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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1960

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Building Approved By Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1960 · page 4

Building applications to a total value of £31,690, were approved by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council at a meeting on Thursday night…

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Town Council Elects 1960 Committees

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan Municipal Council, at a recent meeting, rejected a suggestion by the ,Town Clerk (Mr…

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Shire Estimates for 1960 Provide for Slight Rate Increase

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1960 · page 1

Yarrowlumlo Shire Council yesterday adopted the estimates for 1960, which provide for a slight increase in the rate of 1/8d. in the £ and a total estimated expenditure for the year, of £173,304…

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Estimates Meeting to be the A “Call of the Council”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council decided that all future meetings to discuss the annual estimates should be a “call of the council.” Previous to this decision…

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Shire Council Purchases Overloader

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1960 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Monday accepted a tender from Isis (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., for the…

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New Schemes Considered By Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council recently considered several suggestions of proposed works that had…

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Shire President Assures D.M.R. of Co-operation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1960 · page 1

The president of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council (Cr. P. J. B. Osborne) on Monday, assured the Divisional Engineer of the Department of Main Roads (Mr. K. Jordan), of the full cooperation of the Council…

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Town Council Main Roads Programme Slashed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 January 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is concerned at the damage being caused to roads in the town by…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Molonglo River Crossing Presents A Big Problem For Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1960 · page 8

Continual flooding of the Molonglo River on the Bungendore-Captain’s Flat road near “The Bri[?] presents a problem for the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Delegates To County Council Appointed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1960 · page 1

Ald. A. Lambert and J. E. Seiffert have been reappointed to represent the Queanbeyan Municipal…

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Activities of Queanbeyan Municipal Council During 1959 Reviewed By Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 3

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. A. Lambert, on Thursday night presented a comprehensive report to the Council on the main activities within the Municipality during 1959. The report was a complete review of every phase of Council work undertaken…

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Shire To Reimburse “Flat” Man

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at its last meeting to reimburse Mr. J. Winchester for timber…

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Shire Briefs Of Interest To The Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 6

Engineer (Mr. J. O’Brean). told the last meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire, Council, that…

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Local Man Nominee For County Council Deputy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 1

Ald. J. E. Seiffert, of Queanbeyan, was a candidate for the position of Deputy Chairman at yesterday s meeting of the Southern Tablelands County Council, at Goulburn. He was defeated by the…

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Increase in Borrowing at Municipal Library

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 4

Statistics for 1959, show substantial increases over the previous two years at the Queanbeyan Municipal Library. This is revealed in the…

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Yarrowlumla Shire’s Bush Fire Officers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1960 · page 4

With the dry-winds and scorching temperatures of the past few days, the danger of bush fires in the…

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Shire Grader Hired To Cut Firebreaks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1960 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its last meeting, authorised the president (Cr. F. J. B…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Is Against Weeds County Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1960 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will not support the formation of a county council on the Southern Tablelands and Monaro to control noxious weeds. The council made its…

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Buildings Approved by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan , Municipal Council at [?]last meeting, approved applications for buildings estimated to…

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New Caravan Park Proposed by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1960 · page 4

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to make in the 1960-61 loan estimates for the acquisition of land having a frontage to Trincula Place as a…

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