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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1962

296 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 15

Quarry trucks still using street says Alderman

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1962 · page 1

Trucks carting material from the Jerrabomberra [?]uarry are still using Fairmount Crescent as an…

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Thirty-four naturalised by Mayor, A. Lambert in civic ceremony

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1962 · page 1

Thirty-four migrants renounced allegiance to their former countries and became British subjects and Australian citizens, at a Naturalisation Ceremony in the Methodist Memorial Hall on Wednesday…

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Shire’s land decision curtails Municipal plan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1962 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s decision not to agree to the revocation of an area of land in Farrer Place, puts a damper on the proposed Town Hall and civic Buildings, planned by the Municipal Council…

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Captain’s Flat News Shire may take-over ‘Flat’ water supply

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1962 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has instructed its Health Inspector, Mr. C. E. R. Meyer, to make an investigation and report on the possibility of the Council taking over the Captain’s Flat water supply. This was decided at the…

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Deputation to Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is to send a deputation to wait on the Yarrowlumla Shire Council in…

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Loan applications totalling £98,550 lodged by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1962 · page 1

The Town Clerk (Mr. R. B. Smith) told the Municipal Council lost night that loan applications totalling £98,550 had been submitted to the Department of Local Government for approval…

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Shire unhappy on Insurance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1962 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is investigating means of reducing premiums it is paying for insurance on its…

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Wheels stolen off Shire truck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1962 · page 1

There is a moral to this story and a humorous angle too, although the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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“Queanbeyan Not Tree Conscious” Says Council Engineer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is concerned at the numerous acts of vandalism or carelessness throughout the town, in regard to street trees. At the last meeting of the…

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Municipal Council Expenditure Last Year Was £298,364

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1962 · page 1

Total expenditure of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council for the year 1961, including loan expenditure, was £298,364, compared to £258,534 in 1960. This has been advised by…

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Shire Council to continue with Security Service

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 9

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will continue to engage the Metropolitan Security Service, to keep an eye on…

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Annual Meeting Good Neighbour Council tomorrow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Queanbeyan Good neighbour Council will be held tomorrow evening in the…

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Council move on T.P.I. rate rebate

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 1

The Town Clerk (Mr. JR. B. Smith) is making- investigations into the number of Totally and permanently…

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Transfer of land for racecourse extension approved by council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 2

The Municipal Council has approved in principle, the transfer of a portion of the Sanitary Depot area to the Queanbeyan Racecourse area…

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County Council to spend £27,500 on Goulburn offices

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1962 · page 1

The Southern Tablelands County Council at its meeting at Goulburn yesterday approved a 1963 works programme which includes expenditure of £27,500 on renovations and alterations to the…

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Good Neighbour Council office-bearers elected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1962 · page 1

Mrs. T. N. Donoghoe was re-elected president of the Good Neighbour Council on Wednesday night…

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Good Neighbour Council presents cheque to hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1962 · page 1

A cheque for £200 was presented to Mr. J. Collett, Chairman of the Queanbeyan District Hospital Board, by the Queanbeyan Branch of the Good Neighbour Council at its annual general meeting…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has sold land in Bungendore on which rates were outstanding for a period…

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Municipal Council seeks more publicity

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is anxious to secure more publicity for the town and is continuing a campaign…

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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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