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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1956

182 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 10

Ratepayers Seeking Action Complaints on Condition of Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1956 · page 1

Four complaints about the state of Shire roads were received at Friday’s meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council The complaints were Mr…

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Camper Won’t Pay Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 6

A man car[?] on the Queanbeyan reserve has refused to pay camping [?] This was [?]ported to last…

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Worthwhile Results During 1955 but—Much Still Required Says Mayor Lambert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 3

On looking bock over tho past year, I consider that Council has achieved very worthwhile results. While much of course requires to be done, it is felt that with the continued co-operation which Council received…

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First Meeting in S. Hemisphere Visit by World Church Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 2

Keen interest is being shown in the visit to Canberra next week of fifteen members of the World Executive of the World Council of Churches…

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Electricity and Straying Stock Reader Slates Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1956 · page 2

The dangers of straying stock and the annoying blackouts on the Burra-Michelaga electricity extension are the subjects of this letter to the Editor, written by Mr S. H. B…

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Local Loans for Monaro Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1956 · page 1

Monaro County Council has raided over £160,000 in locally supported loans and another £30,000 had been promised…

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Swimming Pool Is Big for Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1956 · page 1

The question of a swimming pool for Queanbeyan was again under, discussion at Thursday night’s meeting of the Municipal Council without any…

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Council Unfair In Criticism Says Reader

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 1

The Editor, Dear Sir, It is very noticeable indeed the way Captain’s Flat, and the unfair criticism by the…

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Electrical faults Puzzle Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1956 · page 1

Yarralumla Shire Council is puzzled about the many breakdowns on the Michelago electricity extension…

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Ex-Councillor Critical of Council Workmen are Not to Blame Says T. P Kerr

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1956 · page 1

A former Councillor of the Yarralumla Shire (Mr T. P. Kerr) is the second reader to take the Council to task over its comments on the future of 1he Local Fund gang at…

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£44,000 for First Stage Council Will Seek Loan for Swim Pool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has resolved to seek loan money for the first stage of an £86,000 swimming pool project A plan for the swimming…

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Queanbeyan Municipal Band

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 1

THE TOWN’S oldest organisation, the Municipal Band, is trying to revive nterest in tstivities. Here the band plays a number at the benefit night in the Showground last Saturday…

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Resignation of Council Staff

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1956 · page 1

Two top Queanbeyan Municipal Council electrical men resigned on February 14. They were the electrical…

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Sequel to Employee’s Death by Electrocution £8,466 Verdict in Pangello Case Against Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1956 · page 1

A Supreme Court jury in Goulburn on Friday awarded £8,466 damages against Queanbeyan Municipal Council in an action brought forward by Maria Rose PangalIo, widow of a Council employee who was killed in 1954…

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Electricity Subsidy for Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 3

The Electricity Authority of N.S.W. has granted Yarralumla Shire Council a £3,810 subsidy to aid in the cost of…

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Councillor States Some Facts Shire Council has Difficulties says Osborne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 4

Some of the difficulties confronting Yarralumla Shire Council were explained in a letter to The Age written by Cr. P. J. B. Osborne of Currandooley…

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Town Council Short of Staff for Electricity

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 1

Despite a severe shortage [?] line staff work on the town’s electricity undertakings has proceeded…

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Road Safety Council Campaign for Easter Stop the State Plan as Safety Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1956 · page 2

Queanbeyan is asked to cooperate in the special Easter road safety campaign adopted by the Executive Committee of the NSW Road Safety Council known as “stop the State.” The campaign highlight of…

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Shire Council to Purchase House

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, moved a resolution authorising [?] shire clerk (Mr. G…

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Clean-up is Ordered by Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council [?] £100 in cleaning the Captain’s Flat garbage depot. This work will include…

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