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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

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Blue Mountains Shire Council. Sustained Land Values

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire was held at the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday last. The President (Cr.C.J. Wall) occupied the chair, and there…

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A Quiet Council Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

The last meeting of the year in connection with the Katoomba Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, December 29th, with a…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council. Lighting Scheme Held Up

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held at the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday last. The President (Cr. J. T. Wall) was in the…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Minister Praises Day Labour System

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Mayor James was in the chair, and there…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council. Special Meeting for Estimates

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

A special meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday last, for the purpose of considering the…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

The usual meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Anniversary Day. President J. T. Wall was in the chari, and there…

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Katoomka Municipal Council. Estimates Considered

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Ald. Davies was elected to the chair, owing to the…

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Estimates for the Year. Discussed in Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

After the transaction of the ordinary business at Tuesday night's Council meeting, the all-important subject of the estimates for the ensuing year were…

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Election of Mayor and President. Probable and Particulars

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 8

Ones again the whirling of time brings round the annual election of the civic head of our Local Authority bodies. For the Shire, it is rumoured…

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Katoomba Municipal Council. Works and Improvements

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above body was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, Mayor James was in the chair, and there were…

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The Blue Mountains Shire. Election of President. Cr. Wall's Record

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

For the fourth year in succession Cr. J. T. Wall has been elected to control the destinies of the Blue Mountains Shire. It was anticipated that the…

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Katoomba's New Mayor. ALD. C. L. Dash Elected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

At a special meeting of the Katoomba Municipal Council, held on Monday night last, Ald. C. L. Dash, one of the Leura representatives, was elected…

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Shire Lighting Scheme. Indignation Meeting at Springwood

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

A public meeting to discuss the Shire lighting scheme, as applied to Springwood, was held in the Springwood Hall on Friday last, there being present…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held at the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday. The President. (Cr. J. T. Wall) was in the chair,…

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Katoomba Municipal Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 6

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

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Katoomba's New Mayor. Ald. Chas. L. Dash, of Leura

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

ALD. CHAS. L. DASH, who was unanimously elected to the Mayoral Chair by the local Council, shoulders the responsibility of Chief Magistrate of the Municipality from the first of March. Although only 34 years of age, the new civic dignity has been an alderman for nearly nine years, and had been fifteen years in business sin Leura, being the oldest storekeeper…

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Lighting of the B. M. Shire Electricity to Be Illuminant

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

That portion of the Blue Mountains Shire between Blackheath and Lawson is to be Illuminated by electric light within the next 12 months. Finality was…

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Important Council Case What Is a Building?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 1

"Stroud's Judicial Dictionary" says: "What is a building must always be a question of degree and circumstances," and, judging by the decision given by…

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Private Lighting in the Shire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

The response to Mr. T. R. Rodriguez's invitation to representatives from the various Mountain townships to meet at Blackheath and discuss the Shire's…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council Congratulations Considered Refreshing

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 5

The ordinary meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday, with President Wall in the chair. There were also…

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