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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1966

211 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 11

Shire Council Deputy President Elected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 6

Councillor E. L. J. Reardon, of Bungendore, was elected, this week as Deputy president of the…

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Shire Council Workers’ co-op.sought

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 6

Yarralumla Shire Council this week will approach its road workers seeking their co-operation over…

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Water Appeal by Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Town Clerk (Mr. R. B. Smith) to-day appealed to residents, on behalf of the Municipal Council, to restrict the amount of water they are using — particularly on lawns and gardens. His appeal followed a…

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Shire tribute to the P. J. B. Osborne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors this week paid tribute to the late Mr. P. J. B. Osborne of “Currandooley,” Bungendore, former President of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Municipal Bandstand

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 2

Band practices nave resumed after the Xmas vacation under the leadership of Band Sergeant, Peter Robertson. Many of the bandsmen spent…

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New council cracks down on temporary town dwellings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 1

The newly elected Queanbeyan Municipal Council is just as determined to crack down on the illegal occupation of temporary dwellings in the town as its predecessor…

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Highway Link Reconstruction Under Way Shire prepares for extensive lengths of hitumen road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer J. M. Firth) indicated today that further extensive length of road within the shire would be bitumen sealed before the end of this summer…

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Cooma Council to run festival

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1966 · page 4

The Cooma Council has agreed to accept full promotional responsibilities for this year’s Festival of the…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 3

Cr. P. H. Hardy has been re-appointed as the delegate of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council to the Southern…

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Shire Anxious for Bungendore Pensioner to Retain House

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is anxious to see a Bungendore pensioner and his family retain their home and land at Bungendore and get the Title to it. This was made clear this…

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County Council had best year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 1

The Southern Tablelands County Council experienced one of its best years in 1965, when power sales increased by 14 per cent. on 1964…

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County Council Chairman Re-elected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 1

Dr. W. M. Barbour, of Gunning, was re-elected un-opposed for his fourth successive term as chairman of…

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CAPTAiN’S Flat News Council prunes to preserve Flat rate No provision for pool in estimates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 6

The Captain’s Flat Local Fund estimates for 1966, adopted by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, makes no provision for expenditure on the swimming pool, theatre or hospital. These items were deleted…

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Adjoining Shire Council seeks improvements Condition of Jerangle road strongly criticised School bus may stop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

Owing to the poor condition of the section of the Jerangle Road within the Yarrowlumla Shire, the Anembo-Captain’s Flat school bus may not continue running. This was stated yesterday…

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Surprises likely in Shire candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 1

A former councillor and a health inspector are expected to contest an extraordinary election in “D” Riding of the Yarrowlumla Shire on February 25…

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Land exchange proposed for shire depot

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 2

Queanbeyan Municipal is expected to put a proposition to Yarrowlumla Shire Council shortly…

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Official regalia too costly Robes Out for Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council will not proceed with a suggestion that it purchase mayoral robes and other official regalia. However, it will obtain…

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Nominations for Shire Vacancies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1966 · page 1

Late this afternoon two nominations had been received for one vacancy in “C” Riding of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council and two for the two vacancies in “D” Riding…

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Council’s own plant blamed for damage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 2

Aid. F, Collins believes that council’s own plant is causing damage to new kerbing and guttering while…

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Keen contests are expected for Shire elections “D” Riding has five candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 1

Extraordinary elections to be held in “C” `and “D” Riding of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council on February 26 will be more interesting and keenly contested than the ordinary election in September…

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