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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1930

179 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 4 of 9

Wentworth Falls District News Shire Councillors Earnest and Attentive Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 3

Ratepayers may rest assured that the business of the Shire is most earnestly considered and fairly weighed in the balance of Justice…

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B.M .Shire Council at Their Posts Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 3

Cr. Percy Wilson presided at the Shire meeting on Wednesday, and the following were also at their posts: Crs. H. C. Grace, W. J. Lees,…

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The Shire Clerk Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 3

That the Blue Mountains Shire Council has a smart and capable officer in Mr. Maiden, the Shire Clerk, could almost be seen by a…

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Walk Over ! No Municipal Elections

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 6

Practically no public interest was taken in the two vacancies in the Katoomba Council, and only two persons were nominated: Messrs D…

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Ratepayers Cease to Worry Council

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 3

The financial depression over the country, while it is lamented by the civic fathers of Liverpool, has conferred one boon on them at any…

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Unusual Cow! Quiet As a Lamb Aldermen Have Their Doubts

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 17 May 1930 · page 2

Blackheath, like many other towns, can boast of varied types of cows, but quite a stir was caused in aldermanic circles…

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Dangers of Dole Likened to Charity Council Discusses Unemployment

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 17 May 1930 · page 1

"There is a great deal of unemployment throughout the State, but 90 per cent, is brought about by unemployed agitators." Thus remarked Ald. Board at the…

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Questions for the Mayor to Answer

The Independent · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 3

A promise was made two years ago, that Railway Parade, Leura, was to be re-made. The work has been half finished for some months. When is the…

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Shire Councillors Country Unemployed Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 5

The Blue Mountain Shire Council has been advised through Messrs Jackson and Hamilton Knight, M.L.A. that the Government cannot at…

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Council and Electricity

The Independent · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 2

As we go to press the Council discusses various matters connected with the electricity undertaking and particularly staff and tariff matters. Any decision in…

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Mayor's Minute. Proposed Special Loan. [Held Over From Last Issue]

The Independent · Wednesday 28 May 1930 · page 4

With regard to the proposed special loan of £10,000, a minute by the Mayor at last meeting of the Katoomba Shire Council read as follows:…

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Shire Council Select Road Grader Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 6

The R.M. Shire Council debated very thoroughly this progressive step. Cr. Medcalf gave cogent reason for his views and…

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District Assets Shale Leases Shire Council Is Watchful Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 6

At the meeting of the B.M. Shire Council on Wednesday, the councillors showed that they were alive to the assets and…

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"Fish" Was Late the Shire Council Discuss Railway Matters Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 6

Cr. E. S. Miller, a constant Mountain railway traveller for years, brought up the unsatisfactory conditions of the…

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To Be -- But Not to Be! Golf Club Tackles Council Mayor Votes Against Request

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 1

The curtain range down on the final sages of the difference of opinion between the Katoomba Council and the Golf Club on the question of charging green fees for visiting players in inter-club matches, at last Tuesday's Council meeting…

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More Thanks for Katoomba Council

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 1

The Katoomba Council has received a communication from the famous golfer, Joe Kirkwood, thanking the Mayor and aldermen, on…

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Still Active Leura's Improvement Association Requests to Council

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 May 1930 · page 1

Never let it be said that the Leura Town Improvement Association is "defunct" or in "recess." Katoomba's sister township will…

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Questions for the Mayor to Answer

The Independent · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 3

Leura residents and ratepayers have been expecting the reservoir here to be connected to the Water Supply for some months. How much longer will…

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Municipal Muddle

The Independent · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 3

Sir.—Allow me a little space in your interesting paper. which, by the way is living up to its title. "The Independent."…

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Councillors Present at Shire Meeting Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 14 June 1930 · page 2

Councillor Percy Wilson, the President, was in the chair, and the following councillors were also present at the Blue Mountain Shire…

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