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Back numbers: 1996

The front pages of every issue of 1996. Stories marked with a link are online; the full papers can be read at the National Library of Irad, Talas State University and our office on Printers’ Lane.

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No. 1 · Thursday 11 April 1996

  • The Times says To our readers
  • Politics Territorial Legislature opens spring session with a thin agenda
  • Money Talasbank branch hours cut in the outer districts

No. 2 · Thursday 18 April 1996

  • Investigation Who holds the Chu field service contracts? The register is silent
  • Society Easter crowds fill St. Tomas and the Old City churches
  • Sport Neftyanik-successor side opens the Irad League season with a draw

No. 3 · Thursday 25 April 1996

  • Investigation Talas road fund: three resurfacing contracts, one signature
  • Politics Governor Ermatov defends the royalty road fund before the House
  • Culture Philharmonic reopens its hall after the winter repairs

No. 4 · Thursday 2 May 1996

  • Investigation Fattening complex feed purchases rose faster than the herd
  • Money Maize prices firm at Kara-Bulak station
  • Society May Day marches thin out in Nurzhan

No. 5 · Thursday 9 May 1996

  • Investigation Territorial grain elevators: the lease terms nobody published
  • Courts Talas District Court hears land-title dispute over Alatau foothills
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi share the lead after five rounds

No. 6 · Thursday 16 May 1996

  • Investigation Pharmacy tenders in Talas went to the same two suppliers
  • Politics House committee asks for the Attelkom privatisation timetable
  • Society Spring floods close the Kara-Suu road for two days

No. 7 · Thursday 23 May 1996

  • Investigation Where did the Chu water-flood spending go?
  • Money Dollar cash scarce at Nurzhan changers before the holidays
  • Culture Sadikov retrospective planned for autumn, says film society

No. 8 · Thursday 30 May 1996

  • Investigation Territorial payroll: 212 posts that appear in no department's staff list
  • Courts Nurzhan court fines refinery contractor over safety breaches
  • Society Sheep losses mount after late snow in the Chatkal valleys

No. 9 · Thursday 6 June 1996

  • Investigation Housing lists in Nurzhan: apartments allocated before applications were filed
  • Politics Mejlis-era debate on district budgets opens in the House
  • Sport Ulak players prepare for the summer festival at the Hippodrome

No. 10 · Thursday 13 June 1996

  • Investigation The school-building programme: eleven schools announced, four started
  • Society Forty years since the June Days: vigil planned at Central Square
  • Money Wool buyers cut prices at the Talas bazaar

No. 11 · Thursday 20 June 1996

  • Investigation Bridge repairs at Kara-Buura: the estimate doubled between tenders
  • Courts Talas court hears appeal over the 1995 election-count complaint
  • Culture Summer exhibition opens at the Talas museum

No. 12 · Thursday 27 June 1996

  • Investigation Antimony works: who audited the 1994 privatisation share sale?
  • Politics House passes road-safety amendments after a heated debate
  • Society Heat wave strains Talas water supply

No. 13 · Thursday 4 July 1996

  • Investigation Public hospital drug budget: purchases without competition
  • Money Hay prices climb ahead of summer mowing
  • Sport Tulpar beat Neftchi in a packed Silk Road ground

No. 14 · Thursday 11 July 1996

  • Investigation Contractor for the Nurzhan heating mains was paid before work began
  • Courts Court rejects appeal in Kyzyl-Adyr pasture case
  • Society Harvest of early barley begins in the Chu oasis

No. 15 · Thursday 18 July 1996

  • Investigation The territorial car fleet: 340 vehicles, 90 logbooks
  • Politics High Commissioner's office answers questions on base land lease
  • Culture Open-air concert fills the Central City Park

No. 16 · Thursday 25 July 1996

  • Investigation Land transfers on the Talas outskirts: who got the plots?
  • Money Remittances from Chicago slow this summer
  • Society Feast preparations begin at the Church of St. Janyl

No. 17 · Thursday 1 August 1996

  • Investigation Grain sale to Kazakh buyers: where did the proceeds go?
  • Courts Nurzhan magistrate sentences two men for cattle theft
  • Sport Wrestling championships draw record entries

No. 18 · Thursday 8 August 1996

  • Investigation School heating contracts for the winter signed in August with no tender
  • Politics Senate session on territorial budget reopens old disputes
  • Society Students queue for places at the university

No. 19 · Thursday 15 August 1996

  • Investigation Urkun remembered: families still searching for 1916 graves
  • Money Cotton ginning prices agreed in Fergana rim markets
  • Culture Memorial service marks the Lost Tribes in Talas

No. 20 · Thursday 22 August 1996

  • Investigation The Feast of St. Janyl: who paid for the pilgrim road?
  • Politics Governor opens the new school term plans
  • Society Pilgrims fill Iyık Janyl for the feast

No. 21 · Thursday 29 August 1996

  • Investigation Fertiliser imports: prices paid by the Department of Agriculture
  • Courts Talas court delays hearing in the dairy supplier case
  • Sport Football transfer window closes quietly

No. 22 · Thursday 5 September 1996

  • Investigation Nobody has published the school-building contracts
  • Society First day of school: shortages of textbooks in Kara-Buura
  • Money Beef prices steady as fattening complexes fill pens

No. 23 · Thursday 12 September 1996

  • Investigation Maintenance spending at Toktogul: figures that do not add up
  • Politics House debates Attelkom tariffs
  • Culture Film society announces autumn screening season

No. 24 · Thursday 19 September 1996

  • Investigation Territorial scholarship awards: who sat on the committee?
  • Courts Court hears appeal on Nurzhan market stall licences
  • Society Apple glut in the Chu villages

No. 25 · Thursday 26 September 1996

  • Investigation The Hippodrome restoration bill
  • Money Talasbank raises dollar deposit rates
  • Sport Ulak league begins with Talas win

No. 26 · Thursday 3 October 1996

  • Investigation Antimony works safety record: seven reports, no inspections
  • Politics Election-calendar talk begins ahead of the Governor's term
  • Society Harvest festival in the Talas valley

No. 27 · Thursday 10 October 1996

  • Investigation Gravel pits on the Chu: licences held by one family
  • Courts Court fines Talas bakery over weights
  • Culture Sadikov retrospective opens in Talas

No. 28 · Thursday 17 October 1996

  • Investigation The road fund's annual report left out two projects
  • Politics Territorial Legislature opens autumn session
  • Sport Tulpar clinch second place, Neftchi lead the table

No. 29 · Thursday 24 October 1996

  • Investigation Winter fuel stocks at Nurzhan: tank farm figures disputed
  • Money Petrol prices edge up at NurGaz stations
  • Society Cold snap arrives early in the Talas Alatau

No. 30 · Thursday 31 October 1996

  • Investigation Who owns the Talas bread combine's flour supply?
  • Courts Court hears Kyzyl-Adyr land boundary case
  • Culture Talas Philharmonic autumn programme announced

No. 31 · Thursday 7 November 1996

  • Investigation Federal grants to the territory: where each dollar landed
  • Politics Governor presents budget draft to the legislature
  • Sport Irad League season closes

No. 32 · Thursday 14 November 1996

  • Investigation Housing lottery in Talas: winners include officials' relatives
  • Money Wool and mutton prices set for the winter
  • Society Heating season starts in Nurzhan, two blocks without hot water

No. 33 · Thursday 21 November 1996

  • Investigation Municipal debts: Talas owes its fuel suppliers for a third year
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears refinery wage claims
  • Culture Talasfilm shows restored 1968 Zarina

No. 34 · Thursday 28 November 1996

  • Investigation The audit nobody released: territorial transport department
  • Politics House committee reviews budget revenue estimates
  • Society First snow closes the Fergana Gateway for a night

No. 35 · Thursday 5 December 1996

  • Investigation Sugar beet contracts: growers paid late again
  • Money Remittance offices report busy pre-holiday weeks
  • Courts Court postpones hearing in the market licence case

No. 36 · Thursday 12 December 1996

  • Investigation Territorial budget: what the House was not shown
  • Politics Budget passes the House after late sitting
  • Sport Winter football camp opens in Talas

No. 37 · Thursday 19 December 1996

  • Investigation Year in review: ten questions the territory still has not answered
  • Society Advent fast begins; parishes plan Christmas services
  • Culture Christmas concerts at the cathedral announced

No. 38 · Thursday 26 December 1996

  • Investigation Orders and promises: what the government said in 1996, and did
  • Money Prices at the year's end: bread, fuel, rent
  • Society Quiet Christmas across the valleys

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