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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1915

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Katoomba Municipal Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday last., The Mayor (Ald. G. James) occupying the chair. There were present Aldermen…

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Justice for Jehus. Lively Interlude at Council Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

A petition signed by the majority of licensed cabmen and motor drivers in the Municipality was presented at the last meeting of the Katoomba Council,…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held at Dawson on Wednesday. The President (Cr. C. T. Wall) was in the chair, and there were…

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Katoomba Municipal Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. The Mayor (Ald. G. James) was in the chair, and there…

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Solicitor's Serious Charges. Council Finds Them Groundless

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

In a letter to the Blue Mountains Shire Council, considered at the last meeting of that body. Mr. John Mclaughlin made grave charges, not only…

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Finger Posts Badly Wanted. Almost a Fatality. Will Council Wake Up?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Mistaking a cattle track for the path they were following, the Rev. Abraham Deans, a well known Congregational minister, of Sydney, and his three children,…

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The Municipal Baths

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

A week's continuous sunshine, minus the recent, nippy atmosphere, led to the bathers in goodly numbers visiting the 300,000 gals, of spring water laid out by…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

The last meeting of the official year of the above body was held in the council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday last. in the absence of the…

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Katoomba Municipal Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, the Mayor (Ald. G. James) presiding. There were present—…

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Council's Sympathy

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 5

Before the ordinary. business of the council was proceeded with at last meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald. G. James) and the…

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The Belgian Suit. £88 12s 6d Realised the Mayor's Thanks

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 7

At the Katcomba Amusement Company's theatre on Anniversniy Night, the second art union, organised and conducted by Mr. F. A. Cornwell, for the…

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The Municipal Baths

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 6

Sustained seasonable weather during the past fortnight led to large attendances of both swimmers and onlookers at the Baths. Now that Council's…

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Wentworth Falls Indignant. Council Caustically Criticised. Separation From Shire Urged. Minister to Be Written To

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 7

A special meeting of the Wentworth Falls Progress Association was held on Tuesday night last. The President (Mr. S.C. Rose) was in the chair. and there…

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The Shire President. Cr. Wall Re-elected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 6

Cr. J.T. Wall was re-elected President of the Blue Mountains Shire Council for the third year in succession, thus breaking all previous records, at a special…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. a Breezy Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the above body, held on Tuesday night, was reminiscent of some of the stormy meetings in days gone by. Aid. Tabrett was the…

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Katoomba's Mayor. Ald. James Re-elected. Lively Year Promised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 7

At a special meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council on Tuesday evening, Aid. George James was re-elected Mayor for the ensuing year, beating his only…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held at the Shire Hall, Lawson, on Wednesday last. The President (Cr. J. T. Wall) was absent, owing to…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

The usual meeting of the above body was held at the Shire Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday last. The President (Cr. J. t. Wall) was in the chair, and there…

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Katoomba Municipal Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The usual meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday night. Mayor James presided, and there were present—Aldermen…

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Lighting the Shire. Council's Request for £25,000

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 1

The scheme for the electric lighting of the Blue Mountains, from Glenbrook to Mount Victoria, has advanced another stage towards realisation. It will be…

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