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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1970

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fresh thoughts for Good Neighbour Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1970 · page 4

Queanbeyan delegates to the recent Sydney conference of the Neighbour Council of N.S.W., Mrs. Hope Mariand and Mrs. Thomas have, brought back some fresh thoughts on the role national groups play in integration…

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Shires Ask to Council to Abandon $98,000 Levy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1970 · page 1

Five of the six constituent shire councils within the Southern Tablelands County Council have asked it to abandon the annual assessments imposed under Sections 572A and 572B of the…

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Council Extensions at Gunning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 6

Gunning Shire Council is to carry out extensions to the existing Shire Chambers. It has accepted a…

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Council audit most thorough in years

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 1

The last audit of Queanbeyan Municipal Council, covering the half year ended June 30, was one of the most thorough ever…

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Council of the L.P.A.A. to meet in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 3

Eight of the 10 council members of the Little People’s Association of Australia will be in Queanbeyan next week-end for the organisation’s quarterly committee meeting. Local committeman,…

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Shire develops Bungendore depot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1970 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is proceeding with the development of a depot site at Bungendore ph portion of recently zoned industrial land it took over for this purpose…

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Council to ban road tolls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1970 · page 1

Queanbeyan Apex Club will conduct a road toll in Commonwealth Avenue tomorrow to…

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Shire Hard Pressed for Finance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1970 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council, faced with heavy maintenance expenditure and rising costs on the one hand and reduced income to the landholder on the other, will be hard pressed to finance its…

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Council Approves Use of Premises

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1970 · page 3

The Municipal Council, on the recommendation of its Town Planning , and Development Committee,…

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Council Advt. in Supplement

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1970 · page 14

The Municipal Council has agreed to insert an advertisement costing $94.80 in a Queanbeyan…

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Council Renews Its Vehicle Fleet

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1970 · page 6

Council has accepted a tender from Esmonds Motors Pty. Ltd. for the supply of four new station…

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Futile shire deputation STCC rejects plea to abolish annual levy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1970 · page 7

The Southern Tablelands County Council has rejected a request delegation of constituent shire councils to abolish annual assessments imposed under the Local Government Act In the last financial year…

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Estimates for 1970 presents poser for Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1970 · page 1

The corning special meeting of Yarrowlumla Council to consider the estimates for 1970 is expected to be the most contentious for years certain to provoke keen discussion…

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Appeals against Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1970 · page 12

Two appeals have been made to the Safe Planning Authority against decisions of…

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Shire not to relax load limit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1970 · page 12

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will not consider issuing all embracing permits for the transport…

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Sutton P. & C. grateful for Shire work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1970 · page 17

Sutton P. and C. Association has written to Yarrowlumla Shire Council expressing…

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Department confirms grants to council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1970 · page 12

The Department of Local Government has confirmed the Minister’s allocation to Queanbeyan Municipal Council of grants totalling $16,300 for the current financial year from the Local Government Assistance Fund and the allocation of a grant of $19,600 to be made available…

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President says—Shire not soft pedalling on rate collections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1970 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is not “soft pedalling” in any respect in regard to the collection of outstanding rates, the President (Cr. L. J. Readon) said at Wednesday’s meeting…

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Councillor’s claim Country Council is urban areas versus the rest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1970 · page 1

The Southern Tablelands County Council has developed into urban areas versus the rest, Cr., T. N. Gorman claimed at last week’s meeting of Yarrawlumla Shire Council…

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