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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1966

211 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 11

Shire approves five more homes at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumia Shire Council, encouraged by the response to its housing scheme at Bungendore, will go ahead with the construction of another five homes This was decided at last…

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Council to Shift Cars From Lane

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last meeting took action to remove cars and other vehicles parked in…

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P. and C. move on formation of District Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1966 · page 1

The question . of forming a District , Council of Parents and Citizens’ Associations has been discussed…

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River tragedy Aldermen critical of press report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night took no action concerning a tragedy on the bank of the…

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Shire extends pensioner rate concessions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will extend the rate rebate concession to all pensioners residing within its…

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Mayor to explain background to street priorities

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1966 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. F. E. Land) is to release a statement explaining the reasons for council’s decisions concerning the recent allocation of priorities for kerbing and guttering and street sealing…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 4

Yarrowlumla, Shire Council has appointed Cr. C. E. R. Meyer as its representative on the Southern…

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Shire road programme advanced

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is more advanced with its main and rural roads reconstruction and scaling programme than it has been for some years…

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Shire opens office at the ’Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1966 · page 1

As from today, Yarrowlumla Shire Council will open an office at Captain’s Flat each Tuesday between the…

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Hepatitis at two Shire centres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1966 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council expects to have a report at its next meeting on recent cases of hepatitis at Captain’s Flat and Sutton. At its last meeting council…

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Shire Meets Half Cost of ’Dozer Hire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1966 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has agreed to meet half the cost of a bulldozer hired to fight bushfires near…

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Shire’s $1,000 grant for drought relief

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council received an immediate allocation of $1,000 for drought relief work as a…

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Shire delegates to attend timber industry inquiry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will have two representatives present when the Parliamentary Committee inquiring into the timber industry meets at Cooma next week…

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Extended police hours assured, says Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 April 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police Station will become a full 24-hour station when the manpower necessary is available to provide the additional staff. The Mayor (Ald. F. E. Land)…

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Increased shire grant possible

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1966 · page 1

A total grant of 5105.000 for work on rural roads may be available to Yarrowlumla Shire Council next year if It…

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Shire repreive for non-voters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will take no against persons who failed to vote at the triennial elections last December and at the extraordinary election in February…

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Shire changes meeting days

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla’ Shire Council has reverted to Mondays to hold, its monthly meetings, commencing next week…

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Electorate Council met at Delegate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1966 · page 6

Queanbeyan was represented by Messrs. P. Whitehead, Lowrey and R. McCluskie at the well-attended…

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Municipal Bandstand (By Publicity officer)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1966 · page 3

Queanbeyan Municipal. Band spent a very pleasant and entertaining Easter weekend at Dubbo. Travelling by bus, they left…

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Alderman’s claim —Full Fares for Pupils

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1966 · page 1

Allegations that schoolgirls were being forced to “thumb” rides back to Queanbeyan when they miss their school buses from Canberra, were made at the last meeting of the…

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