Septic Tanks for Shire
The Board of Health has approved the installation of septic tanks in non seaweed areas of Yarrowlumla Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1956
182 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10
£500 to Be Spent of Shire Road
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will expend £500 on repairs to the road from Hoiskinstown [?] Sharrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full Discussion Not Published Aldermen are Critical of Age Reports
The Queanbeyan Age and its reporting staff were strongly criticised by two of the aldermen at last Thursday’s meeting of the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licenses Approved by Town Council
Two applications or [?]goods licences were approved by Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood-damaged Roads Need Repairs Council Needs £2,000 Grant
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to make application for a grant of £2,000 towards the cost of repairing flood-damaged roads in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty-eight to be Naturalised Council Will Give Bibles to New Citizens
Bibles will Represented to 28 New Australians who will be naturalised in the Methodist Church Hell Queanbeyan, on Wednesday, August 8…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Was £2,000 Down
Yarrowlumla Shire Council ended the financial year with a deficit of approximately £2,000. This was revealed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10,000 Acres May Change Shires More Territory for Yarrowlumla Shire
An area of land believed to be approximately 10,000 acres at present in the Monaro Shire, may become a portion of the Shire of Yarrowlumla…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commissioner Refuses to Alter Decision Council Must Help to Make Railways Pay
Refusal of permits to haul cement by road from Berrima to Queanbeyan was part of a plan to ensure that trains running to and fro country centres carried Rapacity loadings, the Commissioner for Motor Transport (Mr. W. A .Walsh) said this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council is Taking Firth Stand Possible Ban on Dressing Sheds in Park
All sporting organisations may be prohibited from using the nearly completed dressing sheds in Queanbeyan Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yarrowlumla Joins Mitchell and Bland Shire Council Support Moves for More Money
Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its meeting in Queanbeyan yesterday decided to support the action of two other shire councils in passing for moire money to be made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Borrowings Restricted to £100,000 Queanbeyan Council May be £89,000 Short in Year’s Loan Money
Queanbeyan Municipal Council is faced with the possibility of being £89,000 short of its loan requirements during the 1956-57 financial year The local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Prosecute Owners Cattle Being Tethered in Apex park
The good work being carried out by Queanbeyan Apex Club in the new Apex Park was being hindered by people who tethered cattle in the Park, Ald. E. J. Beaver…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Will Claim For All Cement Lost
Queanbeyan Municipal Council will; lodge claims for compensation in the event of any damage to bags of cement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Good Neighbour Council
The fourth Annual Meeting of the Queanbeyan Good Neighbour Council of Queanbeyan will be held on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive Plans Submitted Council Plans Uriarra Road Improvements
Plans for extensive improvements to Uriarra Road were submitted to last Thursday’s Queanbeyan Municipal Council meeting by the Engineer (Mr. R. E. Guy)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Matter Re-opened in Council Another Try for a Pool in Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Municipal Town Clerk (Mr. R. B. Smith) has been requested to prepare another report on all aspects of the construction o a swimming pool in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commission Forces Council’s Hand Electricity Charges Up £2,000 a Quarter
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has increased its electricity tariffs by a maximum of one penny per unit and the increased charges are expected to cost consumers an additional £2,000 a quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Fees Less Than Municipal Electricity Increases Advocated for Shire
Increased electricity charges for consumers summers in the Shire of Yarrowlumla were advocated by Councillor P. H. Hardy at Monday’s Shire Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Valuation Yet of Shire
The Valuer-General of New South Wales (Mr. R. Frost) is unable to say when a valuation of the Shire of…
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