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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1943

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Blackheath Municipal Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

The Health Inspector (Mr. C. C. Phillips) will again carry out the inspection of meat for the Katoomba Council. This is another instance of…

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Jottings From the Council Table

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

An extra man has been engaged for the gardening staff. The recommendation of the publicity Officer (Mr. R. H. Weston) was…

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Many Road Washaways Shortage of Labour Concerns Blackheath Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

Continuous rains during past weeks have caused dozens of road washaways and numerous blockages of water tables throughout the Blackheath…

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Municipal Pars From Annual Reports Parks, Gardens and Reserves

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

This Department (stated Mr. H. Bursil, Acting Municipal Engineer) has suffered from a shortage of labour. The rainy season, although good in the…

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Chief Building Inspector's Report Council Versus Simos

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

"This prosecution was heard before Mr. Pickup on the 27th inst. The defendant, through his attorney Mr Hall pleaded guilty and was fined £10,…

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Business Man Prosecuted Council Action Over Unauthorised Building Further Action Likely

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

At Katoomba Court, before Mr Pickup on January 27th, Mr. Simos was proceeded against by Katoomba Council re an…

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B. M. Shire Council Notes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 2

The agreement between the Katoomba Council and the Blue Mountains Shire for the supply of water to the Leura Urban Area and the…

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B.M. Shire Council Notes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

At last meeting the Central Blue Mountains Water Supply Agreement moved a step nearer completion. Katoomba Council's representatives…

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To-morrow's Municipal By-Election

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

More than customary interest in local municipal by-elections has been evinced in to-morrow's ballot, which will be contested by three well-known…

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Shire Council Jottings

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

Hazelbrook and Lawson are both being treated to a wonderful crop of blackberries. Cr. Sid Miller drew attention to street hydrants being…

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Municipal By-Election

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

Last Saturday's by-election at Katoomba resulted in an easy win for Mr. Sid. Thompson, and he was welcomed to the Council table at the…

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Katoomba's Status Mayor's Recommendation

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 4

At the meeting of Katoomba Council on Tuesday night, Ald. W. Freelander (Mayor) expressed the opinion that the time has long since passed when the…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting of the B.M. Shire was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday, 22nd March, 1943. The President (Cr. A. M…

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Post War Planning, and The B.M. Shire

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

"That in the matter of post-war planning and the decentralisation of industry, the B.M. Council desires to bring before the post-war planning…

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Coal Supplies Presents Council Problem

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

The continuance of adequate coal supplies to the power-house is causing Katoomba Council some concern. Shortage of manpower at…

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Blackheath Council Jottings Diphtheria Immunisation

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 4

A total of 106 children received a skin test and first injection on the 1st and 2nd inst. Non attendance numbered 25 from Blackheath and 27…

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Air Observers Wanted Mayor to Call Meeting

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. Cripps) is calling a public meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, Blackheath, next Thursday night, May 6, for the purpose of…

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A Bird in the Shop Worth Two in the Pond Blackheath Aldermen Fed Up with Wild Duck

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 4

Blackheath aldermen were up to their old tricks last Tuesday night when they were again playing Ducks and Drakes with the…

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Nepean Electoral Council Meeting at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 4

Messrs. H. N. Johnson (Wentworth Falls) and B. Milliss (Katoomba) were elected delegates to the annual conference in Sydney on the 5th…

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Shire Council Jottings Workers' Train

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 4

In reply to overtures made by the Shire Council on behalf of the war service workers travelling to and from St. Mary's, the Secretary for Railways…

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