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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1963

327 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 17

Council wants cost of lowring P.M.G. cables shared

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 August 1963 · page 8

The Municipal Council will ask the P.M.G.’s Department to pay half the cost of lowering telephone cables in Ross Road to the construction of kerbing and…

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Legal opinion sought council on resumptions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 August 1963 · page 1

The Municipal council will seek a legal opinion from the Local Government Association’s Barrister regarding its powers concerning the…

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Rubbish Dumped on Roads Shire seeks Municipal co-operation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will offer to co-operate with the Queanbeyan Municipal Council in a campaign to eliminate indiscriminate dumping of rubbish…

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Committee to investigate Shire positions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 10

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has appointed a committee to investigate a suggestion that it combine the…

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Shire declared a Bush Fire District

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has declared its area a Bush Fire District and has appointed Cr. T. N. Gorman as Fire Control Officer. This was decided at…

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Shire Councillors pay tribute to late inspector

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 8

Councillors of the Yarrowlumla Shire paid high tribute to the former Noxious Weeds Inspector,…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 7

The Superintendent of Traffic has approved of the provision of “School Children” signs in Hirst Avenue,…

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Council active on tree planting programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is continuing, with its programme of tree planting in the town and at…

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Council to Force Connection to Sewerage System

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will serve notices on owners of all dwellings in the Municipality to connect their premises to the sewerage system, where it is available…

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Shire building applications approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1963 · page 3

The Yarrowlumla Shire Health and Building Inspector, Mr. C. E. R. Meyer, advised Shire Councillors in…

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Shire Heath Inspector slated by councillors

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1963 · page 4

The Health and Building Inspector (Mr. C. E. R. Meyer) was taken to task by two councillors at last week’s meeting of the Yarrolwmla Shire Council. Cr. T. N. Gorman alleged…

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Shire office to be re-modelled

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1963 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Chambers in Farrer Place will be remodelled at an estimated cost…

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Council policy expected to force up land prices

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1963 · page 1

Estate agents and sub-dividers of residential land claim the Municipal Council is forcing land prices sky rocket by the conditions they…

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Cr. Ireland resigns from Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 1

Councillor J. M. Ireland has resigned as a representative of “D” Riding, which includes Captain’s Flat, on the Yarrowlumla Shire Council. This was announced today…

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Correspondence Alderman Bastow Supported

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 3

Sir, — I would like to endorse the remarks of Mr. Bastow regarding the replanting of the existing…

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Modern Shire Office

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 1

THIS is how the Yarrowlumla Shire Council offices in Farrer Place are expected to look when proposed renovations are carried out. The model pictured above was submitted to council at its last meeting. Plans…

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New valuation of Shire area

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 8

A field valuation of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council will be carried out by the Valuer General’s…

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’Flat Slime Dumps a “Hot Potato” Yarrowlumla Shire will accept no responsibility

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has confirmed a previous decision that it does not want the land to be released by the Lake George Mine at Captain’s Flat and that it will accept no responsibility for the slime dumps…

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Town Council to clamp down on land deals by servants

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has taken action to prevent any of its servants from dealing in land for profit, either directly or indirectly. Ald. H. S. Bastow said at…

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Shire Council polio campaign

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 1

A survey of the Yarrowlumla Shire will be carried out to determine how many applicants there are for…

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