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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1961

204 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 11

Shire’s Big Payout

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council paid out £25,000 out of its general fund during the past month…

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New Plant For Shire From Converted Loan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will convert £5,00 of a £20,000 loan it obtained two years ago, for road works, to the purchase of plant…

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Shire’s July Meeting at Captina’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 6

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will hold its July meeting in the Staff Club at Captain’s Flat…

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Council Moves On Street Posts and Awnings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 1

A report on verandah posts and awnings in the main business centre of the town is expected to be…

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Council Subsidy For Hospital And C.W.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will pay subsidies to the Queanbeyan District Hospital and the C.W.A. Branch. This was decided at last week’s meeting following…

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Shire May Hand Over Land To Municipality

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 1

Yarralumla Shire Council may start the machinery moving to have an area of land taking in the Mount jerrabomberra Lookout and access road, handed over to the Municipality…

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Special Meeting of Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 1

Yarralumla S h i r e Council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, to give full…

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Correspondence Local Council Is Flouting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 2

Dear Sir. — Being one of the two “gentlemen” referred to, at the last council meeting, I wish to draw…

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Shire To Remove Plant Hire Fees For Maintenance Councillor’s Attack On Lagging Maintenance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 4

Yarralumla Shire Council is to eliminate plant hire Fees which have been charged against maintenance costs, in its future programmes. This was decided at last…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 5

At its last meeting, Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided to supply the pipes for the management of…

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Shire To Sue For rates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council, proposes to take legal action for the recovery of unpaid rates…

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Shire Will Not pay Road tax

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 5

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will, not pay road tax of haulage - contractors employed on works on…

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Shire To Press For Deviation At Michelagp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will on with negotiations to secure the necessary land for a deviation near Michelago on the Burra Road…

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Shire Proceeds With Ratinq Of Quarry Land

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has instructed its Clark (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) to “carry out the law” in regard to rating land which a quarry is being…

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Shire To Claim On PMG For Road Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will lodge a claim with the Postmaster General’s Department in regard to alleged damage caused to new black-top work…

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Council Defers Approval of New Home Sites

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has deferred approved of a new sub-division in Crest Road, Queanbeyan, pending receipt of a report from its officers. The sub-division involves a…

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Festival Committee Now Providing Finance Towards Pool Construction Council’s Loan Funds Exhausted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 1

Construction work on the Queanbeyan War Memorial Swimming Pool is now proceeding with finance made available by the Floral Festival Committee. This was indicated at last week’s meeting of the…

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Shire Approves £30,000 Programme for Bye Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at a special meeting on Wednesday morning, adopted a…

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Council Approves New Sub-division Building Lines Also Fixed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night fixed a building line for new home sites in a sub-division off Crest Road, Queanbeyan, as well as approving of the sub-division. The sub-division is a…

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Extensions To Council Chambers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 3

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has appointed a firm of Canberra architects to prepare sketch plans of extensions to the Municipal Council Chambers…

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