Mayor Assists Scouts
The Mayor (Ald. F. Walford) had an attentive audience when he gave a lecture on bushcraft to members of the 1st Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1950
40 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 2
Council Assists Springwood Committee
Disappointment has been expressed by the Blue Mountains City Council at the failure of the Springwood District Committee to come up to expectations. The Mayor (Alderman F. Walford),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Bankruptcy of Council Denied
An allegation by a prominent' townsman of Katoomba that the Blue Mountains City Council was bankrupt, was vigorously denied by the Mayor (Ald. F. Walford), during the course of his broadcast on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Answers Ratepayers
A section of the weekly broadcast over 2KA by the Mayor (Ald. F. Walford) in which be deals with questions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mayor Hits Out at Railway Heads
The Department of Railways was severely criticised by the. Mayor (Ald. F. Walford) for its indifference and lack of co-operarion in matters which vitally concern the Blue Mountains City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mayor's Broadcast Ceases
At last Council meeting Mayor Walford caused a surprise when he announced that his broadcast on civic matters over 2KA had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Committee's Attack on Mayor Fails
Springwood District Committee, accompanied by a contingent of supporters, visited last meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council with the express purpose of attacking the Mayor and in lesser degree a "section of the Council."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →T.B. Fight A Scandal, Says Mayor
"It is a shocking scandal that a band of public-spirited citizens is forced to become the spearhead in the fight against T.B. when the task should be shouldered by the Government," said the Mayor (Ald.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Meter Rental Charges: Mayor Replies
"Why Hoes the Council charge a rental for water meters, yet makes no rent charge for electricity meters?"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council Laughs
When the matter of the proposed resumption of the Bull Paddock was being discussed at last Council meeting, one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Decides On New Baby Clinic
The Blue Mountains City Council has agreed to establish a new Baby Health Centre at Katoomba on the site which the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Understaffed. says Mayor
The Local Government Department may soon recommend that the present staff of the Blue Mountains City Council should be increased, according to the Mayor (Ald. F. Walford)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Saves With Local Gravel
By using gravel obtained locally, the Blue Mountains City Council is saving 50 per cent, in the cost of material…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →City Council Elections
With nominations closing next Wednesday for the Aldermanic positions on the Blue Mountains City Council, ratepayers are awaiting with, interest the names of candidates who will contest the five wards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor's Challenge To Minister
Following a report in another local newspaper in which the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) referred to a[?] "absolute rubbish" a statement by the Mayor (Ald. F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Rejects Suggestions Of Vital Changes
Suggestions that four large District Committees should be set up in the area and that the Council's rating policy should be changed, were rejected at a special meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Forecasts Electricity Price Rise
Decision by the former Blue Mountains County Council to close down the Katoomba power station and to obtain electricity supplies in bulk from the Railway Commissioner, was one of the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Shocks: Three Aldermen Beaten
The surprising defeat of Alds. Taylor, Lake, and Husselbee at the Blue Mountains City Council elections last Saturday, was one of the biggest shocks in recent years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue Mountains Mayor Elected
At a special meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council on Tuesday night, Ald. Galwey was elected to the position as Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Mayor Predicts Difficult Year
"The former Council had a very sound policy, and I feel certain that my Council will continue along the same lines," said the Mayor of the Blue Mountains (Ald. Percy Galwey). Ald. P. Galwey…
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