Roads Should Be National Job Council Wants Government to Maintain Roads
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1956 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its meeting on Monday, agreed to send a resolution to the Shires’ Association requesting that all main and trunk roads be constructed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan Council’s Attempt Fails No Subsidy Granted for Kindergartens
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1956 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has failed in an attempt to secure a pound for pound subsidy for pre-school kindergartens in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wants Maintenance of 40ft. Width Council Seeks Doubled Road Maintenance
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 May 1956 · page 1
Another attempt will be made by Queanbeyan Council to have a 40 feet width of all main and trunk roads in country municipalities maintained by the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Council to Hold Meeting
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1956 · page 2
Queanbeyan Road Safety Council’s Annual General meeting will be held on Friday June 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shock Move After Long, Heated Discussion Council Abandon Swimming Pool
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1956 · page 1
A shock move at last night’s Queanbeyan Municipal Council mooting rejected the proposal to construct a £44,000 swimming pool in Queanbeyan. After nearly an hour’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Ended Year with Small Debt Town Drank Less Water at More Cost
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1956 · page 1
Although residents consumed 23 million gallons of water less in 1955 than in the previout year, they paid £1,550 more for it, In 1954, 115,624,170 gallons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council’s Last Resort to Interest Public Subscription List Launched to Raise Funds for Disabled
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1956 · page 2
As a last resort to stir up public interest in the appeal for funds to establish a rehabilitation centre at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Impounding Expenses High in Shire
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1956 · page 4
Careless stock owners in the districts are causing Yarrowlumla Shire Council heavy expenses in impounding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council to Prosecute
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1956 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at its meeting in Queanbeyan yesterday to prosecute. two residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council will not Grant Course Rebate
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1956 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has refused to grant a reimbursment of £2/10- to members of it’s electrical staff…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spades in Sight, But No Men Shire Workmen “Ghostlike” Council Told
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 2
“The men are never there when I go though and they are gone when I come back. It is as if ghosts are there a spade here and a spade there,” Mr. I. Evans,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Buy Poles
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 4
Four P.M.G. poles will be purchased from the Postmaster-General’s Department by Queanbeyan Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council to Help Fire Brigade
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 6
Queanbeyan. Municipal Council will [?] approximately [?] on scaling the road [?] in front of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Pays £171 Weekly on Interest
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 1
An amount, of £171/4/5 is paid each week by Queanbeyan Municipal- Council as interest Merest on money it has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Prepares List of District Industries Queanbeyan May Get Represation on Regional Committee
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1956 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council may make an attempt to gain representation on the Southern Tablelands Regional Development 'Committee, which recently produced a mammoth report on the present wealth and future prospects of the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alderman Proposes Special Meeting Council Could Soon Have a £400,000 Debt
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 1
If Queanbeyan Municipal Council manages Jo obtain all the loan money it wants, it will be approximately £490,003 in debt during the next financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Order for Demolition of Building
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 3
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has ordered the demolition of a building in Tharwa Road which a New Australian was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Officer Was Offensive Says Owner
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1956 · page 1
A letter charging that the manner of a shore employes was officious and offensive [?] read at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Close Poll in Shire By-Election
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1956 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon), announced the result at 12 noon today of the by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Torch Team for Shire
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at its meeting on Monday to affiliate with the Canberra Amateur Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →