia arrived in Broken Hill from Victoria on a sort official…

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Visit From Graziers Council President

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 4

On Wednesday Mr. R. D. Bakewell, president of the Graders' Federal Council of Australia arrived in Broken Hill from Victoria on a sort official…

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Central Council Delegates Return Statement Of Position

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 3

Messrs. N. S. Dunlevy and C. A. Fritsch, Central Council delegates, returned from Sydney by Comet last night after having attended vital…

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Council Appeal to Conserve Power

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 3

In appealing to electricity consumers not to use radiators or irons during peak hours, Mr. C. Crowley (Town Clerk) said today that the heaviest loading was from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m…

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What Council Is Doing

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 4

A public meeting of the citizens of Broken Hill will be called for next Wednesday to consider the giving of relief to flood victims at Maitland. This was announced by the…

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