Engineer claims Cr. Kerr badgered Shire employee
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1966 · page 1
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council President T. N. Gorman) is making an investigation into an allegation that Cr. T. P. Kerr “badgered” an employee of the council into carrying out work not authorised…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1966 · page 1
Ald. D. Lowrey claimed at last nights meeting of the Municipal Council that some money being spent on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire homes construction
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1966 · page 1
Work has commenced on the construction of another five homes at Bungendore under Yarrowlumla Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Frustrated on Sutton Road Sealing
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1966 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has met with frustration in its bid to have a section of the reconstructed Sutton Road, between Queanbeyan and the Federal Highway, bitumen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire dissent motion lost
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1966 · page 1
A motion of dissent against a ruling by the president (Cr. T. N. Gorman) was defeated at the last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire president blames DMR for highway failure
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council president, Cr. T. N. Gorman, has blamed “poor planning and penny pinching” by-the Department of Main Roads for the extensive restoration work required on the Monaro…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flashback Income of the Council
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 7
Rambling through an old “Queanbeyan Age” dated December 5, 1896, recently, the following interesting item was unearthed: “A most peculiar document has arrived at the local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire seals Sutton Road
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1966 · page 1
Over 1½ miles of the Sutton Road within the Yarrowlumla Shire, from the Federal Highway back…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crumbs from Council
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1966 · page 2
Two trees in Munro Road allegedly destroyed by a truck owned by J. B. Young Ltd., have been valued at $20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brickbats and bouquets Shire Engineers complimented
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1966 · page 1
The Engineer of Yarrowlumla Shire (Mr. J. M. Firth) copped some blasts at the last meeting, but sandwiched in between these he and his staff were complimented on the programme of works which have been completed this season…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full fares on regular services Council Accepts Explanations of Bus Proprietors
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 May 1966 · page 1
The Municipal Council will take no further action on allegations that children attending schools in Canberra are being forced to pay the full fare or “hitch” rides home when they miss their special school…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire wary on quarries
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1966 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to seek advice from the State Planning Authority on the operation of shale quarries within its area. At the last meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire to Meet on Mondays
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 May 1966 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will continue to meet on the third Monday of each month, as decided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Move on Local Abattoir
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 May 1966 · page 1
The establishment of an abattoir in the Queanbeyan area by private enterprise is being investigated by the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Seeks $112,000 for Roads and Bridges Under C.a.r. Grant
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1966 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday adopted a Commonwealth Aid Programme for 1966-67 providing for road improvements to cost $112,000. Of this amount $26,000 will be a special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crawford Street reconstruction Council has to provide $42,.000
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 May 1966 · page 1
The Municipal Council will have to provide $42,000 towards the reconstruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Briefs
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1966 · page 4
The Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) has been instructed to draw up a town plan for Bungendore, to be submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire raises $50,000 loan
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1966 · page 1
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Savings Bank Ltd. has approved applications for loans by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor Civic centre issue “Leave decision to the aldermen”
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1966 · page 5
Sir, — The ravings of one P. J. Whitehead over the past few weeks concerning the investigations being made into a future civic centre for Queanbeyan, tempts me to rise to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire site needed for proposed country abattoir
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 May 1966 · page 1
If a country killing centre is established in the Queanbeyan area it will have to be in the Yarrowluma Shire, due to the lack of available space within the Municipal boundaries…
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