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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1970

127 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Briefs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1970 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at its recent meeting, fixed the presidential allowance for 1970…

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Shire moves t reduce danger at intersection

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1970 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has asked the Department of Main Roads and Department of Motor Transport-to take action to minimise the risk of accident at the Federal…

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Shire Council objects to large area for extractive industry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1970 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has deferred art application by Multibricks Pty. Ltd. for permission to establish an extractive industry on some 300 acres of land between Bungendore and Captain’s Flat. Council consideres…

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Council to meet

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1970 · page 3

Yarowlumla Shire Council, at its meeting tomorow, is expected to consider any motions for…

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Bungendore Shire Briefs Service Station cannot re-open before completion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1970 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has demanded that a service station and cafe in Malbon Street Bungendore, be completed in accordance with approved plans before being re-opened. It took this action at the…

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Big increase in of U.C.V. of Shire land forecast

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1970 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Clerk, Mr. E. D. Buchtmann estimates that the unimproved capital value of land within the shire will increase to between 12 and 15 million dollars this year. Mr. Butchmann made…

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Shire Workforce Resumes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 5

In his report to Wednesday’s meeting on works carried out in the past month, Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer (Mr. H. G. Doust) covered a wide range of improvement and maintenance projects. Mr. Doust said all items…

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Site for Shire Radio

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

Mt. Ginini, in the Brindabella area, is likely to be chosen as the future base site for…

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Drinking parties are out— Council decrees

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 3

Drinking parties in Collett Street, adjacent to the Queanbeyan River and the Church of…

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Programme may be restricted Shire’s noxious weed allocation reduced

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

Unless the State Government is prepared to allocate additional grant funds to Yarrowlumla Shire Council, for noxious weed control its future eradication programme will be seriously restricted. The Noxious Weeds…

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Letters to the Editor Council to blame for dog menace — says reader

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1970 · page 5

Sir,—I refer to your front page article on the canine life of Queanbeyan, giving praise to the Council and its Poundkeeper — also [?] dwellers for abandoning dogs…

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Council Resumes Reserve

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 1

The Municipal Council is proceeding with the resumption of a recreation reserve on the…

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Shire depot fence again under fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 2

The Municipal Council has requested Yarrowlumla Shire Council to improve the appearance…

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Council protests again over phone directory

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has again lodged a protest with the Postmaster General’s Department concerning the incorporation of Queanbeyan and Canberra telephone subscribers in the one alphabetical list in the latest telephone directory…

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County Council to Spend $64,200 in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 1

Southern Tablelands County Council has authorised the expenditure of $64,200 on augmentation of the electricity distribution system in Queanbeyan. This is in addition to provision for…

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Revaluation under way in Yarrowlumla Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 February 1970 · page 1

A general valuation of Yarrowlumla Shire has been commenced by the Valuer-General's Department. Notices of valuation will be issued from the Department’s head office as the work proceeds. The values when…

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Council’s %$2387 ex gratia payment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 February 1970 · page 3

The Rural Bank this year followed its usual practice of making a voluntary contribution to…

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Illegal building rise Development in shire brings many problems

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1970 · page 3

The rapid development which is taking place in Yarrowlumla Shire has brought with it many problems, not the least of which is the erection of illegal buildings. At the last meeting…

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Good Neighbour Council Support for Local Exhibition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1970 · page 1

The Queanbeyan branch of the Good Neighbour Council has joined with the local Art Society and Photographic Society to present “200 Years of Australiana” — a three-day…

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Shire Weeds Lag

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1970 · page 4

Warrowlumla. Shire Council is not very happy with the contract weed spraying being done on…

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