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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1969

124 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7

Alderman honoured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 May 1969 · page 1

Mr. Arthur Lambert, OBE, last night was presented with a framed Local Government…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 May 1969 · page 3

Health Surveyor (Mr, R. Bush) reported to the last meeting of yarrowlumla Shire Council that…

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$92,000 Allocated for Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will expend the $92,000 it expects to receive under the 1969-70 Commonwealth Aid Roads Grants allocation on additional lengths of reconstruction and bitumenous surfacing on the Burra and Gundaroo Roads…

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Shire wants advice on future road arteries

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has taken steps to try and determine what the National Capital Development Commission has in mind regarding future road arteries leading into the ACT. Future planning within…

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Munro Road Flat Project Disapproved by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 1

The Municipal Council has refused an application by Moorhouse Pty. Ltd. for permission to erect a block of flats on elevated…

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Ratepayers’ president queries council record

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 May 1969 · page 5

When one looks at Queanbeyan, especially the outer areas the southern, south-western, western and eastern sections, one begins to wonder what the Municipal Council has done over the last 15 years.”…

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Council buys prestige car

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1969 · page 5

The Municipal Council has accepted a tender from Esmonds Motors Pty. Ltd. for the. supply…

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Shire Believes It Has Been By-passed by Ncdc

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council believes that it has been bypassed and that there have been direct discussions concerning development within, its area between the State Planning Authority and the National Capital Development Commission…

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“Raw deal” for rural ratepayers, says shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has lodged strong protests over what it claims is a “raw deal” handed to rural ratepayers in respect to the Local Government Assistance Fund, inaugurated this year…

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New Shire Engineer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 May 1969 · page 1

Mr. Howard Do[?]st, Deputy Engineer of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, who has been appointed…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Yarrowlumla shire Council has asked its Health Surveyor (Mr. R. B. Bush) to bring in a…

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Shire to Summons for Rates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 11

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to issue summonses for outstanding rates in cases where final…

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Shire drive to clear roads of rubbish

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 11

Yarrewlumla shire Council is making a drive to clean up rubbish indiscriminately dumped on…

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Heavy truck traffic a stream on shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 1

Mr. Steve Mauger MLA for Monaro, said this week he hoped the Commonwealth would realise the tremendous strain being put on Yarrowlumla shire in maintaining roads damaged by heavy truck traffic…

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Which Direction Is Council Going?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Sir,—Today I received, with the compliments of the Queanbeyan Municipal CounciI, a booklet which you printed inviting me to know my Municipality…

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Town Planning Committee to comprise full council of nine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 1

The Town Planning and Development Committee of Queanbeyan Municipal Council will comprise the full council of nine members, in future meeting on the Wednesday night immediately…

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News For The Man On The Land Shire leads State in fire radio network

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1969 · page 8

The Bush Fire Radio School organised last weekend by Yarrowlumla Shire Council was the first attempted in the State by any Shire Council, according to a NSW Bush Fire Committee. This was stated at…

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Municipal Council “misunderstood”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 5

The Mayor (Aid. F. E. Land) said at Thursday night’s meeting of the. Municipal Council that if more people took an interest in council affairs and…

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Shire wants load limits introduced on A.C.T. roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has asked the Minister for the interior to give consideration to the introduction of weight limits on heavy loads carried by road transport within the ACT…

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Council Crumbs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1969 · page 9

The Health Surveyor Mr. R. L. Howlett told Ald. McInnes that council has certain powers concerning…

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