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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1963

327 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 17

New council road roller

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 7

Mr. Geoffrey Vine, Manager of the Queanbeyan branch of the Commonwealth Savings Bank, said…

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Shire’s allocation from roads grant up almost £5,000

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received an allocation of £33,908 under the Commonwealth Aid Act for 1963-64. This has been announced…

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Council issues 90 summonses Drive on Overdue Rates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has issued about 90 summonses in the past two or three weeks for the recovery of outstanding rates…

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Alderman Objects to Salesmen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Municipal Council, Ald. E. J. Beaver expressed strong objections to salesmen…

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County Council headquarters progressing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 11

Satisfactory progress its being made in Electricity Centre building renovations at Goulburn, according to…

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Mayor A. Lambert hits back Suggested Shanty Town Refuted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. A. Lambert) has hit back at a statement attributed to Sir William Holford, consultant to the National Capital Development Commission, that Queanbeyan could develop to serve as a shanty town to Canberra, if the Government restricted the growth of the…

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Erected Building Without Council Approval

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 9

A fine of £5 with £5/5/- professional fees and £1 costs was imposed on a resident in Queanbeyan Court last week, for erecting a building without approval…

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Council seeks alternate site for Memorial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is negotiating with R.S.L, officials and relatives of Boer War veterans to…

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Early progress on County Council depot anticipated

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 1

Some reasonably early progress can be expected in the provision of a Southern Tablelands County Council depot at Queanbeyan. This follows discussion at…

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Residents Appeal to Minister Council defers action on proposed parking area

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 11

Queanbeyan Municipal Council proposes to take no action at this stage on a suggestion that the planned parking area in the block bounded by Monaro, Lowe, Morrissett and Crawford Streets, be reduced in size…

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Letter to the Editor: Council’s action on land deals for profit should go further, says reader

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 10

Sir,— I read with interest the report on how the Queanbeyan Municipal Council has taken action to prevent any of its servants from dealing in land for profit, either directly or indirectly. It would seem to me that…

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Municipal Bandstand (By “Publicity Officer”)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 11

The Municipal Band has been invited to play at the “Lilac Festival” in Goulburn on the long weekend in…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1963 · page 7

The Municipal Council has disapproved of an application from H. C. Shingles for permission to erect…

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County Council staff problem in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1963 · page 4

The need for augmentation of staff at Queanbeyan came under discussion at the recent meeting of the…

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Council issues another thirty summonses

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has issued another 30 summonses for outstanding rates, which…

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Shire backs Inspector on buildings at Wickerslack

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is backings its Health and Building Inspector on action he has taken in…

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Surveyors engaged to speed-up Shire plans

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 5

A firm of Sydney surveyors have been engaged for periods by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council recently, to speed up the field work in the preparation of plans and specifications for Various projects in the Shire…

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Shire submits 1964 main roads programme totalling £20,670

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme amounting to £20,274 for main roads maintenance and improvements in 1964 The programme is…

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Shire Council purchases film of pine forest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 9

A film of a pine forest in the Jerangle area will be purchased by the yarrowlumla Shire Council from…

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Alderman suggests negotiation with Canberra Freehold

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 1

Ald. J. E. Seiffert considers the Municipal Council should negotiate with Canberra Freeholds Ltd., regarding the Construction of streets on sub-divided land it controls south…

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