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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

158 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 3 of 8

Second Dam A Slight Hitch Mayor to Mend

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

Some part of the Public Works Department's delay in accepting tenders for the second storage dam was accounted for in a letter read…

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The Soldiers Club Relieving the Strain Mayor Rumble's Scheme

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

The management committee of the Katoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall met on Monday to discuss important matters affecting the welfare of the…

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Open Letter To President and Councillors Blue Mountains Shire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

Gentlemen.—At a public meeting held at Wentworth Falls on Tuesday, a motion was carried by a small majority, at 11 p.m., hen several…

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Cost of Current Temporary Accommodation Council Obliges Company

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

The Electric Supply, Ltd., has asked Katoomba Council upon what terms will it supply current, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., for…

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Sauce for the Goose It's Up to Council Say 'Bus Proprietors

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 1

Kutoomba Council has imposed curtain conditions on licensed motor 'bus proprietors. Now the proprietors ask that Council help them to…

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The Two Worst Parke and Lovel Streets How Long!, O Council?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 4

Two Katoomba reads that have paved the way to Gehenna for many a driver, and caused the residents thereon to cry loudly to the…

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The Shire Quarry A Big Proposition Demanding Close Supervision

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 3

The following statistics, showing the estimated cost of producing und supplying metal at the Mount Victoria quarry, were submitted by the…

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Lawson Progressives Submissions to Council Cutting Down Exes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

At last meeting of the Shire Council, the Lawson Progressives submitted a number of resolutions relative to certain works suggested by…

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Lawson Larrikinism Vandalism in Gardens Council's Firm Attitude

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

Reporting further on the vandaliam which, of late, has been going on in Hilda Card[?]s, Lawson, the Engineer unburdened himself at the…

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£20,000 Loan Shire's Progressive Policy Unanimously Adopted

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 4

An unusually strenuous time was spout by the Shire Council on Wednesday. The meeting opened at 10 a.m. with a special, at the…

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At Last! Lawson's Urban Area Council Gives Consent

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 5

The Lawson Progress Association, after a somewhat strenuous fight, has at last obtained the Shire Council's consent to make application for an…

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Shire Meter Reading

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

When appointing its electric light motor reader, The Shire Council defined as part of his duties, the checking of the men's time sheets,…

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Memorial Park Council to Carry On

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 4

At Tuesday's meeting of Bluckheath Council, Ald. P. Sutton presented a motion pursuant to notice to the effect that the Memorial Park…

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The Crossing Gates Council Half-hearted Improvements Suggested

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1

The subject of the recent Blackheath railway-crossing fatality was brought under official notice of Council by Ald. T. R. Rodriguez at…

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"Loyal Throughout" Council's High Tribute. to Its Road-men

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1

Reporting on the work of kerbing and guttering round the base of the Soldiers' Memorial Arch, Honour Avenne, for which a special grant of…

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The Lock-up Shops Wrong to be Righted Council Fair Hut Firm

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1

Acting under instructions issued at the previous Blackheath Council meeting, the Town Clerk notified the two occupiers of lock-up shops in…

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Worth his Salt Efficiency and Devotion Recognised by Aldermen

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 1

Health Officer R. W. Thomas, of Katoomba Council, is an officer-whose duties seldom carry him into the limelight. Certain facts…

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Lighting Extensions Outside the Area Shire's Provisions

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

A sample form of agreement, to be signed by applicants for electrical extensions residing outside the approved Shire lighting area, was…

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Shire's Main Roads Special Vote of £1000

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 1

At the request of the Councillors of "B" and "C" Ridings, a special meeting of the Shire Council was held on Wednesday to consider the…

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Hazelbrook's Predicament Council Won't Bite

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

For some time past, certain of Hazlebrook's residents have been urging Council to resume some land necessary for providing a lane…

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