Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Council & local affairs, all years

Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

37 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 2

B.M. Shire Councillors To Inspect A. Riding

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

Councillors of the Blue Mountains Shire Council have arranged for a tour of inspection of A. Riding on the 16th January…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

The Councillors of the Blue Mountains Shire Council held two meetings last month so that they could deal with the volume of business…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

B.m. Shire's Edict on Signs

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

Summary notice has been given to property owners for the immediate removal of signs on business premises, where the total area of such signs…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Signs Within the Shire

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

Sir,—With your kind permission, allow me to add to the fine stand taken by the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Lawson Division, against…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Blue Mountains Shire Council Tour of Inspection

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

A tour of inspection of "A" Riding took place on the 16th January last. All Councillors, except Cr. E. S. H. Miller, were in attendance, as well as…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Signs Within the Shire

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

Sir,—May I be permitted to add my congratulations to the Larson Branch of the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce on its stand against the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

County Council News

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

The County Electrical Engineer, in his annual report submitted to Council at its last meeting, showed that during the year the purchase and…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Our Readers' Views (To the Editor.) Signs Within the Shire

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

Sir,—Some places progress—the Blue Mountains Shire work in reverse. This time it is the old bug-bear of signs, a problem which has worried…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Building Activities Throughout the Shire

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 6

Figures released by the Blue Mountains Shire reveal that 466 building applications with a total value of £208,000 have been approved within…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 6

At the last monthly meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, Cr. A. M. Hodgson (President) was in the chair; other councillors present were…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Blue Mountains Sports Carnival Week County Council's Enterprise Generally Acclaimed

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

The second annual sports carnival week sponsored by the Blue Mountains County Council concluded on 3rd May. This widely advertised event was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Road Safety Council Local Branch Formed at Lawson

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 5

With the object of providing assistance in the matter of road safety generally, the Lawson Division of the Blue Mountains Chamber of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

New Sub Station Erected by B.M. County Council At Lawson

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 5

A large extension of Council's electricity mains has been carried out and a 25 KVA transformer has been installed in the County Council's new…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Mayor Refutes Misleading Statements About County Council Accused Makes No Defence

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 2

With only one spectator in the public gallery at the last meeting of the Katoomba Council, the usual calm of the proceedings was disturbed…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The County Council Appoints New Chief Electrical Engineer

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 3

The B.M. County Council's Chief Electrical Engineer, Mr. Roy Delaney, is resigning from the County Council shortly, owing to ill health…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Blue Mountains Shire Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 8

At the last two meetings of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, the following matters were dealt with:—NO INFECTIOUS DISEASES…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Municipality of Blackheath Proposed Residential Districts (Published in Government Gazette No. 76 of 27th June, 1947) Local Government Act, 1919 Proposed Abolition of Residential District, No. 2 and Declaration of New Residential Districts Nos. 2-19, Inclusive, Within Blackheath Municipality

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 8

IT is hereby notified that the Blackheath Municipal Council has applied to the Governor to (1) abolish Residential District No. 2.—Blackheath, as…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

One Council for the Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

THE long awaited news of the amalgamation of all councils on the Blue Mountains has at…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

County Council Personnel

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 2

When the news came through that the amalgamation of all councils on the mountains had been approved, Blackheath was first off the mark in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

To the Editor Leura and the Combined Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

Sir,—As a Councillor on the Blue Mountains Shire, with a term spanning over twenty odd years, I feel ashamed of the way in which Leura…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →