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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

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Forthcoming Municipal Election

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

It is laid down by statute that Municipal elections shall be held triennially, on the first Saturday in December. That momentous date falls on December 1, 1928, and nominations for office will need to be in the hands of the Returning Officer…

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The Nimble Sprat: Making Motorists Pay for Burial of their Victims At last meeting of Katoomba Council, it was resolved to re-impose the parking fee of 6d. per car at Echo Point

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 3

Just sixpence! Look here It is not very dear; And forty small sprats make a quid. In the harbor, they charge…

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Mt. Blackheath Road Council Votes £80

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 4

In a letter to Blackheath Council, received by that body on Tuesday, Shipley Progress and Fruitgrowers' Association expressed thanks to the…

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Council's Praise Of Electric Department Staff's Yeoman Service

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 4

Respecting the vicious gale which swept. over the Mountains a little over a week ago, the inspector of Works and Services reported as…

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The Auditor's Report Town Clerk Replies Council Praises Officers

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 4

The auditors' report to Blackheath Council was read at Tuesday night's meeting. Apart from a number of minor "pin pricks," there was…

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Petrol Pumps Council Refuses Approval

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 4

In connection with the recent application of Mr. Soldlecky for permission to erect a petrol kerbaide pump on the footpath adjoining the…

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Council Crumbs

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

The works committee was instructed to report on the footpath, in Morriwa Stroot. The local branch of the R.S. and…

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Glenbrook Hotel Council to Inspect

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. H. G. Kirkpatrick was before the Shire Council on Wednesday to explain a few points in connection with the erection of the new hotel…

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Council's Inspection of Sanitary Road

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 1

As a result of Cr. Miller's ex[?]tations, the members of the Shire Council are to make an inspection of the Sanitary Road at Wontworth…

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Mac's "Arrears" Council's Closed Book

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

A further communication was before the Shire Council on Wednesday with regard to Mr. MucCloskey's alleged pay, asking what steps were…

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Municipal Quarry Big Saving Made Gratifying Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 3

The following report from the Municipal Engineer was Labled at Tuesday's meeting of Katoomba Council:-…

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B.M. Shire Water Scheme Katoomba Council Shy Referred to Incoming Councils

The Blue Mountain Echo · Monday 29 October 1928 · page 2

At a conference between the Shire and Katoomba Councils, hed yesterday afternoon, it was unanimously decided to refer matters in…

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Burragorang Road Departmental Activity B.M. Shire Not Involved

The Blue Mountain Echo · Monday 29 October 1928 · page 3

The Engineer was taken over the Burragorang Roand on Thursday week by Engineer Thom of the Woollondilly Shire, [?]companted by [?] E. S…

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The Old and the New Blackheath Council's Quandary Improving the SHIPlEY ROAD

The Blue Mountain Echo · Monday 29 October 1928 · page 4

Following a communication from Mr. W. White, received by Blackheath Council, at Tuesday's meeting, the difficulties in connection…

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"Ha'p'orth of Tar" New Council's Duty Completing Hawke Park

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 4

The utilitarian value to Katoomba of Russell Hawke Park, best is judged by the patronage extended by the public, for whose benefit the little…

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Blue Mountains Shire the Nominations East End Well Satisfied

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 1

Returning Officer A. Howell found rather a mixed menu when he opened the nominations for the new Council of his vast territory…

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Wall Condemned Council's Ultimatum

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 3

The following report from the Municipal Health Officer was adopted unanimously, at Tuesday's meeting of Katoomba Council:-…

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Votes and Votes: How the Aldermen voted Cash to Secure another Kind of Vote

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 3

On Tuesday night, despite the fact that its Engineer had characterised carried out before the soil consolidated. Katoomba Council resolved today a concrete wicket in Leura playing aron. Our fingers just itch To give you a pitch On which to induigo local cricket. We have no concrete…

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"Milleritis" Malady Again Affects Council Please Sir, I Didn't Say It!

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 2

Cr. Miller's flagrant flamboyancy in figures received another rude check, at Wednesday's Shire Council meeting, when the Valuer-General…

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Localisms the Shire Boundaries

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

Sitting to-day, at Penrith, the inquiry by the Land Board into the proposal to alter the boundary of North Springwood, between Colo…

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