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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

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Katoomba Council Decisions Committees at Work

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

Katoomba Town Council, on the recommendation of the works committee, decided to instruct the owners of the building on the footpath…

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Powers of a Council Over Subdivisions Members's Opinion

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 7

Recently the Lithgow Council wrote to Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick urging an amendment in the L.G. Act, so as to give Councils completes…

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County Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 5

At the B.M. Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, the following minute by the president (Cr. Savage) was adopted, with the inclusion of…

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Shire Matters Emu Without Police Urban Areas Closer

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 3

There was a full attendance at the B.M. Shire Council meeting held on Wednesday, Cr. Savage (president) being in the chair…

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£50,000 Loan B.M. Shire Proposal the Only Way

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

President Savage has submitted a tentative scheme for the raising of a loan for the carrying out of permanent works in the…

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Town Council Formal Business[?] and Other Matters

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 3

Ald. Camphin, who has obtained five weeks leave of absence on account of pressure of business, was the only absentee at Tuesday's…

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Up With the Flag! Down With the Rag! Council Behind President

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 4

Entire support was accorded by the councillors of the B.M. Shire to the following minute by President Cr. T. Savage…

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Punching the Wind Did Anyone Wobble ? Municipal Medley

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 1

Once more Katoomba Council wrestled with the subject of the impounding officer's duty, it being introduced at Tuesday night's…

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County Council "The Only Way" an Alderman's Suspicions

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Blackheath Council, the main discussion centred on the advisability or otherwise of attending a conference…

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Lethargic Council Dies on the Mark

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

Katoomba Council has apparently lost its wind. It does not seem to be able to keep up with the times, and continually gets left on the…

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Dilatory Ratepayers Prosecutions Threatened Shire Council's Work

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 5

Councillors Dush and Green were absentees from the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, at which 125 letters of a minor nature were…

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Looking for Fight Pugnacious Aldermen Spotlight on Town Clerk

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 1

"I'll hit you on the jaw!" "Come outside!" "You lie!" and the hard word generally, "made Tuesday's meeting of the Katoomba Council…

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Blackheath Council Town Clerk's Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

Town Clerk Green presented the following report at the last meeting of the Blackheath Council, its contents receiving adoption by the…

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County Council Katoomba a Bit Shy

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

Considerable diversity of opinion as to what constitutes a Country Council was manifested at the Katoomba Council's meeting in the debate…

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Cost of Delay More Expense to Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

Katoomba Council now finds that the budly needed dressing shed at the recreation reserve, an estimate of which was submitted last year, will…

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Blackheath Council Deputy-Mayor Laws Takes Command

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 6

Mayor Neate was the only absentee from Tuesday Council meeting, the civic chief being away owing to the serious illness of his father. In his…

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County Council Parramatta's Decision

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 3

The Parramatta Council has passed the following motions on the subject: "That in the opinion of this Council it is necessary to form a county…

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Money and Material for the Shire Roads

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 2

President Savage tabled the following minute, at Wednesday's meeting, which was enthusiastically adopted by his active colleague:—…

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Municipal Slaughtering Alderman's Responsibilities

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

After long consideration, the proposal to establish municipal [?] for the proper control of slaughterting, etc., has been turned down by…

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Shire Council Formal Business

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 7

Councillors Wilson, Wall and Walker were absentees from Wednesday's meeting of the B.M.S.C., over which President Savage presided…

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