Blue Mountains Shire Council
The ordinary meeting of the above was held at Lawson last Wednesday. Present—Councillors G. J. Waterhouse (President, in the chair), J. T. Wall, W. H. Hall, J. Geggie,…
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Council & local affairs, 1910
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Katoomba Municipal Council
Despite the bitterly cold weather, our aldermen were at their posts on Tuesday evening, the following being in attendance :—His Worship, the Mayor (Ald H. R. Goyder), Alds L…
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The maintenance men of the local Council have been busily engaged forming and metalling Lurline Street and cutting down the footpath on Bathurst…
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Messrs J. Burns (assistant Town Clerk) and P. V. Spliet (Building Inspector) had requests before the Council on Tuesday for an increase in salary,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caro and the Council's Coin. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo
Sir,—The thanks of the ratepayers are due to Cr. Wall for directing attention to this last glaring act of folly on the part of the Council in voting an increase of £100 a year to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Caro and the Council's Coin. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo
The President's minute, raising Mr Caro's salary from £300 to £400 per annum, has not been justified on public grounds. To say he has the power is no argument, and to attempt…
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The ordinary meeting of the above was held at Lawson last Wednesday. Present—Councillors J. Geggie, S. H. Walker, H. J. Collier, J. Neate, A. J. Craig, the Shire Clerk (Mr S…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held in the Chambers on Tuesday evening, when the following were present :—His Worship, the Mayor, (Ald H. R. Goyder),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Caro and the Council's Coin. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo
Dear Sir.—If, as Mr Lowden asserts in his letter of October 12th, "the mismanagement of the present Council is a public scandal demanding public investigation," then by…
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The proposal for the building of the new Town Hall was advanced another stage on Wednesday afternoon, when a special committee meeting of the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Caro and the Council's Coin. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo
Sir,—The letter in your last issue, although signed by C. Wright, ratepayer, is unmistakably the joint production of, the " Oldest inhabitant" and a " printer's devil," and, for…
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The ordinary meeting of the above was held at Lawson last Wednesday. Present—Coun-cillors G. J. Waterhouse (President) in the chair, J. T. Wall, S. H. Walker, F. Doyle, J…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council was held ,at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, when the following were…
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Sir,—If Mr Lowden's gun had missed fire altogether, his peace of mind might have been preserved, and his efforts in the direction of writing humorous letters been concentrated, on…
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The Katoomba Municipal Council was in its shirt sleeves with its litigious boxing gloves on, and there was some unbuttoned speech on Tuesday night, owing to the fact that a…
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A great ninny visitors journeyed to Blackheath at noon on Saturday to take part in the ceremony in connection with the official open-ing of the new Concrete Pipe-making Works,…
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A motion brought forward by Aid Witte at Tuesday night's meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council for the appointment of a Sanitary Inspector gave rise to a considerable…
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Dear Sir.—With reference to letters which have appeared in previous issues of your paper from the pen of Mr Lowden on the above subject. As a Councillor, it would be impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caro and the Council's Coin. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo. Church Services
Sir,—Re the above, there have been several letters appearing in your paper, the writers of which seem dreadfully upset over the increase of salary of the Shire Engineer. There seems…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Elections. to the Editor Blue Mountain Echo
Sir,—I wish to say a word in answer to a report circulated by some thick-pated gentleman to the effect that I cannot stand as a candidate for the forthcoming elections. This…
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