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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

216 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 11

A "White Elephant?" or a Dead Horse?—shire Patrol Grader

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 2

Some rather startling figures were presented at last Shire meeting when a letter was read from the L.G. Dept., asking for details…

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Health Inspector Applying the Pressure to Council

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

There was another curt letter from the Department of Local Government on the above subject before the last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

The Engineer (Mr. Baker) at last Shire meeting reported on works carried out or in progress since the previous meeting as follows:—…

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Shire Matters Letters Dealt with at Last Meeting

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 4

Amongst the correspondence dealt with at Shire meeting was a letter from E. A. Whittaker and Son, making application for permission to…

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Breeze in Council Cr. Nolan on the Warfath

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

The appointment of a typiste aroused Cr. Nolan's ire at the last Shire meeting, and a brush took place with the clerk on the subject…

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Purchase of Truck Mayor and Ald. Barber at Variance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

At last night’s meeting of Queanbeyan Municipal Council there were present: The Mayor (Ald. Freebody), Aldermen Edmonds, Lambert, Barber,…

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Council Appreciates Help of Residents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

At last Shire meeting the President (Cr. Erle Byrne) said three or four residents in the Snowball end of the Shire were prepared to come out and…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Yarowlumla Shire Council was held on Tuesday, all Councillors were present In response to general circulars…

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Report of Shire Engineer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Tuesday morning spent a long time discussing matters raised in the report of the Shire Engineer, Mr…

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Notes and News Deputy Shire Clerk Welcomed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

At Friday's Shire meeting the President extended a welcome to the new Deputy Shire Clerk Mr. Murphy, who has Just been appointed. In the…

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House for Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

The Municipal Council had before it, at its meeting last night, a letter from Baltic Homes Ltd., also from Mr. F. Collins, Queanbeyan district…

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Council’s Trucks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

Last night Queanbeyan Municipal Council further considered the matter of its motor trucks. Ald. H. C. Taylor asked for information regarding the…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

Among the correspondence received and dealt with at the meeting, last Thursday night of the Municipal Council was the following:—…

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That School Site Council Offered Permissive Occupancy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 4

At the Municipal Council meeting last Thursday night, a letter was read from R. J. Heffron, Minister for Education, re Mr. J. W. Seiffert’s…

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Seeks Bigger Shire Library Subsidies

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

A request to the N.S.W. Government to increase the subsidies paid to Shire libraries was made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Blake Pelley, farmer…

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Bigger Shire Libraries Subsidy Sought

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 1

A request to the N.S.W. Government to increase the subsidies paid to Shire libraries was made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Blake Pelly, fanner…

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Avoiding Fence Litigation. "Make Council's Views Final"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 1

Local Councils should be empowered to issue certificates on the state of fens and the minimum repairs needed put them in order, said Mr. K…

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Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Yarralumla Shire Council was held last Tuesday at the Shire Council Chambers, Queanbeyan. Present…

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Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

Ald. R. Edmonds was the only absentee from last night’s meeting Though there was a fair amount of correspondence which did not…

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Report of Shire Engineer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

The Shire Engineer, Mr. A. D. Cross, presented his monthly report to the meeting of the Yarralumla Shire Council on Tuesday last:…

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