Hockey, Basketball Fields Not on Park, Council Decides
Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting last Thursday night decided that the provision of hockey and basketball playing fields in Queanbeyan Park would…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
371 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 19
Naturalisation Ceremonies May Be Held in Council Chambers Instead of Courts
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has received advice from the Department of Immigration that where desired, naturalisation ceremonies could be transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning First, then the Blitz Council to Declare War on Cyclists on Town Footpaths
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has declared war on cyclists who ride on footpaths Ald. W. B. Freebody, who raised the subject at last Thursday’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Mail Bag Letters Dealt with at Last Meeting
From the Ambulance Auxiliary, applying for use of Ryrie Park for Carnival on Easter Saturday and also for light. When Cr. Garvey moved that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Consultant to Supervise New Power Line
Yarrowlumla Shire Council was informed at its last meeting that its consulting electrical engineers, Messrs. Cosmo Reid and Minah[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councillors Critical of Dilapidated Homes Shire Housing Scheme for Bungendore, The Flat?
Housing conditions at Bungendore were criticised by a subcommittee of Yarrowlumla Shire Council last week. Favorably receiving a recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun Club Activities at The Flat Shire Defends Ban on Shooting in Park; Club Protest
Yarrowlumla Shire councillors defended their action in suspending all permission for the Captain’s Flat Gun Club to conduct shoots in Molonglo Park when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Began Building Without Council Approval Company Is Fined £5 for Negligence by an Employee
A CHANGE IN STAFF WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS FIRM’S FAILURE TO SEEK THE NECESSARY APPROVAL OF QUEANBEYAN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL BEFORE PERMITTING WORK TO BE STARTED ON A BUILDING AT THE LOCAL FACTORY SITE,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Bid for £10,000 Grant Scheme to Expand National Fitness Activities in Shire
A scheme for large-scale expansion of National Fitness activities in the Shire, especially at Captain’s Flat, has been submitted to Yarrowlumla Shire Council by its Health Inspector (Mr. C. E. R. Meyer). Outcome of the proposal, however, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Approved by Council Buildings to Cost £3900
Queanbeyan Municipal Council approved building applications totalling £3,900 at its meeting last Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council and Pedestrian Crossings Motorists Must Give Way at Yellow Lines
Motorists must observe the law with respect to yellow lined pedestrian crossings and can be prosecuted if they fail to do so. Broadly, this was the reply…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Acts on Dangerous Intersection Will Ask Police to Limit Parking at ‘Suicide Corner’
“Suicide Corner” was how Ald. S. Mauger described the intersection of Crawford Street and Uriarra Road when he asked Council, at its meeting last Thursday, if something could not be done to restrict parking around the Hotel Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The following report was presented by Mr. J. Brand al last meeting of Tallaagnda Shire Council:— Trunk & Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Clerk's Report Difficulty in Financing Water Supply
"Extreme difficulty has been experienced in financing the Braidwood water supply," as directed by Council at its last meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Electricity Survey of Durban Durra Line Nearing Completion
The following report was presented by Mr. N. Ross, at Friday's Shire meeting:— General: Maintenance work has teen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guesswork, or What? Shire Clerk's Wild Stab in the Dark
In his report to Friday's Shire meeting the clerk (Mr. F. Todd) had this illuminating chunk of information: "Attention is drawn to the outstanding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →‘Councillors Should Get the Bullet’ Shire Blamed for Condition of Bridges on Q’bn-cooma Road
Yarrowlumla Shire Council is blamed by Mr. S. H. B. Kelly of Michelago for what he described as the "shocking and scandalous condition of bridges in Main Roads Department's portion of the Canberra-Cooma horror-strip, which are nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Try Parking Lines Action on Parking in Monaro Street
Queanbeyan Municipal Council will introduce a system of parking lines along a stretch of the central parking area in Monaro Street as a trial to see if more uniform parking will ease the problems which occur there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Council to Serve Five Health, Building Notices
Recommendations by its Health Inspector relating to five premises at Bungendore and Captain’s Flat were adoptad by Yarralumla Shire Council at its meeting on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Seek More Information Shire Scheme for Cheaper Homes at Bungendore & FLAT
A further step in Yarrowlumla Shire Councils proposed housing scheme w as taken on Tuesday when Council directed the Shire Clerk ('Mr. G. D. O’Hanlon) to seek additional information from the…
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