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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1961

204 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 11

Council To Purchase Utility For Overseer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 4

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is to purchase a second hand utility for the use of its recently appointed overseer, Mr. Rutledge…

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AldermenTo Inspect Tech. College

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 2

Aldermen of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council will make an inspection of the Canberra Technical…

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Noxious Weed Spraying To Be Done By Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 5

The Yarrowlumla Shire will carry out spraying of briars and other noxious weeds on all roads within…

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County Council To Make Mains Extensions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 4

The Southern Tablelands County Council, at its meeting on Monday, decided to spend another £1,150 on…

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New Council Policy on Occupation of Garages

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night defeated a move to ban the occupation of garages as dwellings while a permanent residence is constructed. It was decided, however, not to consider any…

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Shire Agrees To Road Proposal “Under Protest”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has agreed “under protest,” to the reconstruction and sealing of the “road to the coast,” near Bungendore on the present alignment. This small section of the…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Cr. R. James’ Action Defended By Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 6

His colleagues on the Yarrowlumla Shire Council have defended the actions of Cr. R. H. James in making a recent move for gravelling of the Captain’s Flat road to…

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Shire Warning on Swine Fever

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 4

In view of the outbreak of Swine Fever in the Sydney and Newcastle area. Yarrowlumla Shire Council will enforce the provisions of the Regulations in an…

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Shire Reverts To Original Rossi Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 6

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has reverted to its earlier intention to put a piped crossing in at Sandy…

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Shire President Closes Discussion On Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 6

At last week’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, the president. Cr. P. J. B. Osborne, closed any further discussion on the much criticised gravelling of the Captain’s Flat Road near Foxlow…

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Noxious Weed Grant of £300 For Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received a grant of £300 from the Local Government Department…

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Council Adopts Grant & Loan Programme To Cost £26,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has adopted a road reconstruction, sealing, kerbing and guttering and footpath paving programme for 1961-62, estimated to cost approximately £26,000…

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Damage at Council Depot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 June 1961 · page 1

A schoolboy who caused damage to Municipal Council property at the sanitary depot has been admonished…

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Council Has More Trouble With Garages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 June 1961 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council continues to have trouble with persons occupying buildings which…

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Council’s Move on Verandah Posts in Business Centre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 June 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has referred a suggestion that all awning and verandah posts in Monaro Street and Crawford Street should be removed,…

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Council Blitz On Trucks Overloading

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

The Municipal Council has referred to the Police Traffic Officer the matter of overloaded trucks travelling…

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Decision On Awnings And Verandah Posts Deferred By Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

The question of the removal of verandah and awning posts in Queanbeyan, has presented the Municipal Council with a touchy problem and the matter was…

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New Council Chambers and Town Hall to Cost £100,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has adopted in principle sketch plans of a proposed new Council Chambers and Town Hall, estimated to cost £100,000…

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Shire Council Meeting To Be Held at The Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1961 · page 6

The next meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council will be held in Captain’s Flat…

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New Policy In Conduct Of Shire Meetings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1961 · page 1

There will be a different atmosphere about future meetings of the local shire council, if the stated intentions of the president are carried out. The President of the…

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