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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1959

179 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 9

County Council Agrees to Improve Electricity Supply to Showground

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 May 1959 · page 6

The Southern Tablelands County Council has approved the expenditure of £600 for the construction of a suitable pole transformer in the Queanbeyan…

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Early Finish To Council Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1959 · page 1

Last night’s meeting of the Municipal Council finished earlier than any general meeting of the…

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County Council Takes No Action On Shire’s Allegation At Yesterday’s Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1959 · page 1

The Southern Tablelands County-Council yesterday decided to take no action over an allegation of “inefficiency” and a request for the appointment of an expert to administrate Council affairs, made by the…

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Road Safety Council Seeks New Members

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1959 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Queanbeyan an branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales will be held at the High School, Isabella Street, on Friday, May 29…

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Another Five Dwellings Approved by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1959 · page 4

Another five dwellings were among buildings approved by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council at is meeting on Thursday night…

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Council General Showed A Surplus In 1958

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1959 · page 1

The audit of the financial statements of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council for 1958 have been completed and show that only one Fund, the General Fund, sustained a surplus for the year…

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C.w.a. Group Council Meeting at Tharwa

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 June 1959 · page 3

Tharwa Branch of the C.W.A. — the Queanbeyan district branch with a membership of only 14 members — did a grand and mammoth job recently when they…

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Year’s Activities Reviewed By Road Safety Council Mr. W. ,Green Re-elected President

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 June 1959 · page 1

Mr. W. Green was re-elected for his second term in succession at last Friday night’s annual meeting of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council. Other officers re-elected…

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Alderman Alarmed At Statement By County Clerk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 June 1959 · page 1

At last night’s meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council, Ald. E. J. Beaver expressed alarm at the statement made by the Clerk of the Southern Tablelands Country Council (Mr. J.P.Lundie), at last week’s…

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Ross Road Gould Become A Major Traffic Artery Council Plans Under Consideration

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 June 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has approved plans for culvert works and will review the tar, sealing programme which could result in Ross Road becoming one of the town’s major traffic arteries…

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Shire Workers’ Compensation Increased

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1959 · page 2

Yarrowl[?] Shire has increased its coverage under the Workers’ Compensation Act from £29,000 to…

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Shire Not To Supply Small Items

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1959 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at A recent meeting not to supply axes, torches or other small items…

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Shire Protests On Delay In Approving Plans By D. M. R.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1959 · page 1

Yarrawlumla Shire Council is concerned at the delay in obtaining approval from the Main Roads Board for work to proceed on various projects in the Shire. At yesterday's meeting of the Council, it was decided…

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Shire Councillors Agree Motion on County Council Was “Wrongly Worded”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 June 1959 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors agreed at their meeting on Monday that a resolution passed at their last meeting, charging the Southern Tablelands County Council with inefficiency, had been “wrongly worded.”…

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Shire Disapproves of Alternate Crossing at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 June 1959 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council considers that an alternative crossing of the railway line at Bungendore is dangerous and could not be approved of…

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Shire Will Not Paint Tennis Shed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 5

The Shire decided not to accede to a request from the R.S.L. Club at the “Flat” requesting the Lining and…

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Shire Briefs Of Interest To The flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 5

The N.S.W. Police Traffic Branch advised that it would not approve of pedestrian crossing across Foxlow…

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Council Needs Land for Recreation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is concerned about the possible shortage of recreation areas in the…

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Council to Engage a Surveyor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1959 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council will engage the services of a surveyor to carry out the survey of the…

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Mayor Tells Migrants About The Australian Way Of Living

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1959 · page 5

Addressing applicants for naturalisation at a ceremony in the Memorial Hall last wee, the Mayor (Aid. A, Lamber) told them about our way of life in Australia, and the British Commonwealth…

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