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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

45 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 1 of 3

Sick Pay for Council Labourers

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

The Local Government Association has advised councils of the following ruling: Clause 16 of the Labourers…

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Council Seeks to Hold Reserves in Trust

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

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…

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Council Officials Survey Fish River Dam at Oberon

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 8

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…

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Cession of Emu Plains Area from the Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 6

At the latest meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council the Mayor (Ald. W. Freelander) presented the following…

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Annual Picnic of Council Staff

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 5

Blue Mountains City Council has selected October 22 as the day which the annual picnic for council employees shall be held…

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Council Gives Approval To Staff Reorganisation

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

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)…

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Council's Water Supply Sources Are Now Full to Overflowing

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 8

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…

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Insufficient Time For Council Elections

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 8

An effort is to be made to have Katoomba municipal elections deferred. "This council would be confronted…

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Mountains Aldermen to Inspect Plan for Sydney

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

The mayor (Alderman W. Freelander) and several other aldermen of the Blue Mountains City Council have accepted the…

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New Trucks for Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 3

Purchase of two new motor vehicles by the Blue Mountains City Council has been deferred until such time as the council…

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Arbor Day on Mountains Encouraged by Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 1

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…

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Leura Street Work Sanctioned by Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 5

Improvements to roads and footpaths in Leura are receiving the attention of the Katoomba City Council, according…

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Council Elections Are Fixed for December 4

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

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…

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Council Holds up the Dog Racing Project

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

Before any decision is given on the matter of greyhound racing meetings being held at Katoomba, further…

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Arts Council Will Drive For New Members

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 8

The Committee of the Arts Council of Australia (Katoomba branch) is to commence a drive for 100 new members…

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Council Sidelights

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 7

If big Jackpot quiz sessions were ever held in Katoomba, the City Engineer (Mr. J. Yeaman) would topple all contenders…

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Mayor to Call Public Meeting

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

The Mayor (Alderman W. Freelander) is to call a public meeting in order to organise a campaign for the United Nations Appeal for…

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Was the Mayor's Ruling Correct?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

"Is a Town Clerk's report which is tabled at a Council meeting, open for discussion?" As requested by Ald. F. Walford…

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New Katoomba Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

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…

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Council Supports a Business Man

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 3

The Blue Mountains City Council is to support Mr. Horace Charles Gates, a Katoomba guest-house proprietor…

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