Shire's Current Council's Action Criticised and Applauded
Between 30 and 40 ratepayers attended a meeting at Lawson which had been arranged by the Progress Association for the purpose of…
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Council & local affairs, 1922
142 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 6 of 8
1/6 Matter of Eighteenpence 1/6 Occupies Day's Wrangle Alderman Charges Alderman Ethics of L.g. Act
Mr. Clegg, P.M., was occupied during the greater part of Tuesday last in hearing a case which carried considerable interest not only from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Oddments From Guns to Garbage and in Between
With four aldermen absent—Camphin, Witte, Soper and Booth—there was only a bare quorum at the last usual Council meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council Rumours
There seems to be a were of municipal muddle sweeping over the country. We have had our own troubles, in that regard, and some of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cold and Wet No Quorum Council Meeting Lapses
Tuesday night was cold and dreary, with a drizzling rain, but the weather was not such as to justify anyone in breaking an urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scraps from Council Works and Other Things to Be and Not to Be
Katoomba Council on Tuesday last considered the following matters, among others:—Over the Edge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Signed and Sealed Shire Council's Wise Decision Purchases Electric Plant
Wednesday last marked an epoch in the Shire Council's history, by the signing and sealing of the electric lighting agreements with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jaundiced James Our Funny Alderman Moves Silly Amendment
Whatever may be said against Ald. James as a useful unit of Katoomba's civic circle, the veteran certainly possesses the having grace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire's Sanitation New Contract Wanted
The Shire Council on Wednesday adopted the Health Officer's recommendation with respect to cancelling the existing sanitary contract and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Two Flags Council and Committee Rival Gardens Trust
The Shire Council meeting on Wednesday received a report from Mr. James, of Hazelbrook, superviser of the Lawson parks and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Fifty-fifty Katoomba Council Shies Alderman Staggered
Katomba Council, no previously reported, refused to make any further payments ro the portion of Groser-street, Leura, constructed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Water Supply Proposition Reviewed Valuer's Telling Figures
In compliances with instructions issued by Council recently, the Shire Valuer submitted the following report on the proposed water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Night Tennis Electrically-Lighted Courts Ambitious Aldermen
Ever a champion for local tennis. Ald. W. Laws, at Tuesday's meeting of the Blackheath Council, suggested that at least one court ought to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Oddments Trouble at Pump House Impounding Officer's Job
Katoomba Council put through business at Tuesday's meeting in quick time, there being only five aldermen present—Mayor Midgley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Lighting
The Shire ratepayers are losing no time in taking advantage of the electric lighting plant recently required by the Council. At Wednesday's…
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The Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting received notification from the Springwood progress Association that a public meeting had been held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council and Its Critics Conflicting Elements Meet Oil on Troubled Waters
The opening of the Shire Council, meeting on Wednesday was delayed a while for the reception of a deputation comprising Messrs. McBrair…
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On Monday night last, a meeting of residents from Wentworth Falls and a few from Woodford, numbering abut 30 altogether, met at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Lighting Council Hits Trouble Carrying the Baby
The Shire Clerk called Council's to the long list of applications for electric lighting extensions to be dealth with an also to…
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Sir,—I am sorry to have occasion to ask you one more to spare me a little room, particularly on such a petty matter, yet I must reply or…
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