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Blue Mountains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

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Council's Chief Clerk's High Pass, 1953

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 10

The Town Clerk reported to the last meeting of council that the chief clerk, Mr. R. A. Woodward, had secured a…

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Council Receives Cheques for Flood Appeal

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 2

The Blue Mountains City Council carried, with acclamation, a resolution of thanks for donations…

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Blue Mountains City Council Objects to "Economy" Homes

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 1

The Housing Commission's economy type homes, which have been erected at North Katoomba, were gravely criticised at the last meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council…

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World In Mess, Mayor Tells Anzac Day Service

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

"The world is in a tremendous mess today, and we are kept wondering what is going to happen," the Mayor of the City of the Blue Mountains, Ald. A. F. C. Murphy, warned a…

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City Engineer Reports on Staff At Council Meeting

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 4

The Blue Mountains City Council city engineer, Mr. J. Yeaman, reported on the staff position at the last…

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Mayor to Open Remodelled Trocadero Theatre

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 11

Alderman A. F. C. Murphy Mayor of the City of the Blue Mountains, will perform the opening ceremony on Friday night, May 28, at the Trocadero Theatre, Katoomba,…

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Bright Entertainment At Q.V. Homes Given By Council's Staff

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 12

Members of the Council's staff entertained the patients at Q.V. Homes recently with an exceptionalty bright…

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Council Staff Savings

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 12

Council decided at its last meeting to bring before the next finance committee the course to be adopted in…

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Council Defers Discussion On Parking

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

Blue Mountains City Council has deferred discussion on the submission by the three South Katoomba Ward…

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Naturalization Ceremony at Council Meeting

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 5

The first Naturalization Ceremony to take place in the Blue Mountains was performed at Tuesday's meeting of the City Council, Katoomba…

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Council Gives O. K. to Ambulance on Dog Racing at Katoomba

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

The Blue Mountains City Council agreed to grant permission to the Blue Mountains District Ambulance Service to conduct mechanical hare racing at the Katoomba Showground…

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Municipal Electoral Rolls

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 12

Attention is drawn to a notice appearing in our advertising columns in connection with the…

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Council Move to Control Greyhounds

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

Ald. Liggins, in a notice of motion at the last meeting of the Blue Mountains City Council, moved that…

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Mayor to Re-open Blackheath Theatre To-morrow

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 11

The Mayor of the City of the Blue Mountains, Ald. A. F. C. Murphy, will officially open the newly -modelled Victory Theatre, at Blackheath, to-morrow (Friday)…

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Station Waggon for Aldermen?

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 11

That a 12 -seater station waggon be purchased by the Council for the use of the Works Committee, etc.,…

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Over Million Pounds In Loans Borrowed By Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 1

£1,194,517 is the sum for which the Blue Mountains City Council is at present repaying at the rate of £108,601 annually. These figures were…

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'54-'55 Council Loans

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

Following the council's allocation, at its meeting on July 29, 1954, of the £200,000 that it will be…

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Promise Of Good Future For Arts Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 5

The promise of a good future for the coming year of the Katoomba Branch of the Arts Council of…

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Katoomba Branch Arts Council

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 8

The Katoomba Branch of the Arts Council is planning to produce a concert--with only local artists…

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Aldermen Honoured

The Blue Mountains Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 1

At the request of a Glenbrook resident, the Blue Mountains City Council has agreed to name four new…

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