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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1962

296 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 15

Cr. Osborne “dumbfounded” on Mr. Tully’s statement Shire President refutes allegations on road to Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 1

The president of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Cr. P. J. B. Osborne, has strongly refuted allegations by Mr. L. J. Tully that he had made efforts to prevent the sealing of the Queanbeyan-Captain’s Flat road…

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New members on Christ Church Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 1

Several new members were elected to the Christ Church Parish Council at the annual meeting on Sunday night. The meeting, held in the…

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Council not to carry out work of High School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is not interested in undertaking work involving the development of playing…

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C.W.A. Group Council met at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 3

A Group Council meeting of the Southern Tablelands Group of the Country Women’s Association was…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at its last meeting, reappointed the Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) for another…

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Shire relaxes sub-division requirements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 2

Yarrawlumla Shire Council will not -demand that a public reserve be provided adjacent to the Queanbeyan…

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Council to proceed with school medical examinations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 2

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is to proceed with the medical examination of schoolchildren in the town. This was decided at…

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Commonwealth Bank loan to council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 1

The Commonwealth Savings Bank has approved a loan of £9,000, to the Queanbeyan Municipal Council…

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Shire agrees to the Premier’s proposal on road to Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided on Wednesday to accept the offer of the Premier in connection with finance for reconstruction and sealing of the Captain’s Flat road, on the understanding that other…

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Mayor to move on condemned cottages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1962 · page 1

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald A. Lambert, has given notice that he will move at Thursday night’s…

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Council Not Empowered to Ban Second Hand Houses

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has found if cannot not legally prevent second-hand dwellings being brought into the Municipality intact, provided they are completed in accordance with the buildings…

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Shire moves to purchase land

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) has been instructed to investigate the possible purchase of the land…

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Bungendore’s appreciation to shire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 1

The Trustees of the Bungendore Racecourse, Showground and Recreation Area have expressed their…

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Shire worried about road maintenance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 6

S[?] members of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council doubt if the Shire is physically capable of carrying out…

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Council submits £25,000 programme for relief work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has submitted a programme of works, estimated to cost £25,000, to be carried out under special grants recently made available by the Commonwealth for unemployment…

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“Critics should look around,” says Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. A. Lambert, thinks some of the ratepayers in the business centre of Queanbeyan should go out around the town and have a look at what was being done…

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Council sees film of new incinerator

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 3

At its last meeting, members of the Yarrowlumla shire Council saw a film on a new type of incinerator…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 4

Health Inspector, Mr. C. E. R. Meyer, told the last meeting of the Yarrolwumla Shire Council that a Dr…

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Shire may have its premises patrolled

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has given the Shire Clerk (Mr. G. O’Hanlon) power to act in regard to the…

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Burra grazier slates Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 6

A Burra district grazier has taken the Yarrowlutnla Shire Council to task for allegedly showing scant dis-respect for rabbit proof boundary fences…

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