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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

287 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 5 of 15

Blue Mountain Shire Council Doings "Black Out Monday" Light in Shire Failed Councillors' Critism Is Warm

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 4

At Bine Mountains Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, Cr. Miller told a touching story of the plight of residents of Wentworth Falls on Monday night. Many of these worthy residents, according to Cr. Miller, were farad with starvation…

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Dust Nuisance Complaint to Shire

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 2

At Wednesday's meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council a telegram sent by Mr. Eastway to Cr. Wilson(president) was read:…

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Road Repairs Shire Engineer's Report

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. B. A. Heffernan, Shire Engineer, in a report to the Blue Mountains Shire, referred to the road from Main Western Road to the…

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Leura Complaint Shire Asked to Rectify

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. W. Bolton, of "Bromley," Blackheath Street, Leura, has written the Blue Mountains Shire, stating that Leura Urban Committee…

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Still Going Up! Buildings in Shire

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. Lendster, building and health inspector for Blue Mountains Shire, submitted a healthy report to the shire on Wednesday,…

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Tennis and Finance Club Secretary's Statement Council and Courts

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 2

Mr. Keith W. McGregor, lion, secretary of the defunct Katoomba Municipal Tennis Club, mildly criticised Katoomba Council in a letter…

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Blackheath Council Aldermen Present

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

The Blackkeath Council held their usual fortnightly meeting in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night last. The following took their chairs…

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Subdivided Fined Sold Too Soon Council Prosecutes

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

That sales were made by defendant before the terms were complied with, and that some people had put up house and now found that they…

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A.e.c. Standards Association Blackheath Council Considers

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 7

Before aldermen at the fortnightly meeting of the Blackheath Council on Tuesday night, a father lengthy letter was read by the Town Clerk…

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New Municipality Bosh!

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 2

Now that a sub-committee of six members has been appointed by the Leura Town Improvement Association to go into the pros and cons of the new municipality proposal, and endeavor to straighten out the tangled figures…

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Proposed New Municipality Becomes a Vision a Mammoth Task Foisted on Sub Committee What Willl Be the Outcome?

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 1

A step further has now been taken in the proposed new municipality for Leura idea and a sub-committee of six members has been appointed to go Into the pros and cops of this much-discussed question…

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ABOUQUET Shire Council Thanked

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

It is not often councillors or aldermen receive bouquets but a change was the rule on Wednesday, when Blue Mountains…

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For Services Rendered Shire Council Will Pay

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 9

Blue Mountains Shire Council on Wednesday decided to pay £2818 to Mr. John McClusky, for work carried out prior to the appointment of…

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Going to Wang Shire Clerk Resigns

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 9

Mr. A. Howell, Shire Clerk to Blue Mountains Shire Council, having accepted the position of clerk to Blax-land Shire at Wallerawang, resigned…

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Mayor Pays Up Only Out of Allowance Catch for Ratepayers

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

Aldermanic eyes were attracted to it highly-colored war picture on the mantelpiece in the Council [?]…

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Dangerous Road Shire to Remove Lawson Death Trap

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

Lawson Progress Association intimated to Blue Mountains Shire at last meeting that the conditions existing in Bathurst Road at the east…

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Council's Land Deal "Like Giving Blank Cheque" Declares Ald. Stubbing

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

"It appears to me that the Council in 1922, gave the syndicate a blank cheque for three and a half acres of…

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Municipal Uproar "Beating the Air" Declared Ald. Packer Lively Retorts

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

Spirited retorts indulged in by Aldermen Booth and Packer with Aid. Laurie, enlivened the discussion at the Katoomba Council meeting on Tuesday night, on the Progress report concerning the Council's loans…

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Municipal Engineer's Dual Position Creates Lively Scenes Stirring Retorts Over Engineer's Job Aldies Get Lively

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 7

Whether Aid. Law[?]c acted prematurely or not at the Katoomba Council meeting on Tuesday night he certainly made a strenuous effort to "gag" Aid. Packer's motion concerning the dual position of Engineer Crowley…

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Council Meetings Aldermen Present

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 4

The Blackheath Council held their usual fortnightly meeting in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. The following aldermen were…

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