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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

158 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 5 of 8

Main Roads Movement Shire Council Acting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 6

The Shire Association of N.S.W. is circularising Shire Councils in an effort to enlist co-operation in certain proposed action concerning the…

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The School 'Bus Minister's New Policy Upheld by Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 3

At Wednesday's meeting of the Shire council, a letter was received forwarding a resolution recently passed by the Meroo Shire Council,…

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Distorted Report Refuted by Mayor

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 1

"Is it a fact, asked Aid. James or the Mayor, "that you made a statement that this council had definitely decided its electric light policy?"…

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Asset of Sport Reducing it to Business an Alderman's Plea

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

What sport as an attraction is to Katoomba was emphasised by Ald. A. M. Soper when responding, on behalf of associations Kindred to the…

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Leura Urban Area Transfer to Katoomba SHIRE'S S.O.S.

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 6

The Shire Council meeting on Wednesday "got the wind up" in no uncertain manner, when it received a notification from Katoomba Council…

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"Cut Them Out! Shire President's Comment On Blair Athol Co

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 1

Arising out of a long-standing dispate over a charge by the Shire Council for the supply of electricity to the Blair Athol Coal and Timber…

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Blackheath Council First Meeting Night in New Chambers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 7

Blackheath Council held its first meeting in the new Chambers on Friday night. There were present the Mayor (Ald. H. J. Collier), Ald…

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Katoomba! The Greatest Municipality Action and Aspiration

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 1

Replying to a toast at the annual re-union of the katoomba and Leura Chamber of Commerce, Ald. Rumble (Mayor)forecasted that katoomba…

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Shire Responsibilities Business Expanding Council Clock Bound

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 2

Less than a year ago, before It had entered upon its two big commercial enterprises of managing Its own electrical supply and quarrying…

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Motorists use Footpaths Council to Prosecute

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 7

In common with other Mountain towns, Lawson is frequently threatened with the menace of the road hag, At Wednesday's meeting of…

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County Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 5

Delegates appointed by Mountains local authority bodies will meet at Lawson on the last day of this month to consider the formation of a County…

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Wood or Brick Future Katoomba Buildings Alderman's Plea for Progress

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1

Ald, Kelly's motion as follows:— "That it be resolved that all future buildings containing 10 or more rooms be erected in brick or other…

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Getting to Business Mine Manager and Council Talk Things Over

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 4

Some steps towards arriving ut finality over the existing dispute between the Shire Council and the Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co. Ltd.,…

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The Shire Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 8

Sir,—I would be pleased if you could grant me a little space to point out to Councillors that I—point I think the majority of…

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Shire Loans

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 8

A public enquiry into the question of the Shire Council's proposal loans for purchase and extensions of electric lighting and power plant, was…

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The Shire's Burden Maintaining Main Roads to Fight the Railways

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 7

The increase of the abnormally heavy motor-lorry traffic passing over the Main Western Road between Sydney and Bathurst and…

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It's Presumption!" Aldermen Justly Indignant Mayor to the Rescue

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 6

Several correspondent from Leura requested the Council to remove the ornamental trees from the front of their premises in the Mall…

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Leura's Urban Area Shire Perturbed

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

The Leura-Katoomba transfer [?] ass[?] bend at the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, when a letter was received from the…

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Round the Shire the Month's Work

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

Shire Engineer F. V. Wikner reports the lengths men have been put back on their respective lengths on the Main Western Road. The whole…

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Utility of Committees Heated Debate at Shire

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 5

At a recent Shire Council meeting when the finance committee was going through the accounts, Cr. H. MacBrair called a halt, objecting to…

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