Hands Off the Institute Shire Council Wants to Grab It Off
An old move was started again at Friday's meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council, when the President suggested that as the Shire staff was expanding,…
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Council & local affairs, 1953
323 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 17
Award Increases Hit Council
Adjustments to the Shire and Municipal Workers' award which came into operation on May 1. will cost the Crookwell Council approximately £2400…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Can Sell Up Soldier Settlers for Overdue Rates
The Illabo Shire Council has been informed of an important alteration in the Local Government Act' which gives the Council specific powers to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aldermen Critical of Low Power Electricity Charges Rise, C’cl Decides
INCREASES OF FROM ¼d. to ½d. A UNIT IN ELECTRICITY CHARGES FROM APRIL 1 LAST WERE DECIDED UPON BY QUEANBEYAN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LAST NIGHT…
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At a special meeting of Tallaganda shire Council on Saturday, Mr. W. F. Todd was appointed to the position of Shire Clerk, replacing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tallaganda Shire Setters Dealt with at Last Meeting
All councillors were present at the May meeting, Cr. Erie Byrne (President) being in the chair. Araluen Progress Association wrote…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Sites at the Flat Flooded, Shire is Told
A complaint about recurring flooding of the site of his home at 8 Montgomery Street, Captain’s Flat, was lodged with the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Policy on Electricity Extension to Gundaroo Authorised; Bungendore Line to Be Three-phase
“There is no reason why we should not have two electricity extension schemes under construction at the same time. We want to light up the whole of the Shire.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of Mayor’s Baby Son
The death occurred early Wednesday morning of Richard, infant son of the Mayor of Queanbeyan (Ald. R. A. Spendelove) and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Officer to Launch Prosecutions Without General Sanction of Council
Cr. Frayleigh Waters told last week's meeting of Crookwell Shire Council that members of the public were being "persecuted, not prosecuted,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Against Power Policy Two Shire Crs. Hand in Resignations
TWO COUNCILLORS OF YARROWLUMLA SHIRE HAVE TENDERED THEIR RESIGNATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE COUNCIL’S DECISION LAST WEEK TO…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buildings to Cost £7704 Approved by Town Council
New buildings, additions and alterations approved by Queanbeyan Municipal Council last week will involve the estimated expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire President Refuses Allowance
The President of Mumbulla Shire Council, Cr. Cecil N. Squire, told the monthly meeting of that body that it was not his intention to accept the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prospecting For Gold Council Careful Before [?] Authority to Enter
At last Shire meeting [?] asked if it had any objection [?] prospecting operations being [?] out in the parish of Jerricknora, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Work on Roads
Maintenance grading is in progress on trunk roads 51 (Queanbeyan, Bungendore, Braidwood) and 52 (Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council and ACT Saleyards
On the casting vote of the Deputy Mayor (Aid. A. Lambers), Queanbeyan Council decided not to ask the Department of the Interior whether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Room to "Expand" Shire Council Wants the
For some time now the Shire Council has had eyes on the Literary Institute for a Chambers and the subject was again introduced at last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Water Waggon No Liquor for Council's Staff During Work Hours
A rather knotty question was raised by Cr. Nolan at last Shire meeting which has treated Quite a deal of comment and controversy since. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irate Ratepayer [?] in the Shire Office
At the Braidwood Court of Petty [?] on Friday last Francis Fredrick Fensom was charged with that on 19th May, 1953, he did, within the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Practically Blackmail." Goulburn Alderman on Electricity Charges
"The Electricity Commission is practically using blackmail to get Councils to accept its scheme." said Aid. J. B. Mullen at the last…
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