Blackheath Council Jottings
The Blackheath Council got away to a good start last Tuesday night when, on the arrival of Alderman Peter Sutton, requested the Deputy Mayor,…
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Council & local affairs, 1944
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Katoomba Council JOTTINGS
Katoomba Council meets next Tuesday. Last meeting of Council constituted a record. Business of the evening was…
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After the minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire and Municipal Assembly were read, a motion was carried at the meeting on…
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Three aldermen were absent from the Council table last Tuesday night. It was pleasing to see the list of works set out for attention in the near,…
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The Mayor (Ald. Freelander) ever mindful of the welfare of local residents, sympathetically referred to the municipality's loss, in the death of an…
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"Personally, I think it is a travesty to talk about culture when men of all nations are killing one another in the way they are," said hte Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbor Day Suggestions By Katoomba Council
Following on suggestions outlined in Mr. Hawkey's report, the Engineer (Mr. H. Bursill) recommended the following planting be put in hand on…
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"I think it can be accepted as a fact that the County Council will be established and functioning prior ta the end of July," stated the Mayor at the last meeting of Katoomba Municipal Council. "What the decision will be in regard to representation I am unable to anticipate, but it appears…
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At a special meeting held at the Council Chambers, Lawson, on Tuesday, July 18th, the Shire Council elected its two delegates to the B.M…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Katoomba Council Elects Two Delegates To B.M. County Council
All delegates to the Blue Mountains County Council have now been elected by their respective Councils, and the first combined meeting—locality and time to be determined by the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Special Council Meetings in the One Week Blackheath Council Asked To Resign as Protest
The inevitable formation of a County Council to administer essential services only for the Blue Mountains has prompted many suggestions. A Greater Blackheath, a Greater Katoomba, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclists Pranks Cause Accidents Warning issued foy the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.
When it was reported recently that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track on the edge of a 300 ft. cliff in Sydney ana fell to his death, everyone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Greater Blue Mountains Deputation Waits on the Minister for Public Works and Local Government County Council Discussion
"I have called you here to discuss the basis of representation on the new County Council," stated the Minister for Local Government (Hon. J. J…
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County Council delegates decided at the initial meeting to establish the headquarters of the Council at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Controls Seven Important Public Utilities
The particular importance of the Blue Mountains County District, stated the Minister for Local Government (The Hon. J. J. Cahill, M.L.A.), is that it controls seven important public utilities, viz., water, sewerage,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The First Meeting of the B.M. County Council Makes N.S.W. Local Government History
An event of considerable importance in the history of the Blue Mountains took place on Tuesday, 25th July, 1944, at the Katoomba Council Chambers, when the first meeting of the recently established Blue Mountains County Council was held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Katoomba Council Concerned Over the Dumping of Rubbish
Having failed to apply the old order, the world is now seeking a new order. From all fronts a blitz of panaceas is launched, calculated to blast us into the realms of common sense, or common decency…
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Aldermen Pentecost and Shepherd, of Rockdale Council received a fraternal welcome at the Council table at last meeting of katoomba Council…
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On calling on the Town Clerk (Mr. Geo. Shaw) to discuss news of interest to the ratepayers, we found him, as well as the staff, very busily engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Around the Council Table a Master Clock
As a result of a request from Mr. H. Gates, of "Homesdale," Katoomba, to Katoomba Council, the matter of installing an electric master clock at…
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