Council Adopts Loan Estimates Town to Borrow £57,000 for Water
Extensions to Queanbeyan’s water supply received the highest priority in the estimated minimum loan Requirements of the Municipal Councillor the…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
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Shire Roads Engineer's Report
Regarding the additional equipment for the Ferguson tractor, the Engineer said the plant's output would be increased and enable additional work to…
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The following report was presented to last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council by Mr. J. Brand:— Trunk and Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goodradigbee Shire Rate up 50 per cent
Goodradigbee Shire’s general rates this year will be 12[?]d an increase of 0 per cent on last years rate of [?] The new rate will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Employee Electrocuted Man Killed, Two Injured, in Freak Accident
A Municipal Council employee, Antonio Pangello, 26, of Thorpe Avenue, was electrocuted yesterday afternoon when he was struck by an electric power cable made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Co. Wants Big Loan Repaid Councillors Clash at Shire Meeting
D Riding Councillors T. P Kerr and G. V Burnett Both of captain’s Flat were involved in a sharp clash of word at last week’s meeting of Yarrowlumla…
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The following report was presented by Mr. Ross at last meeting of the Shire Council:— "General maintenance work has been…
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Yarrpwlumla Shire Council last week [?] Health and Building Inspector, (Mr. C. E. Meyer) to proceed with the prosecution of…
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Plants for the drainage of sullage from residences. in Foxlow Street Captain’s Flat, were presented at last week’s meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Electricity Will the Durban Durra Line Be Constructed? One Councillor Has Doubt
The report of the Electrical Engineer (Mr. N. Ross), which was published in last issue, was adopted, including the recommendation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Died After Collision Qbn. Alderman is Exonerated
A man who died in Canberra Community Hospital the day after he was involved in a collision with a car driven by Ald. Ernest John Beaver, of Queanbeyan, died of natural causes and not as a result of the injuries he received in the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Health Inspector Denies Rumors No Polio Case Reported in Shire
In view of persistent rumours at Captain’s Flat that polio had broken out in the town, the Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s Health Inspector (Mr. C. E. Meyer) issued a statement to-day saying that no cases of the disease had been reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Clerk Rebuked Accused of Quibbling Over Flood-lighting of Servicemen's Club. Club
"If you can tell me that Council can floodlight a public building in Braidwood and then begin quibbling over the cost of flood-lighting…
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After waiting: for just on two months - only two months- and wondering, what had become of their electricity accounts for the quarter ending 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Temporary Homes Problem “Out of H and” Council Talks About “Getting Tough”
Alderman S, Mauger asked Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting last Thursday night what, it intended doing regarding the large numbers of temporary dwellings in the municipality…
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Aldermen of Queanbeyan Council late last week accompanied the Municipal Enginner (Mr. [?] E. Guy) on an inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Have More Work Done by Contract Shire Council is Concerned at Lag in Works Program
Expressing concern over the lag in works generally throughout the Shire, Yarralumla ShireCouncillors yesterday debated the possibility of decreasing the size of gangs employed and letting much of the year's works program out on a contract basis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People Hit by Shotgun Pellets Shire Action on Club Shooting in Park at the Flat
YARROW SHIRE COUNCIL YESTERDAY DECIDED WITHDRAW ALL PERMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO CAPTAIN'S FLAT GUN CLUB FOR THE DISCHARGING OF FIREARMS IN MOLONGLO PARK…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Revaluation this Year Private Valuer, Council Decides
ALL RATEABLE LAND IN THE YARROWLUMLA SHIRE IS TO BE REVALUED LATER THIS YEAR BY A PRIVATE VALUER ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SHIRE COUNCIL. THIS DECISION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electricity Extensions in Yarrowlumla Shire Council to Press on Despite Delay by L.G. Department
Although Local Government approval to borrow the £55,000 required to proceed with its electrification program is held up pending the supply of further detaiIs, Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided on Monday to press on with the preliminary details…
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