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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

205 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 11

Relief Work in Municipality Discontinued

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Word has been received by the Municipal Council and the local police that the emergency relief work scheme has been discontinued in…

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Compulsory Voting at Shire and Municipal Elections Opposed by Councils

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

The executive of the Local Government Association has expressed opposition to compulsory voting in municipal elections…

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Employees' Cars Liability for Accidents Council's Responsibility

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Cooma Municipal Council the clerk reported that he had written to the secretary of the Local Government Association…

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Moss Vale Sewerage Unemployed from Other Centres to be Absorbed Protest by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

The Bowral Council has been notified by the Department of Labour and Industry, that all the eligible Bowral unemployed would be absorbed in the…

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Trees Destroyed Council Authorises Prosecution

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

The efforts of the local Municipal Council to beautify the town, received a setback recently when several young trees, which had made splendid growth…

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UNSATISFACTORY Conditions on Sewer Works Deputation to Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

Though work on the sewerage for Queanbeyan has been going on for some months, there has been no alteration in the conditions, which…

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Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 1

The first meeting of the new year wan held on Thursday. Present: Ore. W. U. Alley (President), J. Kennedy. J. Kain, E. C. Smith and A. Keys…

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Municipal Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

The monthly meeting was held on Monday night. Present: Aid. J. Roberts (Mayor), R. L. Whitfield, E. N. Mutton, R. Martin, R. Taylor, R. L…

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Shire Finances Clerk's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

The Shire clerk, Mr. P. B. Taylor, presented the following comprehensive report at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire:—…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

The full Council was present at the monthly meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council held at Queanbeyan on Saturday last…

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Shire Engineer’s Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

In his report to the Yarrowlumla Council at the meeting held on Saturday last, the Engineer (Mr. Evans) intimated that the Main Roads…

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The Queanbeyan-cooma-road More Money to be Spent Divisional Engineer Confers With Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 1

In a letter to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, early this year Mr. T. A. Donaldson, Divisional Engineer for the Department of Main Roads, wrote that…

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Council Determined Noxious Weeds Must Be Destroyed Prosecutions Talked Of

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council is determined that the destruction of noxious weeds on properties within its area must be attended to. A few months ago…

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Milk Deliveries Council's Powers Limited Use of Bicycles

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 3

According to a statement made at last meeting of the Goulburn City Council, that body at present has no jurisdiction over the use of bicycles…

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Mayor’s Tribute

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

The Mayor of Queanbeyan (Aid. J. Esmond) writes:—It can quite safely be asserted that the death of His Majesty the King evoked the most wide-spread…

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The Amalgamation the Commissioner Makes His Decision Braidwood Municipality to Be Wiped Out

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 2

If any doubt existed as to the result of the recent inquiry into the proposed amalgamation of Braidwood Municipality and Tallaganda…

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Braidwood Municipality to Be Wiped Out Amalgamation With Tallaganda Shire Commissioner’s Decision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

If any doubt existed as to the result of the recent inquiry into the proposed amalgamation of Braidwood Municipality and Tallaganda Shire, followed by…

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Old Municipality to Go Out

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 2

When Braidwood Municipality is finally merged into Tallaganda Shire one of the oldest Municipalities in the State will have ceased to exist…

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Municipal Council Lost Night’s Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Alderman Bruce was the only member absent from the Municipal Council meeting held last night. In addition to matters reported…

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Boer War Memorial Further Discussion at Council Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

At the Municipal Council meeting last night a letter was received from the Secretary of the South African Soldiers' Association, Sydney, which…

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