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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1962

296 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 15

Deputation to Shire tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will send a deputation from its Town Planning and Development Committee…

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Shire request Railways remove signs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 8

An approach has been male to the Department of Railways, requesting that large signs on its…

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Bungendore in the News Shire investigates central parking

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is making enquiries into the legality of council parking in Gibraltar street, Bungendore At its last meeting ,…

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Shire plans to reduce its plant insurance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 4

A saving of £463 annually will result if the Yarrowlumla Shire finally agrees to a new schedule of premium…

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Council Discusses Differences Health Officers’

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night had a formal discussion with two officers of the Department of Health, which cleared up some misunderstandings that had developed in recent months…

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Council Inspector accepts position at Griffith

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council’s Building Inspector, Mr. D. McCarthy, has resigned to take up a…

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Frequent exchanges lively Shire meeting Cr. Kerr Lets Off Some Steam

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Wednesday had its lengthiest and liveliest meeting for several years, with the outspoken and controversial, Cr. Tom Kerr, of Captain’s Flat, figuring in several sharp clashes…

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Shire Council discussion Huge wage bill causes concern

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is concerned at its heavy Overhead expenses in regard to wages and travelling expenses. wages for its…

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Shire offered land off Yass Road for depot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has suggested to the Yarrowlumla Shire that it may be able to make land available in Yass Road for use…

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Shire Clerk to retire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) will retire on February 28 next year…

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Shire landholders’ Tussock problem

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 8

Patches of Serrated Tussock have been growing all through the past winter in Yarrowlumla Shire and landholders have been hard put to keep it cut down…

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Few rabbits on Shire roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 8

Roads within the Yarrowlumla Shire are almost free of rabbits, according to the Inspector, Mr. J. Bradley…

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Shire May Extend Control of Buildings in Its Area

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is considering applying the Building Ordinance to certain areas of the Shire, at present not controlled where development may be expected in the next few years…

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Railways refuse to remove roadside signs in Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1962 · page 1

The Railways Department has refused a request from the Yarrowlumla Shire Council remove advertising signs, fronting Shire roads…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1962 · page 8

The Municipal Council has deferred an application for permission to establish a plant nursery in Donald…

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Wide representation at Serrated Tussock Refresher Course Mayor extends welcome to Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1962 · page 1

Representatives from as far away as Bathurst in the north and from Dalgety and Bega in the south, are attending the Serrated Tussock Refresher Course, which got under way shortly after 10 a.m. in the…

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Town Council enters £46,869 contract for sewerage extensions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1962 · page 1

The Municipal Council has accepted a tender in the sum of £46,869 for the construction of Stage 2 extensions of the Sewerage Treatment Works…

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Tribute Paid to Shire Clerk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 September 1962 · page 1

The Magistrate for the District Circuit of the Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. I. T. Forrest, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon)…

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Council’s Strong Position

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 September 1962 · page 1

Ald. J. E. Seiffert considers the Municipal Council is in a stronger position than first thought, in…

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Council concerned at Canberra “bottleneck”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will take up with the National Capital Development Commission, the “Bottleneck” being caused on Canberra Avenue by heavy traffic between…

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