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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1968

183 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 10

New vehicles purchased by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 6

The Municipal Council has purchased two new trucks, three station waggons and a utility from…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1968 · page 5

The Municipal Council has made application 19 the Police Traffic Branch for a pedestrian crossing…

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Council has a beating stone

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1968 · page 1

Reluctant ratepayers will be chastened know that the Queanbeyan Municipal Council now has in its possession a New Guinea beating stone…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has been advised by the NSW Police Department that the…

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Crumbs from the Council table

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1968 · page 3

Redecking of the 7 Queanbeyan River bridge has been completed. The gang has left to effect urgent…

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Water shortage may curtail Shire road surfacing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1968 · page 1

The unavailability of suitable quantities of water due to the prevailing dry conditions may curtail bitumen surfacing works programmed for roads in Yarrowlumla Shire this season…

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Crumbs from the Council Table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1968 · page 2

An application from the Grand photographic Studio for a licence to undertake street…

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Shire President’s Report Canberra’s growth brings remarkable change

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1968 · page 5

The past 10 years have brought a remarkable change in this district, mainly because of the phenomenal growth of Canberra and to a lesser extent the…

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Health and Building Department Busy year reported by council officer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 January 1968 · page 3

The amount of work carried out by the Health and Building Department of the Municipal Council during the past 12 months has increased and will continue to increase with the rise in population…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 January 1968 · page 6

Following the failure of two property owners in the village pi Sutton to comply -with notices to…

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Mayor’s Lengthy Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 January 1968 · page 1

A lengthy and detailed report on the past year’s activities of the Municipal Council was presented…

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No Bouquets for Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 January 1968 · page 1

The Municipal Council is getting plenty of criticism from people who have had an increase in…

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Correspondence Alderman McMANUS CHALLENGED

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1968 · page 6

Sir, — Relevant to a recent article in the “Age” in which Mr. McManus, alderman of the…

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$2,800 For Shire Weed Control

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1968 · page 13

Yarrowlumla Shire has received received a grant of $2,800 on a dollar for dollar basis for the control of…

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Press at Council at meetings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 February 1968 · page 2

If the Minister for Local Government Mr. Morton, has his way the people of New South…

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Surveys a “ Drag” on Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has been told by its Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth ) that sunless a qualified man is appointed to his department to replace…

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Council Approves $300,000 Loan Works Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1968 · page 1

The Municipal Council, at a special meeting last night, approved a loan works programme for 1968-69 providing for expenditure of $300,000. Providing the full amount…

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Mayor disclaims political support

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1968 · page 2

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. F. E. Land, last night disclaimed support for a political party candidate whose publicity pamphlet featured Ald. Land’s…

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Shire tries again for special Commonwealth financial aid

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, convinced that it will get no support from the Department of Main Roads in Its quest for special financial assistance in road maintenance, will seek another deputation with the Minister for the Interior and the State Minister for Local Government…

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Shire Loan Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 March 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme of $126,000 as proposed borrowings…

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