There were several important items on the agenda when Malvern Council met for the first time in 1906, as the Malvern News reported.

"The water question is presenting new and unexpected difficulties," said the report. "Happily, these have nothing to do with the Bromsberrow scheme, which, it is expected, will be brought into operation before the end of the present month.

"The fresh troubles the council have to face are in connection with the bore-holes at the Link. The contractors for the second bore-hole undertook to go down 950 feet for a cost of close upon £2,000. The stipulated depth has been reached, with disappointing results."

Eminent geologist Mr Whitaker told the council that a good flow of water could not now be expected, and further boring would cost £3 a foot. The council decided to wait for a further report from its water committee.

Production of gas, presumably from the gasworks on Pickersleigh Road, was down in December from November, which Mr Moerschell, chairman of the lighting committee, attributed to the unusually fine weather.

Electricity was also discussed, with councillors debating whether the supply can be extended to West Malvern. Cable for that purpose had been bought some time earlier, but because of lack of demand from the West, had been used elsewhere in the district.

The new-fangled motorcar also came in for attention, as the committee heard that "Messrs Woodyatt will cater for the public with a service motorcar, as well as Messrs Morgan and Co, the pioneers of the movement".

The motor services the two firms provided connected the town with the Link, the Wells and the West. Mr Heathfield and Major Hill hoped the service could soon be extended to Barnards Green.