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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

72 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 4

Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 4

There was a full attendance at the Blue Mountains Shire Council meeting on Dec. 12, when the election of President, Deputy President, Standing…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

There was a full attendance of Councillors at the Blue Mountains Shire Council meeting on the 16th instant, the President (Cr. A. M…

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Katoomba Council and Golf Club Co-operate On Problems of Golf Representative Advisory Committee Formed

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 8

The Mayor (Alderman Freelander) with Aldermen H. S. Gordon and L. Mackenzie, were appointed at the last meeting of the Katoomba Council as…

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Will Urban Area Be Asset Or Liability to the Municipality?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

The chief item of interest before Katoomba Council at its last meeting was the consideration of the petition by residents of the Leura Urban Area to be incorporated within the Municipality of Katoomba, and whether the…

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Blackheath Council Jottings

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

Diphtheria immunization was the main theme of the Blackheath Health Inspector's report tabled at the last meeting of the Council…

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Katoomba Council JOTTINGS The Subject was Ashes!

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 6

"Many paths in the municipality' have been improved by the use of ashes;" included the Engineer (Mr. H. Bursill) in his report at the last…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 7

At the regular monthly meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council held on the 13th March, Cr. A. M. Hodgson, president, was in the chair…

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Blackheath News Aldermen Inaugurate New Bus Service

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 8

The Mayor (Aid. F. P. Thompson) and Blackheath Aldermen will open the newly established bus service to-morrow (Good Friday) by riding in…

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Leura Urban Area Amalgamation With Katoomba Municipality

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 6

Owing to pressure of work in the Department of Works and Local Government, some months will probably elapse before a departmental Inquiry into the proposal of the incorporation of Leura Urban Area in…

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Leura Urban Area Amalgamation with Katoomba Municipality

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 1

Sir,—The Shire of the Blue Mountains was inaugurated in 1906. Almost 40 years have passed, and Cr. Robinson admits that the Leura Urban Area…

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Chairman Urban Area Committee Replies To Statements by B.M. Shire Councillor

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Sir,—The arguments put forward by Councillor A. W. Robinson in his letter published in your issue of March 29, afford yet another example of loose,…

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Proposed Leura Urban Area Amalgamation with Katoomba Municipality Deputy Town Clerk's Report

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Supplying information required by the Katoomba Municipal Council on the proposed amalgamation of the Leura Urban Area with the Katoomba Municipality, the Deputy Town Clerk (W. Deacon) stated the…

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Municipality Depends on Tourists Council Discusses Central Booking

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1

Katoomba Council is concerned about the intention of the Blue Mountains County Council to establish a central booking office, at which all visitors must apply to book seats for trips to the Caves and other points of…

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Publicity and Tourists: Plan Before Council Council Chairman's Constructive Policy for the Development of District

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 2

'In the pre-war years the Blue Mountains District enjoyed a unique place among the tourist resorts of the State, there being no great opposition from other centres, with the result that the Area prospered as a holiday resort stated the Chairman of the Blue Mountains County Council (A. M…

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County Council's Broad Ontlook Discussion on Representation

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

"If we are trying to alter the representation on the Country Council only to swing a vote for Katoomba, I won't be a party to it/' said Alderman Booth at a meeting of Katoomba Council…

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Municipality of Blackheath

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 8

Applications endorsed "Straying Stock" and "Camping Area" to be in the hands of the Town Clerk, Blackheath, not later than 12 noon on…

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Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 6

At the regular monthly meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council held on the 10th April, Cr. A. M. Hodgson, President, was in the chair…

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Council Unable to Grant Free Use of Town Hall

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 3

The habit has grown in Katoomba of asking for free use of the town hall for various public and semi-public purposes. In the past, no hardship was…

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Good Citizenship by Ex-alderman

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 3

Ex-Ald, "Bill" Bailey is one of the most generous citizens in the Municipality. He is ever ready to dip into his pocket in a worthy public cause. Among…

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Council Table News

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 8

Possibly the imminence of VE Day had something to do with it; but the paucity of items on the business sheet was the chief cause. Tuesday's…

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