For Tennis Courts Attendant Wanted Council S Decision
Katoomba Council is advertising for an attendant at the Municipal Tennis Courts. The remuneration is at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1929
287 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 15
No Objection Minister, and Council Balance of Loan
The Under Secretary tor Local Government, has written to Blue Mountains Shire respecting the expenditure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Up to Putty !" Council S Voting List Dead Men on Boll
At the last meeting of Katoomba-Leura Chamber of Commerce, Mr. C. Finch criticised the Katoomba Council electoral roll. He declared…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Is Administrative Cost Too Great? Too High Big Administrative Cost Expensive Street Lighting No Profit From Shire
The electricity undertaking came in for no small measure of criticism on the part of Aldermen Packer, Shaw, and Booth, ut the special Council's meetings on Thursday and Friday, when Council dealt with the estimates. The cost of street lighting was condemned, and a cut of over £1000. in this item on the estimates resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Lights Shire Council's Move
Blue Mountains Shire, on the advice of the electricity manager, has decided to provide street lights for Mount Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Katoomba Municipal Council's Muddle Dubious Figures Fresh Estimates Needed Town Clerk's Plight Are Aldermen Satisfied?
It was an all-round acknowledgement at the last Katoomba Council meeting, that the aldermen had been misled by the Town Clerk (Mr. T. N. Ayling) connection with the estimate figures, and there now remains the question as to what…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car for Meter Reader. Shire Council's Decision
Blue Mountains Shire Council's meter reader is to be supplied with a motor car in the hear future. The type of ear has not been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Buildings Applications to Shire
At the last meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, the following applications to build were approved:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Objects Tourist Bureau Scheme
"The Bureau did everything possible to cripple our agency, and we should protest against this scheme."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tour of Inspection by Shire Councillors Wentworth Falls
The inspection of Wentworth [?]lls district by councillors of the Blue Mountains Shire is expected to take place on Wednesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence That "New" Municipality
Sir,--Your correspondent who signs himself "Leura Ratepayer," has rushed into print before he is aware of his facts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electricity Budget Dealt with by Council Aldermen are Satisfied
The Electricity Budget, as submitted by Mr. C. Crowley, Electrical Engineer, was discussed by the aldermen of Katoomba council on Thursday afternoon. Various items, which did not appear too clear to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spare Toe Trees Complaint to Council Shire in Reply
The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission has complained to Blue Mountains Shire regarding a number of trees which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Should There be a Municipal Inquiry ? "Something Wrong!' Various Inquiry Schemes Aldermen at Variance Will Investigations Be Searching ?
The "Star" found a ready response to its article in last issue, at the Katoomba Council meeting on Tuesday night, for the aldermen realised the importance of inquiring into the affairs of the Council, and decided that each committee should investigate each…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Excess Local Expenditure Council's Decision
Ald. Booth keeps solidly on the war-path when figures arc concerned, and at Tuesday night's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Surprise for Mayor Receives Set of Sleeve Links Popular Boy and Girl
At the recent fete held at Mount St. Mary's college, Katoomba, Freddie Archer and Reba Ginsbury were declared the popular boy and girl…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge at Megalong Destroyed by Fire Council Will Renew It
Mrs. W. Ward of Megalong Valley, wrote the Shire Council on Wednesday, stating that a bridge had been destroyed by the recent bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Is Inquiry to be held "In Camera"? "That Inquiry" Situation Truly "Gilbertian" Are Alder men Serious? a Municipal Muddle
When it was felt that the Civic Fathers of Katoomba had been awakened to their responsibilities through the recent standing denouncements of Ald. Booth, wise and effective action was naturally expected to result from last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Request to Shire
Glenbrook Progress Association has written Blue Mountains Shire milking the following requests. Extension of Zig Zag Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters to Council Minor Matters
The Mayor and aldermen of the Blackheath Council proved once again their zeal in dealing with civic matters, both large and small,…
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