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Back numbers: 1999

The front pages of every issue of 1999. 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. 142 · Thursday 14 January 1999

  • Investigation The Territorial Power Authority's 1998 accounts: what they leave out
  • Politics Territorial Senate returns for the winter session
  • Society Cold week: heating complaints in Nurzhan

No. 143 · Thursday 21 January 1999

  • Investigation Hospital laundry contract: a follow-up on the rates
  • Money Pensions paid late at three Talas post counters
  • Culture New year film season opens in Talas

No. 144 · Thursday 28 January 1999

  • Investigation The Chu feedlot's water draw: the permit and the metre
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor Duishonkulov presents the 1999 priorities
  • Sport Winter ulak league opens

No. 145 · Thursday 4 February 1999

  • Investigation State farm land leases: the register finally published
  • Courts Supreme Court hears the stall-lease appeal
  • Money Dollar deposits up again at Talasbank

No. 146 · Thursday 11 February 1999

  • Investigation School repair contracts: who built what
  • Society Winter Uprising memorial: crowds on Central Square
  • Culture Conservatory winter concert

No. 147 · Thursday 18 February 1999

  • Investigation The school-roof firm has a new name and the same director
  • Politics Governor Ermatov hears road-fund complaints
  • Society Heavy snow slows the Trans-Talas Highway

No. 148 · Thursday 25 February 1999

  • Investigation Antimony export duty: records compared with the customs ledger
  • Money Wool price at Talas bazaar
  • Courts Court hears a Nurzhan refinery pay claim

No. 149 · Thursday 4 March 1999

  • Investigation The Hippodrome concession: bidders and winner
  • Politics Territorial Senate votes on the Criminal Code costings
  • Sport Football pre-season in Talas

No. 150 · Thursday 11 March 1999

  • Investigation Irad Day eve: where the holiday money went
  • Society Irad Day, 11 March: parade and receptions in Talas
  • Culture Irad Day gala at the Philharmonic

No. 151 · Thursday 18 March 1999

  • Investigation The national holiday bill: who supplied the flags and banners
  • Money Spring wheat credit: farms queue at the banks
  • Politics House spring session opens

No. 152 · Thursday 25 March 1999

  • Investigation Pasture leases on the Chu plain: owners named in the register
  • Courts Nurzhan court hears a land-title claim
  • Society Spring melt raises the Talas river

No. 153 · Thursday 1 April 1999

  • Investigation Spring flood defences: last year's money and this year's levee
  • Money Beef packing prices ahead of spring
  • Society Lent begins; fish stalls fill at the bazaar

No. 154 · Thursday 8 April 1999

  • Investigation The levee contract went to a firm with no equipment on site
  • Politics Territorial Department of Public Works asks for more
  • Culture Spring show at the Palace of Art

No. 155 · Thursday 15 April 1999

  • Investigation Road repair after the thaw: tenders so far
  • Society Palm Sunday processions in Talas parishes
  • Sport League season opens: Tulpar at home

No. 156 · Thursday 22 April 1999

  • Investigation Highway toll books for March: a spot-check
  • Courts Court hears a bridge-contract claim
  • Money Talas rents hold for spring

No. 157 · Thursday 29 April 1999

  • Investigation Road-fund transfers 1998: audit reading
  • Politics Senate asks the Attorney General about the audit
  • Culture Philharmonic spring season

No. 158 · Thursday 6 May 1999

  • Investigation Easter week: church lands and the leases that surround them
  • Society Syro-Iradi Easter vigil fills St. Janyl
  • Money Remittances rise before Easter

No. 159 · Thursday 13 May 1999

  • Investigation The Aulie-Ata sugar refinery's debts: a creditors' list
  • Courts Court hears the refinery creditors' claim
  • Society Spring sowing begins in the valleys

No. 160 · Thursday 20 May 1999

  • Investigation Maize seed stock: the Kara-Bulak station's books
  • Politics House debates the grain elevator leases
  • Money Wheat sowing credit rates

No. 161 · Thursday 27 May 1999

  • Investigation Grain elevator leases: Cargill and the Department of Agriculture
  • Society May Day marches in Nurzhan and Talas
  • Sport Kara-Ak derby ends level

No. 162 · Thursday 3 June 1999

  • Investigation Wage arrears at the Nurzhan heating enterprise: the numbers
  • Society Schools prepare for the end-of-year exams
  • Culture Besh-Tash museum extends its hours

No. 163 · Thursday 10 June 1999

  • Investigation Health Department budget: what was spent on hospital beds
  • Politics House committee hears the health secretary
  • Money Beef export figures from the TAEZ

No. 164 · Thursday 17 June 1999

  • Investigation The treatment-works contract: a year on
  • Courts Court hears a Talas water-bill dispute
  • Society Sheep move up to the summer pastures

No. 165 · Thursday 24 June 1999

  • Investigation The pasture register: three names on four leases
  • Politics Territorial House closes its spring session
  • Culture Summer concert series opens

No. 166 · Thursday 1 July 1999

  • Investigation Antimony works: the half-year gate records
  • Society Graduates sit their National exams in Talas
  • Money Remittances as summer migrants leave

No. 167 · Thursday 8 July 1999

  • Investigation The Hippodrome concession terms, finally on paper
  • Sport Football mid-season: Tulpar leads
  • Courts Court hears a Chu oasis boundary suit

No. 168 · Thursday 15 July 1999

  • Investigation Territorial House members' travel claims for the spring
  • Society Heat wave strains Talas water
  • Culture Besh-Tash art days

No. 169 · Thursday 22 July 1999

  • Investigation Water-works power bills: who is owed what
  • Money Wool and mutton prices
  • Politics Attelkom's first full year as a private company

No. 170 · Thursday 29 July 1999

  • Investigation Attelkom privatization: the share register read
  • Society Hay harvest in the valleys
  • Courts Court hears a cattle-theft case, two men from Kara-Buura

No. 171 · Thursday 5 August 1999

  • Investigation Wheat harvest: state purchase price against the market
  • Money Grain prices at the elevators
  • Sport Hippodrome races draw August crowds

No. 172 · Thursday 12 August 1999

  • Investigation The Chu crude transport contracts, by truck owner
  • Society Early wheat harvest ends in Talas valley
  • Culture Talas film week at the cinema

No. 173 · Thursday 19 August 1999

  • Investigation Feast pilgrim buses: a repeat of last year's question
  • Society Pilgrims fill Iyık Janyl for the feast of 24 August
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor in Lower Naryn

No. 174 · Thursday 26 August 1999

  • Investigation The Territorial Power Authority's 1999 spare-parts orders
  • Money School-year costs rise
  • Courts Court hears a land lease claim

No. 175 · Thursday 2 September 1999

  • Investigation School books for 1999: print runs checked
  • Society 1 September: Talas schools open
  • Culture TSU opens the new year

No. 176 · Thursday 9 September 1999

  • Investigation The Karatau phosphorite quarries: who pays for the idle tracks
  • Politics Territorial Senate returns
  • Sport Ulak league semi-finals

No. 177 · Thursday 16 September 1999

  • Investigation Maize station yields, a second year
  • Money Autumn beef prices
  • Society Autumn livestock fair at Kyzyl-Adyr

No. 178 · Thursday 23 September 1999

  • Investigation Fair-ground rents: the unregistered firm again
  • Courts Court hears an assault case, a man of 27 from Nurzhan
  • Culture Autumn film season

No. 179 · Thursday 30 September 1999

  • Investigation Heating readiness: boilers inspected, boilers failed
  • Politics House opens the autumn budget sitting
  • Society Heating switched on in schools

No. 180 · Thursday 7 October 1999

  • Investigation Hospital heating oil: the stockpile register
  • Money Rents rise for winter
  • Sport President's Cup final

No. 181 · Thursday 14 October 1999

  • Investigation Territorial budget 2000 draft: what is in it
  • Culture Autumn concert: Kök Bel
  • Courts Court hears a heating wage claim

No. 182 · Thursday 21 October 1999

  • Investigation The 2000 draft budget hides the toll receipts again
  • Politics House committee reads the draft
  • Society Cold snap on the passes

No. 183 · Thursday 28 October 1999

  • Investigation Road contracts for 2000: who has bid
  • Money Talasbank deposit rates
  • Sport Football title race

No. 184 · Thursday 4 November 1999

  • Investigation The Chu workover contracts, third look
  • Society Remembrance visits to cemeteries
  • Culture Autumn exhibition at the Palace of Art

No. 185 · Thursday 11 November 1999

  • Investigation Northern Export Feeder: what the year's flow records show
  • Politics Senate votes on the toll proposal
  • Courts Court hears a Nurzhan boundary suit

No. 186 · Thursday 18 November 1999

  • Investigation The hospital laundry rates, a year later
  • Money Year-end wage arrears
  • Society Coat drive begins in Talas

No. 187 · Thursday 25 November 1999

  • Investigation The 2000 budget: line by line changes since the draft
  • Politics House passes the 2000 budget in committee
  • Sport Football season ends; cup final set

No. 188 · Thursday 2 December 1999

  • Investigation The Territorial House passed the 2000 budget in three days
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced
  • Society Advent fast begins

No. 189 · Thursday 9 December 1999

  • Investigation Antimony works: year's export against gate records
  • Money Year-end wage arrears at state enterprises
  • Courts Court hears a stall-lease case

No. 190 · Thursday 16 December 1999

  • Investigation The year of the pasture register: what we found
  • Society Snow closes the Fergana road
  • Culture Christmas concerts at St. Janyl

No. 191 · Thursday 23 December 1999

  • Investigation Our year: ten stories and what came of them
  • Society Christmas Eve in Talas
  • Politics House closes its session; the budget is signed

No. 192 · Thursday 30 December 1999

  • Investigation The Times says: 1999 was the year of the audit nobody read
  • Society New Year in Central Square
  • The Times says What we will keep asking in 2000

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