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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

252 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 13

Postal Voting at Shire Elections Grave Abuses Alleged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Waugoola Shire election was carried out by postal voting, and the results indicate conclusively that it is an unsatisfactory method. In B…

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Election Surprise Boorowa Mayor Loses Seat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

At the recent local Government elections, at Boorowa, Alderman A. J. Stuart, who had been in the Municipal Council for years and Mayor…

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Sewerage for Queanbeyan Governments Offer Accepted By Municipal Council Work to be Carried Out By Unemployed Relief Labour Men Will Not Be Rationed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Municipal Council on Friday evening last, the aldermen unanimously agreed to accept…

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Shire Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 3

The monthly meeting was bold yesterday. Present: Crs. W. U. Alley (President), J. Kennedy, N. Byrne, E. C. Smith, C. J. Roberta, A. Keys…

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Bouquet for Aldermen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Last night the Municipal Council Council had before it a letter from Mr. W. Webber, acting secretary of the Queanbeyan Ratepayers and Citizens’…

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SALEYARDS Offer to Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Mr. R. O. Walker, lessee of the Victoria Hotel, wrote to the Municipal Council last night offering a lease of the present Queanbeyan saleyards for…

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Municipal Council Last Night’s Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Apologies were-received from Alderment Collett and Freebody who were the absentees from the meeting held last night…

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Voted 31 Times at Shire Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

An allegation that Joseph Westcott, 48 years, laborer, voted 81 times at the Lake Macquarie Shire Council' elections in December was made at…

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Petition to Council Against Removal of Street Trees

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Last night the Municipal Council received a petition, signed by about 70 residents of Queanbeyan, protesting strongly against the removal of pine…

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Fireman Sues Mayor Awarded £10 Damages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 2

The Hearing of the action by W. H. Buchanan, auxiliary fireman, against J.D. Annand, Mayor of Toowoomba, and member of the Legislative…

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The Duke's Cigarette Costs Mayor a "Tenner"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

The bearing of the action by W. H. Buchanan, auxiliary fireman, against J. D. Annand, Mayor of Toowoomba and member of the Legislative…

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Relief Work in Shire Cr. Smith's Fight for Its Re-introduction

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

At Thursday's meeting of the Shire Council Cr. E. Smith made a determined attempt to have the emergency relief work scheme reintroduced in…

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Oallen Bridge Mulwarree Council to Apply for Grant

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 5

Hopes that official sanction will at last be given to the construction of a low-level bridge at Oallen Ford have arisen as the result of a circular…

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Town Clerk’s Record 42 Years With Wagga Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. Robert Emblen, who on Friday night was tendered a public farewell at the Wagga Town Hall and presented with an illuminated address, started…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

The monthly meeting was held on Monday night. Present: Ald. J. Roberts (Mayor). R. L. Whitefield, R. Taylor, M. Anderson, R, Martin, H…

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Shire Council and Relief Work (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

Sir,—Once again the question or relief work has been brought before the Tallaganda Shire Council, and once again with the same indefinite…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

There was a full attendance of Councillors at the meeting held in Queanbeyan this morning. A good deal of business was transacted…

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Council Sensation Mayor Taylor Resigns Rejected Recommendation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Alderman H. C. Taylor, Mayor of Queanbeyan, caused a sensation at the Municipal Council meeting last night, when be handed in his…

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Shire Engineer’s Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Only minor damage has occurred to roads since last meeting, reported Mr. I. Evans (engineer) to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council this morning…

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Claim for £151 Conning Shire Engineer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Mr. T. J. Lawson, engineer, whose services were dispensed with last month, following an inquiry, made a claim on the Gunning Shire Council…

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