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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

274 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 3 of 14

Expenses Katoomba Council's Officers and Conferences

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

Permission was granted Messrs C. R. C. Lundy (Engineer) and A. Mayer (Electricity Engineer) to attend forthcoming conferences in…

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Rates Owing Council Can't Recover on "Bad Eggs"

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

According to the Public Trustee, the Blackheath Council has been offered 10- each for blocks of land in Tennyson…

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Meeting the Laundry Bill Ald. Packer Would Charge Golfers Foe the Use of Towels. But Council Says "Nay"

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

Ah interesting discussion centred round the golf links, at the Council table on Tuesday night, when matters concerning…

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Council Team

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

The following will represent Katoomba Municipal Council against Wentworth Fails; match to be played at Leura: J. Tremble (capt.),…

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Council Pars. " No Mosquitos! " a Mountain Assist

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 2

Down in the humid summer atmosphere of the metropolis, peaceful slumbers are rudely disturbed by the monotonous drone of the…

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Shire Council Member Kept Busy

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 4

Communications from Mr. J. J. Jackson, M. L. A., member for the district, to the B. M. Shire, revealed that he had been most active in the…

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Is It a Combine? Shire Council Acts

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 3

The Blue Mountains Shire Council was faced with a problem that is becoming more common in the business world to -day: the…

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Water Meters Mayor Would Check Wastage

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 1

Application by a ratepayer to be allowed to pay a garden rate of 10- per year instead of a meter being affixed to his premises, caused…

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Council Pars. Artificial Lake

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 3

Ald. Freelander reported to last Council meeting that the Engineer bad been instructed to expedite his report re plans and levels, which…

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Council's Finances Town Clerk's Report. New Works?

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 1

The General rate levy for the year 1934, was £20,613158. The actual rate collections, current and arrears, for the year…

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Farewelled Mr. E. G. Saunders Enter- Tained by Aldermen and Staff. the "Pull" of the Mountains

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

A gesture of goodwill was extended to Mr. E. G. Saunders, who has relinquished his position as Municipal head…

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Council and Sunday Sport. (To the Editor)

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 3

Sir,--The controversy' re Sabbath desecration has gone far afield since the objection to Sunday dancing was first mentioned in your…

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Taree Municipal Jubilee March 9 to 18

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 4

Under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, the "Taree District Jubilee will be the…

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Electrification of Railway Katoomba Council Seeks Conference Shire President Criticises Attitude Adopted

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 2

A very old question was revived at the shire Council on Tuesday, when the Shire Clerk read a letter from Katoomba…

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On the Junk Heap Engineer's Car Worries Cease. a Reflection on Aldermen's Mentality?

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 1

In the early days of the Ford car, a good story went the rounds concerning its habit of shaking-off nuts and bolts, and…

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Blackheath Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 2

With the exception of Ald. G. W. Ruggles, who is still suffering from a heart attack, all aldermen were present at the last meeting of the…

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Engineer to Stay! Council Favors His Re-appointment

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 3

Katoomba Council's defiance of the Minister for Local Government in the appointment of an engineer, will be recorded as one of the events of this municipality's history, the dispute having awakened State-wide interest. Eventually the aldermen were obliged to…

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Points From Council Reports Mayoral Minute

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 1

Following upon a call by Aid. Freelander to the Lands Department, plans and reports prepared in connection with the proposed…

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Shire Council Fortnightly Council Meeting KATOOMBA & Leura Gas Co. Tar

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 3

In order to test the treated tar produced by the Katoomba and Leura Gas Co., eight chains of road at Leura Golf Links will be tarred…

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Golf Fees Council to Abide by Increase

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 2

The recent increase of 25 per cent, in annual subscriptions to. the Municipal Golf Links aroused a fair amount of resentment…

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