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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1963

327 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 17

Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1963 · page 9

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has installed eight pipe culverts on the road through Brindabella, four on each…

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Outstanding Shire rates were £4,056

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1963 · page 7

Yarralumla Shire Council had rates outstanding in the general fund at December 31, of £4,056…

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Municipal Bandstand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1963 · page 7

Queanbeyan Municipal Band took part in the Canberra Jubilee celebrations parade last Saturday afternoon. Those who had the pleasure…

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Children at Council Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1963 · page 1

Fifteen children from the Queanbeyan West Primary School, who attended for portion of the last meeting…

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Council appeal on litter in town streets

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1963 · page 9

The Municipal Council has made an appeal to the public to refrain from leaving paper and litter lying…

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Shire traffic domes removed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1963 · page 11

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has removed all traffic domes from intersections in the Shire…

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£100 for Shire street lighting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1963 · page 4

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council will accept an amount of £100 provided by the Southern Tablelands…

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President welcomes clerk to first Shire meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1963 · page 1

The recently appointed Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk, Mr, Eric Buchtmann, was officially welcomed to his first meeting on Wednesday by the President, Cr. P. J. B. Osborne. Extending a welcome to Mr…

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Municipal Bandstand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1963 · page 3

The Band fulfilled its engagement at the National Agricultural Society’s Show at Hall last Saturday. Despite the heat and dust,…

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Shire Council donation to “Flat” Athletic Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1963 · page 6

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council decided at last Wednesday’s meeting to make a donation of ten pounds, out of the general fund, to the Captain’s Flat Athletic Club…

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The Mayor to Start Hoop Race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1963 · page 2

This Saturday at 12.30 P.M., the Mayor Alderman A. Lambert, will start the hoop race to…

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Shire Councillors to visit Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors will visit Captain’s Flat on Aprils 18 to gain first hand knowledge of the problem confronting the former mining township…

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Council Not to Appoint Consultants for Time Being

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided not to bring in management consultants at this stage, but will consider the matter further in conjunction with the 1964 estimates…

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Good Neighbour Council Protests Criticism of Council Move on Buildings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1963 · page 1

Mrs. T. N. Donoghoe, president of the Queanbyean branch of the Good Neighbour Council of New South Wales, expressed strong disapproval of the Municipal Council’s decision to not allow any further occupation of garages and temporary dwellings. Mrs…

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Municipal Bandstand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1963 · page 5

Activities of the Municipal Band has been relaxing over the past week, but comes promptly to a halt…

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Aldermen divided about management consultants

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1963 · page 8

Aldermen of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council appear to fairly evenly divided as to whether manage should be engaged lo investigate and advise on financial problems. This was evident at the last…

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Appreved Shire applications

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1963 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council last Wednesday, three applications for milk…

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Delegates to meet Shire Councillors

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1963 · page 4

A special meeting of the Progress Association was held in the Community Hall on Friday evening…

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Shire records work of former Clerk

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1963 · page 9

The Yarrowlumla Shire has officially recorded its appreciation of the services of its former Shire Clerk, Mr. G. O’Hanion. At the last meeting, Cr. P…

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Council starts on bitumen programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1963 · page 1

Not to be outdone by the Shire Council, which has carried out a considerable amount of bitumen sealing recent weeks, the Municipal…

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