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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1965

226 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 12

Fire hazards eliminated Shire ‘bun-off’ at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 July 1965 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, with the co-operation of local organisations, is having a big clean-up at Bungendore of fire hazards such as overgrown streets and allotments and…

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Shire denies negligence in diesel damage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 July 1965 · page 6

Tarrowlumla Shire Council has denied negligence in regard to damage to the Monaro Express diesel train,…

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Bungendore Shire Briefs Proposed works to cost £2,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 July 1965 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme of £2,000 to the State Government for kerbing and guttering in the village of Bungendore…

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Council to Appoint One Additional Health Inspector Work Volume Increases 152 Per Cent

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 July 1965 · page 1

The work of the Health and Building Department of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council has increased by 152 per cent, since 1958. To meet this increase. Council has decided to employ an additional Inspector…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1965 · page 6

The Health Inspector (Mr. C. E. R. Meyer) advised at the last meeting the Yairowlumla Shire that…

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Alderman Lowrey’s View Industry before Civic Centre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1965 · page 1

Aid. D. Lowrey-believes the Queanbeyan Municipal Council should worry more about giving financial assistance to the-development of industry than building a civic…

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Shire to determine road policy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1965 · page 2

Yarrowlnmla Shire Council tomorrow is expected to give further consideration on its policy towards the…

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Further loans to Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1965 · page 1

The Town Clerk, Mr; R. B. Smith, announced today that the Commonwealth Savings Bank had approved…

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Construction estimated at £12,500 Two bridges included in Shire programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1965 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire council has allowed for the construction of two bridges in its 1965-66 Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant programme one at Creek borough on the Gundaroo Road and another at K.T. Flat on the Burra Road…

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“Held Up to Public Ridicule,” He Says Shire accepts Health Inspector’s resignation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 July 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has accepted the resignation of its Health and Building Inspector (Mr. C. E. R. Meyer) tendered at Wednesday’s meeting. Mr. Meyer handed in his…

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Municipal Band reviews year of great progress

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 July 1965 · page 4

“I can truthfully say the past year was one of great progress and has made a mark on the hand’s history” President of the Queanbeyan Municipal Band, Mr. E. J. Beaver, said at the annual general meeting held on Tuesday night in the R.S.L. board-room…

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Industrial Seminar Shire approves £50 allocation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 July 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will contribute £50 towards the cost of a seminar to be held in Sydney aimed at attracting industrialists to the Southern Tablelands region of the…

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Council to Remove Old Car Bodies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 July 1965 · page 6

Council nil clean up land under its control adjacent to their garage premises of Mr. G. Mclntyre at…

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Council Revenue Surplus of £19,698 Increase on Previous Year

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1965 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council had an overall revenue surplus for the year ended December 31, 1964, of £19,698, it was revealed in the…

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Shire Building Controls Extended

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has taken the necessary action to apply the Building Ordinance to its whole area giving it control over all major…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 3

The Municipal Council has disposed of almost all. land available at this stage within the residential…

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Weekly pay for council employees

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 3

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is now paying wages weekly, instead of fortnightly as has been the…

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Council's loan commitments of £867,554

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 1

At the end of December last year, Queanbeyan Municipal Council had an amount of £867,554 -outstanding in aggregate loans. This was revealed at the last…

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Council seeks grant for scenic road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 1

The Municipal Council has made application to the Government for a grant towards the cost of constructing a…

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R.S,L deputation solve problems with Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1965 · page 1

Representatives of the Queanbeyan Sub-branch of the R.S.L. committee of the Municipal Council have had discussions on several waiters which were the Subjects of d recent deputation to the council…

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