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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1969

124 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

News For The Man On The Land Shire prosecutes to enforce weed control

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1969 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is taking a determined stand against landholders who fail to take measures to control noxious weeds and at the last meeting instituted legal proceedings in two cases…

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Shire Staff Revised

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has revised the composition of its engineering staff following the…

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Shire declines to accept land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has refused to accept land owned, by G. L Burke at 2 Wattle Avenue…

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Shire faces heavy outlay on caravans

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council could be faced with a heavy outlay in providing caravans for employees which meet award requirements…

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Council accepts loan offers for $315,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council last night accepted offers of loans totalling $315,000 for development works within the municipality. An application for the approval of the Governor to…

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Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1969 · page 2

The Health Surveyor (Mr. R. B. Bush) reported to last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Shire grants review

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1969 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government Mr, Davis Hughes has told Yarrowlumla Shire Council, the…

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Shire gels $92,000 road grant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1969 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works, the Hon. Davis Hughes, announced this morning that…

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Crumbs From the Council Table

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1969 · page 6

The Municipal Council has deferred an application by K. C. McCusfcer for permission to erect a…

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Two roads affected Shire Imposes Load Limits

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has imposed load limits on another two rural roads to prevent their use by heavy traffic other than stock transports, etc., which will fee issued with special permits…

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Council Favours Reserve Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1969 · page 1

A plan of development submitted by Queanbeyan Ratepayers’ Association for a public reserve…

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Shire will establish depot at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to establish a depot at Bungendore and the engineering department has been requested to prepare plans of development for consideration. Council decided at its…

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Electricity a ‘shock’ for hospital Council checks accounts; another bill for Board

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan District Hospital Board has received another “shock” from the Southern Tableland County-Council — a l 2-moths-oId power. bill for some $504. Recently, the hospital…

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Grants speed-up Council’s works programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 September 1969 · page 1

Two Government grants totalling $37,000 allocated to the Municipal Council will be utilised on development works and street reconstruction not included in the loan programme…

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Buildings in shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 9

Three new dwellings in sub-divisions adjacent to the Federal Highway, are among buildings…

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Safety Council warns night-time drivers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 10

Many drivers underestimate the hazards of night time motoring, Sir William Hudson, Chairman of the Road Safety Council of NSW said today…

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Shire Gravel Pit Rabbit Infested

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 October 1969 · page 8

A Yarrowlumla Shire Council gravel, pit in the Woolcara Lane was so badly infested with rabbits that two men had shot 65 in one by flashlight from the back of a struck…

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Shire Submits $49,858 Roads Programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 October 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme providing an expenditure $49,858 on main roads maintenance and repairs next year. Of this amount the…

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Council Summonses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 October 1969 · page 9

The Municipality of Queanbeyan is continuing its drive to obtain payment of outstanding rates…

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Canberra Residents ‘Hobby Farming’ on Shire Freehold

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 October 1969 · page 9

Canberra residents’ interest in “hobby farming” is on the increase, according to the 12th Annual Report of the National Capital Development Commission…

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