Road maintenance allocation Shire Council needs 30 per cent increase
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1968 · page 1
Due to the heavy traffic loading, Yarrowlumla shire Council needs an increase of 30 per cent in allocations from the Department of Main Roads for routine maintenance work next year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council gets $¼-million land sales in industrial area
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1968 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has already received almost $¼ million dollars for land sold in industrial area developed by it in East and West Queanbeyan, although the scheme has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor Elimbari Council Says “Thank You”
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1968 · page 6
Sir,—On behalf of the Elimbari Local Government and the residents of the Elimbari Council area, I would like to express our appreciation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Critical of Trees
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 1
Ald. F. Collins has described street trees in Uriarra Road, which council decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Briefs
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 5
Tenders have been invited for the supply of aggregate and the resealing of sections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire men may build new bridge
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has advised the Department of Main Roads that it Is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire keeps trying for special grant
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 1
Cr. P. H. Hardy said at last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Coucil that it would have to keep “hammering away” at theState and Federal Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire to Watch C.a.r. Grants
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 5
At last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council Cr. B. J. H. Osborne urged that a careful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council warned against low tender prices
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1968 · page 1
At the last meeting of Queanbeyan Municipal Council, Aid. F. Collins warned that it should be careful before accepting tenders for development projects well below the price of other tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire to Continue Fight for Special Aid
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1968 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council intends to proceed with agitation to the Premier (Mr. Askin) for a personal approach to the Commonwealth for special financial aid for shire roads, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council’s Hands Are Tied Property home of drunks and deadbeats
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1968 · page 1
Although it is in the process of purchasing , premises at 32 Lowe Street, Queanbeyan Municipal Council does not have the authority to do anything about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor Petition over council’s street name change
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1968 · page 2
Sir, — I read with concern he report in the “Queanbeyan Age” that Queanbeyan Municipal Council proposes to change the name of Skye Street to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paterson’s Curse on Shire Roads
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 September 1968 · page 8
The noxious weed Paterson’s Curse is appearing in alarming proportions along several of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deputation to County Council Shires say present rural levy unfair
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 September 1968 · page 4
Though it was conceded there should be a reasonable differential between rural and urban power charges, a deputation from four shires to the Southern Tablelands County Council on Monday submitted that the present rural levy was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trend towards flats Alderman warns on slum areas
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 1
At the last meeting of Queanbeyan Municipal Council an alderman voiced the opinion that if the development of flats was allowed to continue as it is, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Engineer Explains a Point
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 1
Mines Department inspections and mining authorities together with representatives of Yarrowlumla Shire accompanied the Minister for Mines the Hon. Wal Fife, when he inspected the old mine workings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Conference planned on Shire depot
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire - Council has delegated its president and shire clerk to interview the municipal authorities concerning proposed development of the shire depot in Farrer Place. This was the outcome of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crumbs From the Council Table
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 5
The Municipal Council has made application to the Minister for Local Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire pays $20,000 for water supply
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 6
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has paid the Department of Public Works the $20,000 outstanding as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aldermen request report on hydrant markers
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 10
The Municipal Council has requested its Engineer (Mr. G. Pike) to bring in a report on the possibility of using galvanished pipe as water hydrant markers,…
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