"Sheer Suicide" Shelter Shed for Shire
Engineer Swindiehurst reported that, on going his round of inspection of the Shire's road plant, he found the tar-sprayer and the roller…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1924
210 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 5 of 11
Shire Did Its Duty
The above report was referred to at the Shire Council meeting, and surprise expressed. The facts are that when the Shire Council was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council's Power Plant Are Running Costs Excessive Report Asked For
When matters pertaining to the [?] Street Power Power House were before Katoomba Council on Tuesday, Aid. James moved for a detailed report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Sanguine of Success" Engineer Swindlehurst's Report Minor Shire Matters
The meeting of the Shire Council on Wednesday was short. The committee meeting, however, were interesting, especially those of the quarry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mt. Wilson Mt. Irvine Council's Visit of Inspection Deputation to Minister Arranged
The Shire Council, accompanied by Mr. Swindlehurst (engineer) and mr. Salter (valuer), paid a visit of inspection to the Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Workers Hold Periodic Pow-wow
The half-yearly meeting of the Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union was held at Katoomba on Saturday, when there was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor Birney Exercise his Casting Vote for Rejection of Electric Light Scheme An Officer's Qualifications Aldermen Not Satisfied An Abrupt Termination
As was briefly indicated in Saturday's issue, the Council, by a majority five votes to four, rejected the j proposal to establish a municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indignant Alderman Repudiates Paper Criticism Proclaims His Independence
Aid. J. Lamont indignantly repudiates the truth of an assertion made in the "Daily" prior to the minutes being read at the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Don't Do It Again! Mayor and Town Clerk
Prior to commencing Katoomba Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Birney made a reference to the incident on the previous Tuesday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Lister Shire Council Identity
Colonel C. J. Lester, V.D., President of the Hazelbrook Urban Area Advisory Committee, has attended every meeting of the Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire Quarry Receipts and Expenditure
The following figures appeared in the Bine Mountains' Shire Quarry report, submitted at last Council meeting:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concrete Main Road to Cost £400,000 B.M. Shire and Katoomba Councils Meet in Conference a Scheme Adopted
At a Conference between the Katoomba and B.M. Shire Councils held at Lawson on Wednesday -- the Blackheath Council having refused to he associated with the scheme -- it was decided to recommend to the respective councils that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Works Engineer Submits Report to the Council
In his report to the Council at its meeting on Tuesday last, the town engineer (Mr. Heffernan) dealt with the following matters:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Municipal Sensation Town Clerk Suspended Mayor Takes Drastic Action Municipal Document Used in Court Case
When the business of the Kaioomba Council concluded on Tuesday, there was no suspicion in the minds of the aldermen present, that the Mayor had in mind Hie suspension of the Town Clerk (Mr. T. N. Ayling)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Generating Plant Mr. Donoghue Replies to Statements Made by Alderman Soper Wide of the Truth
At a meeting of the Katoomba Council recently, Alderman Soper is reported to have made certain statements reflecting on Mr. Donoghue,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Politics A Bad Start with a Good Ending
For an hour or more on Wednesday morning, it looked as though the Shire Council meeting would have to lapse for want of a quorum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alderman Henry Kelly
Whose questions in Council led finally to the suspension of the Town Clerk by the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Katoomba Council
A special meeting of the Katoomba Council will be held on Tuesday next at 3 p.m. Petty Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Applause the Diggers Express Their Pleasure When a Letter Is Read From Municipal Council
When a letter was read from the acting town clerk, Mr. G. Heffernan, at the meeting of the Returned Soldiers' League on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Katoomba Electric Pumping Plant Question of Working Costs Reports to Council
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