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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1969

124 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

Good Neighbour Council Drive for earlier contact

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 3

The Queanbeyan Branch of the Good Neighbour Council will make a concentrated effort for earlier contacts with newcomers to the town…

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Shire policy on weeds

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1969 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire may revise its previous policy whereby it required landholders to keep land…

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Fraser put straight on shire development

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1969 · page 1

YarrowIumla Shire Council has taken exception to a recent report that Mr. Jim Fraser, Member for the A.C.T., had suggested that the federal Government acquire part of NSW to prevent “undesirable developments” on the outskirts of the…

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Graziers may unite to form District Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1969 · page 4

Queanbeyan-Canberra Branch of the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales is convening a meeting of all Southern Tableland branches with the object of forming a District Council…

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Council’s $659,080 Programme of Loan Works

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council, at its ordinary meeting last night, adopted a loan programme for 1969-70 providing for development and improvement works estimated to cost $659,080…

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Highway signs premature says Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council believes that the provision of signs on the Federal Highway near Sutton, drawing the attention of tourists travelling to the Snowy and Monaro areas to the…

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Mayor’s greetings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 8

In spite of the implementation of modern systems introduced by properly…

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Letters to the Editor Ex-employee Says Shire Council Is ‘Penny Pinching’

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 2

Sir.—Just a few words on the penny pinching of Shire Council funds towards making employees a little more contented in their monotonous and…

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New fence to improve Council yard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 6

The Municipal Council is to erect a cyclone wire fence along the Farrer Place frontage of…

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Shire presses for $95,274 road project

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council hopes to gain approval to reconstruct and bitumen seal the Burra Road to the Burra Church before the end of this year. Total estimated cost of the…

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Council Investigates a Home for Old People

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1969 · page 1

The Municipal Council is making inquiries concerning the possibility of obtaining financial assistance from Government…

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Editorial Well Done Council!

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 1

This week ratepayers should start receiving in the mail copies of a comprehensive and easy-to-read booklet. Headed “Know your Municipality,” it…

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New-look’ Royal Bars Open Equal to the Best Says Mayor Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 8

The Mayor (Ald . F. E. Land ) said on Tuesday evening that nothing he had seen anywhere could excel the new saloon, club bar and lounge at the Royal Hotel Motel…

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Proposed Tumut - Canberra road Shire believes case for Brindabella route stronger

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council believes that, its case for the construction of the proposed Canberra-Tumut Road via Brindabella has been strengthened by further reconstruction in the area by the Forestry Commission…

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Historical museum Council plans a public meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 April 1969 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. F. E. Land) is to call a public meeting with a view to the formation of an organisation to open and conduct a museum in Queanbeyan to preserve and display town and…

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Shire Building Applications Increasing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 April 1969 · page 1

Four development applications for country dwellings within Yarrowlumla Shire were approved at the last meeting on the recommendation of the Town Planning Committee…

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Shire Engineer to resign in October

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer, Mr; J. M. Firth, on Wednesday gave notice of his resignation to take .effect from October 17 this year. In a letter tabled at…

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Shire surplus of £30,000

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 April 1969 · page 1

The statement of accounts of Yarrowlumla Shire Council for the year ended December 31 last show a surplus of £30,127 in the general fund…

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Shire Briefs Water Meters a Necessity

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 2

Yarrowlumla shire Council Intends to clamp down on Bungendore residents who are using water from the town water supply but have not yet installed meters…

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Council to consider priorities

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1969 · page 1

The Works Committee of the Municipal Council met last Thursday night to consider street…

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