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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

302 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 16

Municipal Council Health Inspector’s Transport Sanitary Rate Increased

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 1

At the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held last Thursday night there were present: Aldermen J Esmond (Mayor), W. B. Freebody, W…

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Road Safety Just a Smash Youth at the Wheel (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

Drivers under 20 years of age kill three times as many people as drivers under 40. Youth may take your life or give up its own…

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Municipal Band Playing Strength Increasing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

The playing strength of our Band is on the up grade. Eight new players having been placed during the last few weeks. Another four are expected next…

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Shire Works Local Unemployed May Apply

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Tully, M.L.A., has supplied Yarrowlumla Shire Council with a copy of a letter addresed to him by the Minister for Works and Local…

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Well Satisfied Shire Works Approved Committee’s Inspection

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

For three days this week (Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday) the members of the Captain’s Flat Town Planning Committee were in Captain’s Flat…

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Extra Payment Grant to Council Ex-ganger Former Decision Reversed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

Last night the Queanbeyan Municipal Council gave attention to a letter received from the former works ganger, Mr. C. T. Beazley,…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident CAUSES(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks and the principal cause has been…

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Municipal Council Works Committee Procedure

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

There was a full attendance of aldermen at the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council held last Thursday night…

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New Officer Pleases Council Engineer’s First Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

“The report is a most satisfactory one. It is pleasing to see that the Engineer has already got busy on matters that needed attention. If he…

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Council Payment Serious Issues Raised Position of Former Employee

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

The decision of the Municipal Council to make an additional payment to the former overseer or ganger, Mr. C. T. Beazley, who…

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Road Safety Winter Road Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

Serious road accidents, many or them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the principal…

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A Warning Road Safety at Week-end (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

Whenever there is a public holiday on a Monday the road accidents for that week-end in N.S.W. usually in crease in an appalling manner…

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Loan Council Meeting Postponed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 7

CANBERRA.—As a result of the sudden death of Mr. Ogilvie the meeting of the Loan Council which was arranged to be held in Canberra…

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Wool Bounty Request Decision by Council "Ill-balanced Economy"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

The Australian Woolgrowers' Council, at its annual meeting last week, resolved that the Government be asked to pay a bounty on wool…

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Shire Council Monthly Meeting Pay-Day Problems

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

There was a full attendance of Councillors at yesterday’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council held at Queanbeyan. Councillor P H. Hardy…

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Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday. Present: Crs. J. Grigg (President), J. Kennedy. E. C. Smith, T. H. Griggs, R. T. Hassall, T…

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Too Attractive Our Police Disturb Motorists Aldermen Sceptical

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

“I cannot understand what the Sergeant meant, but he told me he had put a traffic constable on the corner one Saturday afternoon,…

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A Donation Shire and Ambulance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Yesterday Yarrowlumla Shire Council voted £10/10- as a donation to the Queanbeyan Ambulance. It is not the practice of the Council…

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Claim Against Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

After a protracted case lasting from February of this year, Judge A. G. Hill has found in favour of the plaintiff, Dr. G. A. Pockley, of…

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Where the Money Goes Shire Finances Analysed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The Clerk of Yarrowlumla Shire, Mr Gerald O’Hanlon, at the Council meeting held yesterday presented a statement setting out the allocation of Shire…

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