Sick Pay for Council Labourers
The Local Government Association has advised councils of the following ruling: Clause 16 of the Labourers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1948
45 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 3
Council Seeks to Hold Reserves in Trust
The Blue Mountains City Council is not responsible for the state of certain signposts in some scenic reserves, and under the present set-up cannot spend money on their repair. However, the council is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Officials Survey Fish River Dam at Oberon
Proposals for raising the dam on Fish River, at Oberon, the impounding of tremendous quantities of water, and its reticulation to Katoomba, were surveyed when a delegation from the Blue Mountains City Council inspected the site recently. Subsequently the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cession of Emu Plains Area from the Council
At the latest meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council the Mayor (Ald. W. Freelander) presented the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Annual Picnic of Council Staff
Blue Mountains City Council has selected October 22 as the day which the annual picnic for council employees shall be held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Gives Approval To Staff Reorganisation
Large increase in the work of the Blue Mountains City Council administrative staff has led the council to adopt recommendations on reorganisation made by the Town Clerk (Mr. P. Scrivener)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Water Supply Sources Are Now Full to Overflowing
Position of the amount of water held in the five sources from which the Blue Mountains City Council gets its supply is the best for years, reported the engineer, Mr. J. Yeaman, to the council meeting last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Insufficient Time For Council Elections
An effort is to be made to have Katoomba municipal elections deferred. "This council would be confronted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mountains Aldermen to Inspect Plan for Sydney
The mayor (Alderman W. Freelander) and several other aldermen of the Blue Mountains City Council have accepted the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Trucks for Council
Purchase of two new motor vehicles by the Blue Mountains City Council has been deferred until such time as the council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arbor Day on Mountains Encouraged by Council
Arbor Day was celebrated at Katoomba and Leura on last Friday, July 30. The day was marked by brilliant warm sunshine. Pupils from Katoomba (High and Primary) and Leura Public Schools…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leura Street Work Sanctioned by Council
Improvements to roads and footpaths in Leura are receiving the attention of the Katoomba City Council, according…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Elections Are Fixed for December 4
Date for the holding of the Municipal Elections for the five wards in the City of the Blue Mountains has been fixed for Saturday, December 4, 1948. Following a request from the Under-Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Holds up the Dog Racing Project
Before any decision is given on the matter of greyhound racing meetings being held at Katoomba, further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arts Council Will Drive For New Members
The Committee of the Arts Council of Australia (Katoomba branch) is to commence a drive for 100 new members…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Sidelights
If big Jackpot quiz sessions were ever held in Katoomba, the City Engineer (Mr. J. Yeaman) would topple all contenders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor to Call Public Meeting
The Mayor (Alderman W. Freelander) is to call a public meeting in order to organise a campaign for the United Nations Appeal for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was the Mayor's Ruling Correct?
"Is a Town Clerk's report which is tabled at a Council meeting, open for discussion?" As requested by Ald. F. Walford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Katoomba Council
South Katoomba Ward should prove the most interesting of the five wards in the Municipal Elections to be held in December. With new blood coming into the field, South Katoomba is likely to be full of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Supports a Business Man
The Blue Mountains City Council is to support Mr. Horace Charles Gates, a Katoomba guest-house proprietor…
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