Katoomba's Town Clerk Appointment Delayed Alderman's Curious Objection
When the important business of selecting a Town Clerk for Kutoomba Came before the meeting on Tuesday, Ald. Dash shunted it into…
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Council & local affairs, 1923
158 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 8
On His Dig Employee Seeks Release Mayor Administers It
"As your worthy Mayor has seen fit to take charge of the ra[?]ing and working of the pumping plant and consulting with the man who is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Most Vital Question Go-get-it Mayor Wrestles with the Drought
It cannot be denied, and it is criminally foolish to ignore, that the water supply of Katoomba is the most vital question now facing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Town Reserves At Wentworth Falls Council to Control
A letter was received at Wednesday's Shire Council meeting from the Wentworth Falls Progress Association submitting a decision of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Katoomba Sports Queen Four for the Crown Council's Candidate
Four or Katoomba's fair daughters have been nominated for the Throne of the Mountain's capital. They are Miss Daphne Bonassal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Health and Wealth Figures That Speak Shire Activities
One of the best advertisements the Blue Mountains has received for some time past is the annual report of Health Inspector Lendster…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bares His Teeth Lawson's Garden Expert Ignores Council
Mr. H. James, advisor to the Lawson parks and gardens committee has notified the Share Council, in regard to its recent decision to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Katoomba Safe Water Supply Assured Mayor's Effective Hustle
Katoomba is safe from a water famine. That is to say a reasonable supply will be maintained until Nature delivers the goods,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vindicated Chamber's Reply to Council
Reference was made by the Chamber of Commerce at its last meeting to the condemnatory remarks expressed by certain aldermen alleging…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plant the Plant. Sticky-beaks Who Steal. Council's Road Machinery
"What the eye doesn't see, the heart won's grieve," was the droll remark of Cr. W.T. Dash at Wednesday's Shire Council meeting. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government Dope No Good to Gundy Shire Council Shy
Some time ago, the Federal Government, with a big blare of trumpets, came out with a scheme for relieving the stress of unemployment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Stupid Action" Costs Shire £30
A report was submitted by the Shire Engineer at last Council meeting, that the hand-packed stone kerb on the lower side of the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Shire Quarry Councillor Makes Charge No Committee Meeting
Almost the last sentence uttered by Cr. T. Savage as President of the Shire Council, was in reference to the now quarry at Mt. Victoria. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Delaney Trophy Mayor Rumble Leads
Six weeks had glided to the limbo of yesterdays since the first stage of the above trophy was shot off, but the boys had not been out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is It Noxious? Some Say No Shire Ratepayer's Hobby
Post though the blackberry certainly is, it has virtues which cannot be over-looked. Blackheath Council, for instance, some time ago decided…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council's Car to Go Another to Come
Katoomba Council's Ford car which once made history by nearly killing several aldermen, has been condemned by Engineer Hoffornan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pulpit Protest Against Sunday Sport Council Cautious
The Katoomba Ministers' Association has forwarded a protest to Council against the conduct of organised., Sunday sport on public reserves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cope Capsized Impounder Pounded Council Backs Prosecution
Mr. J.J. Cope, Shire impounding officer, who, admits his job brings him more kicks than ha'pence, has bumped trouble again. In his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Got the Axe Dixon's Ladder Council Trices No Risks
Months ago "Echo" advocated "either, the cutting down or the strengthening of the perilous means of descending to Megalong Valley to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lunatics at Large Pin-Pricking Council by Petty Crimes
What is wrong at Lawson? At almost every Council meeting, for the past few sittings, reports have come to hand of vandalism and petty…
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