Shire President Urges Alternate Coast Road
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1972 · page 1
The president of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Cr. L. J. Reardon, believes the Commonwealth Government should be planning a direct access road between Canberra and Bungendore, linking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home nursing trial in shire centres
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1972 · page 1
Queanbeyan District Hospital Board will extend the District Home Nursing Service to Captainâs Flat and Bungendore for a monthâs trial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Offer Funds for Lights
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1972 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has offered to make funds available for the urgent installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Crawford and Morrissett Streets…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor Land will not be Lord Mayor
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1972 · page 3
Contrary to popular belief, Mayor Fred Land does not automatically become Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire reserves development investigation
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 3
Yarrowlumla Shire Council is carrying out an investigation into proposals for all sporting and recreation complexes within its area…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Council Birthday Opportunity
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1972 · page 8
Sir. â Your use of huge type-face in the headlines of last Fridayâs edition was quite appropriate. Queanbeyan is a City. Two years of negotiation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Signs are out, says Council
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 5
Queanbeyan City Council is sticking steadfastly to its policy of not approving advertising signs on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Plan Supported by Council
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 11
The development of a large area of land within the existing City of Queanbeyan boundaries, north of Tharwa Road and extending from Brereton Street to the Racecourse may not be far…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Good Neighbour Council holds key to harmony
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 5
Members of the Good Neighbour Council hold the key to the door of harmony between migrants and the Australian people, Queanbeyan Branch was told on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor Ratepayers Call on Council to Resign Over Flats
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 4
Sir. â Following a third and unsuccessful petition by ratepayers of West Queanbeyan for a halt to high rise multi-storey development in their area, council has been asked to resign its commission as protectors of ratepayersâ interests…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Response by Shire
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 10
Sir, â Through your newspaper I would like to express appreciation of the efforts made by members…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shire to lose $5,200 rates
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 1
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will lose $5,200 in rates annually by transferring about seven square miles of its area to the City of Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dictatorship in Regional Councils Shire Councillor slams Govt
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 1
âThe State Government is virtually setting up a dictatorship in the Regional Advisory Councils which are to be appointed throughout the State.â…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move for Larger City Council
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 1
Queanbeyan City Council will give consideration at its next meeting to a proposal to increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bega mayor is C.P. candidate
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1972 · page 3
The Mayor of Bega, Aid. Roy Howard, will be the Country Partyâs endorsed candidate for the Eden-Monaro seat in this yearâs Federal election. Ald, Howard, 51, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council decides on “City” names
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1972 · page 11
Queanbeyan in future is to be described as âThe City of Queanbeyanâ and the Council as âThe Queanbeyan City Councilâ. This was decided by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council Down $20,102 in 1971 Huge Surplus in Available Funds Despite Deficit
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1972 · page 6
Although the aggregate revenue account of Queanbeyan Council last year showed an overall deficit of $20,102, it still finished the year with a surplus in available funds of $381,892. This is revealed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor Flats out o aldermen out
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1972 · page 6
Sir. â Congratulations to Mr. Morrison for hitting the nail on the head. To some of the aldermen black is black and white is white with no grey in between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melodrama in Flats Issue-mayor
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 August 1972 · page 1
The Mayor (Ald. F.E. Land) said at Thursday nightâs meeting of the City Council that some people could get a bit melodramatic about the question of flats in Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broadcast licence Alderman hits at Chamber
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1972 · page 1
Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce has come under fire from a city alderman for falling to support moves for the allocation of a commercial radio licence to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →