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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1960

244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 13

Shire Wants Sealing Work At Sutton

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will make an approach to the Divisional Engineer for the Department of…

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Council Meeting Put Forward

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will hold its usual fortnightly meeting tomorrow, Wednesday night,…

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Council To Investigate “Clean-up” Campaign

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will enquire from other towns of a comparable size to Queanbeyan and which have conducted “clean-up” campaigns, what…

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Council Seeks Legal Opinion On Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will seek the advice of its solicitor before making available a copy of a…

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Council Makes Move On School Bus Service

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will explore all possible avenues of providing a bus service to take children from the East Queanbeyan and Yass Road areas to school. This was decided after…

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Council Approves of New £8,650 Liquid Fuel Depot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 7

An application for permission to erect a liquid fuel depot on Railway property was one of a number of buildings approved by the Queanbeyan Municipal…

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CORRESPONDENCE Use Of Council Men And Machinery (To the Editor)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1960 · page 4

Sir.— I am writing on instructions from the members of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen’s Association…

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Council Gang To Work Over Xmas

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 1

A gang of men will be employed by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council during the coming Christmas…

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Good Progress on Swimming Pool Engineer Reports to Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 1

Municipal Council Engineer, Mr. R. A. Guy, told the meeting of the council on Wednesday night that good progress was now being made on construction of the Olympic Swimming Pool…

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Country Council Tariffs to Remain At The Present LEvel Alderman’s Plea to Cut Charges Fails

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 9

Despite a plea by one alderman to reduce tariffs to help attract industry and prevent a switch over to other heating appliances, Southern Tablelands County Council has accepted the county clerk’s recommendation to keep tariffs at their…

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Festival Exceeded Expectations, Says Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1960 · page 1

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. A. Lambert, considers the 1960 Floral Festival, which concluded on Saturday night, exceeded all expectations and brought further prestige and honour to the town…

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Buildings Approved By Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 November 1960 · page 1

Buildings approved; by the Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its last fleeting inclined three for new dwelling…

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Council May Take Over Local Cemeteries

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 November 1960 · page 1

The Municipal Council will obtain advice from other councils who have undertaken similar schemes before it makes a definite move on taking over…

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Country Council To Investigate Local Alderman’s Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 1

Southern Tablelands County Council is to investigate a claim made by a Queanbeyan alderman that many Queanbeyan consumers were switching from electricity to Other forms of heating and…

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Shire Queries Estimate On Power Poles

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has queried the estimate of £800 by the Electricity Commission of New South…

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Council Signs Out of Date

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 3

Many of the signs erected in the town by the Municipal Council are out of date and need renewing…

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Shire Considers It Has Been “Let Down” by Contractor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire considers it has been let down badly by the contractor who carried out reconstruction on the road to the coast between Bungendore and the boundary with Tallaganda…

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Council To Pay £5 For Fruit Tree

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 3

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will pay a man £5 for a fruit tree damaged on his property during the…

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Shire Estimate Of £2,000 For Work In A.C.T

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will do a section of work within the A.C.T. during construction of the Brooke’s…

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Court finds Council Order Must Be Complied With

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 November 1960 · page 3

In the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday, a Monaro Street property owner was ordered to comply with an order of the Queanbeyan…

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