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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1960

244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 13

County Council Displeased At Notice From Local Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 1

Southern Tablelands County, Council Chairman, Aid. G. Greatly, was not too pleased at the last meeting of the council over a notice served on it regarding a…

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Shire Cannot Help with School Bus Footpath Problem

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at its meeting last week, that it could offer very little assistance to the Captain’s Flat P. and C. Association in the problem that had arisen since the town’s school bus run was discontinued…

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Council defers Decision On Widows’ Rates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has deferred a decision on the Request from the Association of Civil Windows that rates due by Windows be waived on the same basis as for old and invalid pensioners…

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Yarrowlumla Shire May Take Over School Of Arts At Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council may take over the trustee ship of the Bungendore School Or Arts with A view to Taking charge of the building and maintaining it The final decision will not…

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Council Has Staffing Problems

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council continues to have trouble retaining the services of an assistant…

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Increasing Popularity of Municipal Library

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1960 · page 4

The Queanbeyan School of Arts building in Crawford Street, which houses the Queanbeyan Municipal Library, must be one of the most frequently visited public…

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Shire Council Adopts Five Year Programme for Main & Trunk Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 3

Yrrowlumla Shire Council has adopted a five-year programme of improvement works on Trunk and Main roads, which provides for the reconstruction and…

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Queanbeyan Alderman Seeks A.L.P. Nomination

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 3

An alderman of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council Is seeking selection as an A.L.P. candidate at…

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New Factory Approved By Town Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 6

At a special meeting last week, Queanbeyan Municipal Council approved of a [?] application from…

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Good Neighbour Council to Support Hospital in Current Drive For £3,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1960 · page 1

The Good Neighbour Council Queanbeyan Branch, decided at their meeting held on Wednesday evening, at the home of the president (Mrs. T. Donoghoe) to approach all the local national groups associated with the council to obtain…

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Shire To Repair Tennis Court At Request Of School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 6

The Shire Council has referred the matter of repairs to a tennis court in the park at Captain’s Flat…

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First Appeal Against Council Ruling Under Planning Scheme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 4

The hearing of an appeal by Mr. A. G. McIntosh against a decision of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council to allow him to erect a dwelling in Gordon…

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County Council Divides Area Into Two Sections Southern Headquarters at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 1

Southern Tablelands Country Council has decided to divide its area up into two sections, with an engineer in charge of each and stationed at Queanbeyan and Goulburn. The Southern district will…

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Shire Completes Coast Road To Railway Crossing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 April 1960 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has completed reconstruction and sealing of the road to the coast” as far as the Burbong railway crossing. The was indicated to Tuesday’s meeting of the council by…

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Council Receives 48 Objections To Town Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 April 1960 · page 1

A total of 48 objections have been lodged with the Queanbeyan Municipal Council in connection with the council’s Town Planning Scheme…

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Country Council to Consider Electricity for Brindabella

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 April 1960 · page 4

The supply of electricity to the Brindabella area was the subject of a report by the Chief Electrical Engineer (Mr. Bolton) to the last meeting of the Southern…

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County Council to Seek Depot Site In Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1960 · page 1

The Southern Tablelands County Council may soon establish its own depot in. Queanbeyan…

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New Scheme For School Medical Services In Country Areas Shire Adopts Proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1960 · page 1

The Minister for Public Health has announced a new scheme for School Medical Services in country areas, whereby services may be organised by councils…

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Shire to Spend £250 on Jerangle Road Cr. James Out Spoken

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will spend £250 on gravelling the 2¾ miles of the Jerangle Road between Captain’s Flat and the Monaro Shire boundary…

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Commission and Council At Cross Purposes Over Obstructions in River

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council and the N.S.W. Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, have varying opinions regarding the cost of removing obstructions from the Queanbeyan River, between, the main bridge and the Weir,…

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