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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

283 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 15

Comforts Are Not Sold Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fond

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 7

Mr. C. T. Docker, honorary administrator of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund, said that if comforts for the troops were being sold to them…

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Minister’s Visit Deputation from Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 1

Following his visit to Monaro last Friday to view the area which will be affected should the proposed Snowy River Hydro-Electric Scheme be carried…

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Collecting Garbage Council Decides to Call Tenders

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting on Thursday last, all the aldermen being present, discussed the resignation of the…

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New Conditions New Accidents(Issued by the Road Safe Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 4

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Road Safety New Conditions—new Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 5

New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…

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Letter to the Editor [Views expressed by correspondents are not necessarily those held by the paper.]DECISION of Council on Buses Overloaded

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 3

Sir,—Please give me space through the columns of “The Age” to deal with the question of Council's capitulation regarding the overloading of buses and…

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Looking Behind the Accident (Issued by the Road Safety Council o New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 2

Behind, each of the 28 fatal accident already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story o anguish and desolation…

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INACCESIBLE? Alderman’s Water Meter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 1

At the meeting last night, of the Municipal Council, Alderman J. Collett read a notice he had received from the Town Clerk regarding the…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 1

The meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council was quarter of an hour late in starting last night, for lack of a quorum. Those present at the…

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Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 3

The Council met on Tuesday. Present: Crs. J. Grigg (President), J. Kennedy, T. H. Griggs, E. C. Smith, R. T. Hassall, T. Doolan, J. L…

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Municipal Engineer’s Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 3

The report of the Acting Engineer, Mr. J. Boyle, presented to the Municipal Council at last night’s meeting was as follows:—…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 6

The engineer, Mr. 6. H. Liddicoat, reported at last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council:— "1940 Main Roads Maintenance…

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Tallaganda Shire ( Continued from last issue). an Insurance Scheme

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3

Prom the Public Trust Office advising that a special scheme for soldiers' insurance had been evolved upon the following basis, viz., each policy…

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Road Deaths In COUNTRY (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 3

Although road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed an 8 per cent, decrease in the first nine months of this year, 34 more…

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Road Safety Road Deaths in Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 5

Although road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the Stats showed an eight per cent, decrease, in the first nine months of this year, 34…

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New Traffic Regulations (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1940 · page 2

Universal complaint has been mads ever the last few years about the danger and discomfort of glaring headlights from motor vehicles. The Road…

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New Traffic Regulations (Issued by the Road Safety Council or New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 4

Universal complaint has been made over the last few years about the danger and discomfort of glaring headlights from motor vehicles. The…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 2

A meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council was held yesterday at the Shire Chambers in Queanbeyan, all the councillors and officers being present…

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Lake George Mines Shire Council’s Valuation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 3

Some time was spent yesterday by Councillors of the Yarrowlumla Shire considering matters relative to the valuation for rating purposes of the…

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Annual Meeting Queanbeyan and Yarrowlumla Shire Patriotic and War Fund

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 1

On Tuesday night the first annual general meeting of the above was held. There was a fair attendance, the President, Aid. H. C. Taylor, occupying the…

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