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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1962

296 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 15

Shire Clerk in hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 November 1962 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) who entered the District Hospital on Tuesday for…

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New Municipal Council to be elected tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 November 1962 · page 3

The electors of the Municipality of Queanbeyan, in common with those of other cuies and towns throughout the State, will go to the polls tomorrow to elect nine; aldermen to serve on the Municipal Council for the ensuing three years…

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Pen - Pictures of Your Municipal Election Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 November 1962 · page 1

Fourteen candidates have offered themselves as candidates at the Queanbeyan Municipal tri-ennial elections, to be held tomorrow. This number compares with 14 candidates in 1959, 16 in 1956 and 17 in 1953. The largest number of…

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Electors Make Sweeping Changes in Town Council Five New Aldermen Elected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1962 · page 1

The people of Queanbeyan made sweeping changes at the Municipal elections on Saturday, when five new aldermen were elected to the Council of nine members and four of the eight retiring aldermen…

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Mayor Topped the Poll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1962 · page 1

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. A. Lambert, who again topped the poll at the Municipal elections on…

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Shire gets loan to buy cars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1962 · page 10

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has been advised by the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney that it is prepared…

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Council bans fixed hoses and sprinklers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1962 · page 1

The newly elected Queanbeyan Municipal Council, at a special meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to impose total restrictions on the use of sprinklers and fixed hoses until Friday. The restrictions have been…

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Good Neighbour Council in recess (By “Publicity Officer”)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1962 · page 4

The final meeting for the year 1962 of the Good Neighbour Council of Queanbeyan was held at the home of the president, Mrs. T. N. Donoghoe, last Wednesday evening…

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Road signs antagonise Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is concerned at the forest of advertising signs appearing on Railway,…

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Mayor survives ballot

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 1

Aid. A. Lambert survived a ballot to be elected as Mayor for his ninth successive term at…

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Shire piggeries compare favourably

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 11

“Piggery’s in the Yarrowlumla Shire compare favourably with those outside the Shire,” says Mr. C. E…

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Fourth Shire Polio Vaccination

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 9

The fourth poliomyelitis vaccination campaign was conducted today and yesterday at all centres in the…

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Shire Health Week Essay Winners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 9

The names of winners of the various sections in the Health Week essay competition, conducted by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, were announced at Wednesday’s meeting…

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Shire defers decision on depot offer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has referred to a sub-committee, a proposal from the Municipal Council for…

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Cr. Osborne re-elect Shire president

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 1

Cr. P. J. B. Osborne on Tuesday was reelected unopposed as president of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council for his seventh successive term…

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Shire moves into property to control tussock

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 11

Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday directed its Noxious Weeds Inspector to move into a Bungendore district property and eradicate serrated tussock…

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Shire appoints clerk to replace Mr. G. O’Hanlon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has appointed Mr. E. D. Buchtmann as Shire Clerk to replace Mr. G. O’Hanlon, who retires in February…

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Councillors Oppose Increase Shire estimates to be based on current rate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1962 · page 12

Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided it its meeting on Tuesday to instruct the Shire Clerk to bring in estimates for 1963, providing for the same general rate as the current year, 9d. in the £. This means that ratepayers…

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Orange Mayor formerly of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1962 · page 1

The new mayor of Orange, who is one of the youngest in the history of that city, is a former…

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Council calls tenders for town

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1962 · page 9

Queanbeyan Municipal Council decided on Thursday night to call tenders for kerbing and guttering…

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