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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1958

196 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 10

Ex-alderman May Be Honoured Shortly

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1958 · page 1

A proposal to rename the Queanbeyan Park tennis courts the Freebody courts is to be considered by the Municipal Council Council shortly…

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Shire To Get £1,788 Under C.A.R. Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1958 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to share also in the supplementary C.A.R. grants being made available…

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Adult Vaccination Campaign to Be Undertaken by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1958 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council will undertake an adult anti-polio vaccination campaign shortly. This will be done subject to suitable arrangements being…

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£1,050 Shire Bush Fire Application

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1958 · page 2

Application is to be made by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council for bush fire fighting equipment worth…

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Readers’ Letters to the Editor Brindabella and the Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1958 · page 2

Sir,—Having completed a tour of the Snowy River works travelling to Cooma via Michelago and back by the Tumut…

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Council Detonators Missing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 May 1958 · page 1

Those heavy explosions that mingled themselves with cracker bangs on Saturday could have been…

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Donation To Local Spastic Centre Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 May 1958 · page 1

Following the sale of programmes for the film “A Farewell to Arms,” the sum of £11 was received by the…

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Council Not Mob Of Dills’ Says Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1958 · page 4

Whatever some people may think, the Municipal Council is not made up of a “mob of dills.”…

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New Sanitary Truck Needed Says Alderman

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1958 · page 1

Aid. Steve Mauger doesn’t think much of the present sanitary cart used by the Municipal Council…

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Buildings Approved by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1958 · page 3

Building applications approved by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting last week included…

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Shire Section of New Coast Road Advances

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1958 · page 1

Work on the Yarrowlumla Shire’s portion of the new “road to the coast” seems to be proceeding satisfactorily, according to a report at Monday’s Shire meeting. Included in his report to…

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Shire Fixes Charge for Adult Polio Campaign

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1958 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has f[?]ed a charge of 10/- per person for adults receiving injections for polio. This was decided at…

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Photographer Appeals To Town Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1958 · page 4

Queanbeyan photographer, Terry O’Neill, prepared his case of appeal to the Municipal Council on the…

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Rood Safety Branch Council on Pedestrian Crossings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1958 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will back the Municipal Council and the Queanbeyan West P. and C. Association in their stand on pedestrian crossings in Uriarra Road. The N.S.W. Traffic Branch…

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Shire Sign Showdown May Not Eventuate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 June 1958 · page 1

The expected “showdown” on the Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s control of the siting of road signs within its area may not eventuate. A man at Michelago who…

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Town Council to Spend Big Sum on Plant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 June 1958 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night gave the Engineer (Mr, R. A. Guy) authority to call fenders for the purchase of two new trucks, a second-hand truck, a Caterpillar 65 h.p. “dozer” and a front end loader…

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Serrated Tussock in Adjoining Shires Worries Local Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 June 1958 · page 4

Complaints of serrated tussock growing in the Gunning Shire on land adjacent to the Yarrowlumla Shire were reported at the last meeting of the local Council…

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Shire Power Cheaper Than County Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1958 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is satisfied it can give electricity to its consumers cheaper than a County…

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Shock Disclosure on New Main Staggers Local Aldermen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1958 · page 1

A shock disclosure that the new 15-inch water main being constructed from Canberra to Queanbeyan is well behind schedule was made at Thursday night’s Council meeting…

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Council Finances Are Reported in Sound Position

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1958 · page 4

In a comprehensive Financial Statement for the year 1957, the Town Clerk (Mr. R. B. Smtih) told aldermen at last week’s Municipal Council meeting that the finances, were in a satisfactory position…

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