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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

235 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 12

Noxious Weeds Shire Inspector’s Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. P. Sherd, Noxious Weeds Inspector, reported to yesterday’s Shire Council meeting:— I find that during the last month…

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The Skilful Driver (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

A skilful driver has been defined by the Road Safety Council is the driver who could take advantage of the speeds built into the…

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Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). the Skilful Driver

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 5

A skilful driver has been defined by the Road Safety Council as the driver who could take advantage of the speeds built into the car of to-day,…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

Present at last meeting of Queanbeyan Municipal Council were Mayor H. C. Taylor and Aldermen Freebody, O’Rourke, Bruce, Cranswick, J. Collett…

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Council Will Make River Footpath

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

After the above letter was read at the Council meeting last night, the Mayor (Ald. Taylor) said he had formed a different opinion since the matter…

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LIFE-SAVING Council Will Purchase Life Buoys

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 1

Replying to a letter from the Town Clerk on matters relating to lifesaving and life belts, Mr. M. H. Walker, secretary of the Royal Life-Saving…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 1

At the meeting of the Municipal Council last week the Town Clerk reported that rates and charges continue to come in satisfactorily. and that…

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Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 6

The monthly meeting was held on Friday. Present: Crs. J. Grigg (President), J. Kennedy, E. C. .Smith, T. Doolan, W. U. Alley and J. L…

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Sleepwalking Is Safer (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South. Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 4

Competent authorities estimate that one person in every hundred has been subject to sleep-walking at some time. Many of these are afflicted by the…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

Mr. Liddicoat reported at last meeting of the Shire Council as follows:— "1941 Main Roads' Maintenance Programme.—Captain's Flat Road:…

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Tallaganda Shire (Continued from last Issue). Position of Auditor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

Four applications were received for the position of auditor, from Messrs. Adams & Manfred (Goulburn), F. Davidson (Sydney), — Morse…

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National Emergency Rooms Council Undertakes Liability

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

The President (Cr. J. Grigg) at last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council, brought up the matter of the National Emergency Services rooms. In…

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Where Men Are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

More people are killed, on the roads of the country than in the whole of the city of Sydney and its suburbs, even though only one-third of the…

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Municipal Council Last Night’s Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 2

The only absentee from the fortnightly meeting of Queanbeyan Municipal Council held last night was Ald. W. B. Freebody…

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Sign Sneakers Are Pests Warning to Offenders (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

There is a new pest on the roads. He has earned for himself the name of “sign sneaker,” and he is the motorist who will not heed the signs, lines,…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council had only a bare quorum for its monthly meeting held at the chambers in Queanbeyan yesterday. Cr. Gardner, of Bungendore,…

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Dealing with Traffic Breaches (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 3

The accident figures for 1940 for New South Wales and for America have been issued. They show that New South Wales obtained a…

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Council's Generosity Helping the National Emergency Services

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

The action of the Shire Council in undertaking the responsibility of paying for the rent of premises and the provision of a telephone for a…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Only a bare quorum was present at fortnightly meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night, viz, The Mayor (Ald. H. C. Taylor), and…

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Walking Into Trouble (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 3

Pedestrians had the worst road accident record of all groups of road users last year. They still hold the same unenviable position…

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