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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

302 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 16

Straying Stock Shire's Reluctance to Prosecute

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a communication was received from Const. A. J. Lambert, Police Station, Araluen, reporting a…

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Appeal to Mayor To Represent P. and C. Association

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Parents and Citizens Association, it was decided to request the Mayor of Queanbeyan (Alderman J. Esmond) if…

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Parents & Citizens' Association Braidwood District Council Meeting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the above Council was held at Braidwood Public School last Monday, March 13th, when the following delegates were present…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

The engineer, Mr. C. N. Boult, reported as follows at the last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council:— "Generally the long spell of dry…

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Tallaganda Shire Engineer's Report (Continued from last issle)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 5

On the motion of Crs. Griggs and Smith £70 was voted for the May-field road. Cr. Doolan said nothing had been done to the road from off…

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Road Safety Night Driving in Autumn (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3
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Darkness is a prime factor in causing highway accidents and this is particularly noticeable during the long and foggy nights of the…

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Shire Engineer's Claim Case Settled Out of Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

A Bench warrant requiring the attendance as a witness of Mrs. Elsie Giles in an action in the Supreme Court was issued by Mr. Acting…

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Contract Cancelled Council Stands by Decision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

Last night the Municipal Council decided, by a majority of six votes to two, to adhere to its decision, reached on February 9, to cancel the existing…

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Which First? Gardens or Drainage Council’s Dilemma

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

Whether the demands of town drainage should take pr[?]edenece over the beahtification of Lowe Street by garden plots excited a…

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Alsatians Again Council Stands Pat Graziers Appeal in Vain

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

The question of Alsatians being kept in the Municipality cropped up again last night at the meeting of the Municipal Council, as the result of a…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

Alderman Collett was the only absentee from the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held last week. WORKS COMMITTEE’S REPORT…

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Death Rate Falls Attack on Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first six months…

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Municipal Band Gains and Losses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 1

Although not much has been heard of the Band since Mr. Davis was appointed conductor in November last; it would be a mistake to consider that…

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Heavy Damages Against Shire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

In the No. 5 Causes Court, Sydney, last week, Francis Lionel Chapman, a clerk, 25, brought an action claiming £2000 from the Council of the…

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More Room Shire Council’s Needs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Nobody could accuse yarrowlumla Shire Council of having squandered the ratepayers’ money on elaborate Council…

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Shire Council Monthly Meeting Summonses for Rate payers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

There was a full attendance at the monthly meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council held in the Shire Chambers at Queanbeyan last Friday…

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Straight Council Talk

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

At the Macleay Shire Council's last meeting Cr. Christian moved that the engineer and bis assistant submit each month a signed report as to…

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ALSATIANS Shire Wants Old Powers Motion for Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

[?] Shire Council, seriously concerned by the failure of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council to take the…

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His Own Car Shire Health Inspector Transport New Arrangement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

The Yarrow[?]la Shire Council’s experiment in purchasing a second car for the use of the Health Inspector was not a happy…

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