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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1973

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 10

Development “Advisory Council headquarters decision needed”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 April 1973 · page 19

Regional Advisory Councils must try and resolve at their inaugural meetings the future location of their own…

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Shire Election

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 15

Electors of “D” Riding in Yarrowlumla Shire Council will go to the pools next Saturday to…

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Shire election Candidate's Qualification Challenged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 3

Suggestions were made at the last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council that an investigation should be made into the validity of a candidate at the forthcoming by-election in "D" Riding…

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Population of 19,000 realistic says Mayor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 1

There is every reason to assess Queanbeyan's population at the present time as something in the…

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Shire development Speculators Warned: Plans Still Under Consideration

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 3

Speculators who try and cash in on a development plan reported to have been adopted by Yarrowlumla Shire Council would be "running a hell of a risk," according to a council source. The shire has made no…

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Taylor Park Rugby field Enclosure Agreed to by Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 15

Queanbeyan City Council has agreed in principle to a proposal put to it by the Rugby Union Football Club to enclose the Rugby field on Taylor Park with a chain wire fence…

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County Council audit

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1973 · page 2

An ideal audit of Southern Tablelands County Council affairs would be a “rolling Audit” done weekly,…

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Regional council meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1973 · page 3

The next meeting of the South Eastern Regional Advisory Council will be held in Queanbeyan on Friday,…

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Country Council financially ‘most buoyant’

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1973 · page 5

Southern Tablelands Country Council was in the “most buoyant” financial period since the county council was formed, according to the county clerk, Mr. F. M. Davies…

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Rossi grazier elected to Shire Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1973 · page 9

Rossi grazier, Mr. Roy Hopkins, is the new representative of “D“” Riding on Yarrowlumla Shire Council. He was elected at a by-election on Saturday. Mr. Hopkins is a member…

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Shire Plan Uncertain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1973 · page 1

The final plan for the development of areas adjacent to the ACT could, when adopted, be vastly different to one which has been widely publicised in a Canberra Sunday newspaper. A reliable source indicates…

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Queanbeyan submissions for discussion here at Advisory Council meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1973 · page 3

Queanbeyan submissions are expected to be discussed at the next meeting of the South Eastern Regional Advisory Council which will be held here on Friday, May 11. The meeting will also discuss the preparation of a regional submission…

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REGIONAL Advisory Council looking at roads ports, housing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 May 1973 · page 3

Queanbeyan’s Mayor, AW. Fred Land, was this morning elected m i regional sub committee to investigate development roads in the South Eastern Region. The second meeting of the S.E. Regional Advisory…

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County Council Electric Sales Up 13 Per Cent

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 May 1973 · page 8

Ele[?] unit sales by Southern Tablelands C[?] in the first [?] of this year have [?] by 13.3 per cent. [?] to a 2 per cent [?] in 1973…

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Mayor Says “Age” is meeting the challenge

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 21 May 1973 · page 8

I am sure that all residents agree with the necessity and importance of having an up-to-date and unbiassed Press to advise the people on matters vital to the development and consolidation of your city today…

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Letters to the Editor Shire Livens Up

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 28 May 1973 · page 2

Sir. — I worte to your [?] in stating that [?] found the Yarrow [?] Shire the most [?]…

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Council Wants Inquiry Into Milk Service

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 28 May 1973 · page 8

The City Council has asked (he NSW Milk Authority to investigate complaints concerning delivery hours and service by milk vendors to consumers in Queanbeyan. Several aldermen claim…

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Mayor Land puts the Case for Queanbeyan As Regional Hq “Our City ideal”

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 May 1973 · page 3

Queanbeyan should be the administrative head quarters of the South Eastern Regional Advisory’ Council, according to the Mayor, Ald. Fred Land. Ald. Land bases the city's case on location,…

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Varying Town Plan Council May Go Direct to Premier

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 May 1973 · page 1

If Mayor Fred Land has his way, Queanbeyan City Council will go direct to the Premier, the Hon. R. W. Askin, to obtain some satisfaction on its Varying Town Plan…

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Investigation Into Shire Plant Needs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 June 1973 · page 4

An investigation into future plant establishment is to be made by a special sub-com mi rice of Yarrowlumla Shire Council. It has been asked to meet…

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