Residence for Engineer Town Council May Purchase Cottage
Queanbeyan Council July 30, for the supply to cottage, which it proposes residence by its engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1953
323 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 17
Council to Prosecute No Approval for Alterations to Building
Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its meeting decided to prosecute J. W. Kennedy of Bungendore for altering a building without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Playing Field at West Queanbeyan £1100 Won’t Go For, Council Told
“Though at first sight the £1100 allocated appears to be sufficient to allow considerable progress to be made toward the provision of at least one cricket or football ground on the West Q’beyan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council's Salutary Depot Contractor Labouring Under Difficulties Long Overdue Repairs to Be Carried Out
Following a complaint made to the Shire Council recently in connection with the sanitary service, the acting Health Inspector was asked to inspect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Tributes to Cosmo Reid
Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors paid tribute to the late Mr. Cosmo Reid when, at their recent meeting, they stood in silence as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unprofitable Investment One of Council's Cottages
When tenders were being considered at Friday's Shire meeting for repairs to one of its recently vacated cottages, reports indicated that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Insurances To Favor Firm Making Loans Available
The desirability of effecting Council’s insurances with the Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Ltd. was the subject of a report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →USA Professor Praise for Shire Council
“I would appreciate it if you would convey my thanks to the members for giving me this opportunity to see local government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council to Preface Program Tar Surfacing Roads in Small Towns, Villages
Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday decided to draw up a program of bitumen surfacing of principal roads in towns and villages in the Shire. Council decided this on the suggestion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The Engineer, Mr. J. Brand, reported to last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:— Think and Main Roads Maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ridings of Shire Boundaries are Altered
Alterations of the riding divisions of Yarrowlumla Shire were approved by the Governor and were notified in the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Electricity Extensions Will Now Cost About Double Early Estimate
Capital cost of all projected electricity extensions in Yarrowlumla Shire is now estimated at a total of £71.050—about double the original estimate. The Shire Council was told this by its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Footbridge to Oaks Estate Transport Minister’s Reply to Council
If Queanbeyan Municipal Council is prepared to meet the cost of construction and accept responsibility of future maintenance, the Railway Department will make arrangements for an estimate, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Hears Complaints Action on Roads Near Bungendore
When Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Monday received complaints about their roads from Messrs. A. S. McFarlane of Grose’s Meadow, Bungendore, and F. N. Braund of Butmaroo, Bungendore, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money from Commonwealth Bank? Loan for Shire Power Extensions Likely Soon
Yarrowlumla Shire Council can confidently expect the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to grant sometime next month a portion of the £70,000 loan money it is seeking for projected electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening Council with Prayer
The Mayor of Orange, Ald. Jaeger, said he did not think it necessary for Council meetings to be opened with prayer. Ald. Jaeger was speaking on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missing Cows; Council May Act
Queanbeyan Council last week decided to seek its solicitor's advice as to the possibility of taking proceedings in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council to Meet Commerce and Sporting Bodies
The question of defining residential areas in Queanbeyan by the Municipal Council and representatives of the Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage for Engineer on Council Action on Three Tenders
Queanbeyan Council last week decided to take no action on any of the three tenders it received when it invited offers of a cottage for use by its engineer. The Council was offered a wood and fibro…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Disgrace to Queanbeyan” Council to Issue Closing Order on House in Town
A fresh closing order will be issued by Queanbeyan Council in respect of a house in Uriarra Road which aldermen last night described as being in a deplorable state of disrepair, unfit for habitation…
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