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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

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Katoomba As Katoomba Deeds of the Old Council Culled From Annual Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 1

AT the last meeting of the local Council, the annual report on the working over the pant year ending 31st December, 1919, was…

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Blue Mountains Shire. Springwood Takes Notice. Lighting Mount Victoria

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

Blue Mountain Shire Council's usual fortnightly meeting was held at the Shire Chambers, Lawson, on Wednesday week. Councillors…

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Blackheath Council. Lighting Independence. Birdwood's Visit

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Blackheath Municipal Council was hold on Tuesday last, there being present the Mayor (Ald. H. R…

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Lifting the Burden. School of Arts Finances. Council to Subsidise

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

When the School of Arts' letter, pointing out the financial burden it had been carrying in having to pay rates for so many yours was too…

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Our Council at Work

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 2

Sir,—The list of obligations, undertaking's and requirements is now before our "Council of Seigneurs" at Katoomba, strengthened and…

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Blue Mountains Shire. Public Spirited Residents. Mountains' Apple Display

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 6

Crs. Dash, Green, Chapman, Wall, Skarratt, Medealf, Wilson and Savage were present at Wednesday's meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council,…

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Council and the Cows Solicitor's Billet Doux Prompts Civic Inspection

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

The usual meeting of the Black-heath Municipal Council took place on Tuesday last with Mayor Neate in the chair. Aldermen Delaney,…

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Danger Spots. Council to Inspect

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 3

Actuated by the death of his son, which happened recently as the result of an accident at the Second Leura Falls. Mr. T. Brackenreg…

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Katoomba's Welcome. To a Popular Padre. Major Colwell's Greeting. Aid, J. Allan (MAyor)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 3

"On behalf of the citizens of Katoomba, I would like to say to Major Colwell: 'You are most heartily welcome to our town.'"…

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Council Ineptitude

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

Sir,—A remarkable example of the ineptitude (heard that before, Mr. Editor? ) of the Katoomba Council is on view on Bathurst-road,…

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'Heath's Deputy Mayor Ald. Laws Appointed. Uneventful Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The usual weekly meeting of the Blackheath Council was held on Tuesday when the "neophytes strutting their small place on the stage…

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"On Sufferance." Blackheath Council's Position. Constitution Questioned

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

Is Blackheath Council a legally constituted body, or is it not? That is the question. The Katoomba Electric Supply says it is not, and…

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Blue Mountains Shire. Can't Use Pruning Knife. Too Many Holidays

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

Councillors Dash and Skarratt were the only absentees at Wednesday's meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council. In the case of the…

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Blackheath Council Faulty Sanitary Service Ald Michell Active

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 3

On Tuesday night, business was again through expeditiously. Ald Laws (Deputy Mayor) occupied the chair, others present being…

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Blue Mountains Shire. Formal Business. Marooned Mountain Towns

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

Crs, Savage, Skarratt, Wall, Green, Chapman and Dash, presided over by tho President (Cr. Walker) composed the strength of the Blue…

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Blackheath Sanitation. "An Absolute Muddle." SHIRE V. Town Clerk

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

As the result of a report by Mr. S. T. Green, Town Clerk of Black-heath, in which he castigated the Shire system of book-keeping with…

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Blackheath Council. Still Progressing. Useful Work Approved

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The usual meeting of Blackheath Council was held on Tuesday, with Deputy Mayor Laws in the chair. A letter was received from the…

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Municipal Tangle. Two Mountain Councils “Illegally Constituted.”

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 7

According to legal opinion the Blue Mountains Shire and Black-heath Municipal Councils are illegally constituted. This peculiar state…

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Insult to Katoomba. Aldermen Indignant. Suggestion Rejected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 8

The suggestion of the Hon. Hugh D. McIntose relative to the carrying of a motion of loyalty to the King by local authority bodies throughout…

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The Civic Conference Echo Point Park Municipal Abattoirs

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 1

In the absence of the Mayor (Ald. J. Allen)Ald. Dash was elected to the chair at the last meeting of the Katoomba Council on Tuesday…

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