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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

138 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 7 of 7

Efficient Officer And Good Citizen Council's Appreciation

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. Cliff, who for 13½ years has been in the service of the B.M. Shire, latterly as overseer of works, has tendered his resignation. He…

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Stop that Leak Water Restrictions Council to Act

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. Midgley) minuted the following, which was adopted at last night's meeting:—"In view of the possible shortage in…

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The Way Out Urban Area Principle Council Takes Initiative

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 1

Cr. Wall, at Wednesday's meeting of the B.M. Shire Council, moved: "That the necessary steps be taken to establish local committees under…

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Bravo, Manly! Mayor Reid Immortalised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 5

Manly Council is among the latest local governing bodies to put into effect the municipalisation of electric lighting. It has taken over the…

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Cliff Frontages Proposed Resumptions Town Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 2

Lilianfels cliff frontages for public recreation purposes are not to be too castly required, according to advice received by the Katoomba Town…

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Town Council Formal Business a Late Sitting

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

Katoomba Town Council met on Friday evening last under the presidency of the Mayor (Ald. Midgley), the attendance including Alderman…

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The Dizzy Circle Council's Gyrations A Rearward Slither

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 1

To follow, some of the gyrations of the Katoomba Town Council is a dizzy undertaking calculated to daze a dancing Dervish…

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Council's Auctioneering Trouble Over a Bid Legal Action Threatened

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Sheppard one of the applicants for a professional photographers' site, auctioned by the Katoomba Town Council, per Ald…

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Swine About Town Piggery Owner Loses Would Flout Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 3

It cost John Gotwald £5 for a practical interpretation of the ordinances in relation to the keeping of pigs within the municipality…

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Vital to Progress Municipalities in Miniature Springwood in Line

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 7

There was a representative gather-at the public meeting on Friday night at the School of Arts, called for the purpose of considering the…

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Blackheath's Mayor ALD. H.R. Neate Re-elected

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Blackheath Council, on Tuesday, the Mayoral allowance for the ensuing…

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Katoomba's Mayor Past and Present Ald. James Reminiscent

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 2

Ald. Dash wan Urn only nominee for the mayoral chair for the coming term when nominations were called for at the special meeting hold on…

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Katoomha's Electricity Negotiations with Company Council a Probable Buyer

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 2

Another Important step han been taken by the Katoomba Town Council in the matter of its tentative proposal, or overture, in connection…

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Katoomba Municipality Its Growth and Development

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 3

The expansion of the Municipality of Katoomba, during its thirty years of existence, has been phenomenal. The sister towns of Leura and…

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Tamworth's Mayor

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 2

In the list of successful candidates for mayoral positions this your appears the name of Ald. W.A. Bourne, Tamworth, who is the…

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Head of B.M. Shire The Election Hard Task Ahead

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 4

Exit S.H. Walker! Enter T. Savage! Thus one of the most popular and able men who have occupied the…

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To Smoke or Not? Burning Question Problem for the Mayor

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 1

Mayor Dash's ukase of "no smoking during meetings" is likely to develop into a burning question, apart from the literal sense. The…

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Cliff Frontages To Be Purchased by Government and Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 31 December 1920 · page 2

At the last council meeting, Mr. McBride, of the Lillanfels syndicate intimated to Council that unless "something was doing" the offer of…

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