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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1974

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City Council elections All Aldermen Are Standing

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 1

All nine sitting aldermen have indicated they will be nominating for reelection at the local government elections for Queanbeyan City Council on…

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Council Says No to Shops

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 3

Queanbeyan City Council has rejected an application to have shops included in a residential flats complex planned for the corner of Crest Road and…

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Council campaign to improve voting percentages

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 7

The City Council is mounting a public campaign aimed at getting more…

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Ban Land Dealers From the Council

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 1

Queanbeyan Alderman Frank Pangallo wants land developers and real estate agents banned from seeking election to the City Council…

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Council will give $37,500 to factory

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 August 1974 · page 7

Queanbeyan City Council has agreed to oan $37,500 to a local firm from its current loan program as part of a decentralised industry assistance scheme…

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City Council elections Real Estate Men Stand

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 August 1974 · page 1

More than 20 candidates are expected to stand for the 12 seats on Queanbeyan City Council…

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Grants commission payout City and Shire Get $111,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 1

The Federal Government is expected to give a total $111,000 to Queanbeyan City Council and Yarrowlumla Shire Council as…

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Fuel shortage may restrict council works

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 5

The current shortage of petroleum products, in particular diesel oil supplies, has forced the City Council to limit construction works…

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Snedden-Nixon claim Council told it will lose power

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1974 · page 3

Queanbeyan City Council has been told that Federal Government is “attempting to restrict its financial power in relation to roadworks” and government plans would…

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Shire Council election... Candidates Slow to Nominate

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 1

Nominations are coming in slowly for the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Mayor Welcomes Land Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 5

Mayor or Queanbeyan, Ald. Fred Land, described as grarifyiog a Slate Government proposal to acquire land for about 1,000 new home sites in Queanbeyan…

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Council “No” To Flat Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 5

Queanbeyan City Council has rejected an application by B. W. and E. M. Holland to build…

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Low cost land is council priority

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 12

"One of the more important tasks for the incoming City Council will be to devise a scheme of cheap land for low income families wanting homes in Queanbeyan," says Ald David…

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Council to sell lane for $8,700

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 13

The City Council has agreed to sell an unused lane on property off Davison Street, Queanbeyan, for $8,700 and will use the money for parks and recreation areas…

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City Council elections “Pangallo Ban Is Offensive” Claims Agent

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 26 August 1974 · page 1

An angry Queanbeyan real estate agent today launched a bitter attack on City Council Aid. Frank Pangallo for his call to ban land agents from local government elections…

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Local government elections a Larger Council Is Necessary for Good Govt

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 August 1974 · page 17

“A 12-aldermen city council is necessary today for good government in Queanbeyan and will ensure that city business is more fully…

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Shire Council Elections in two Ridings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1974 · page 5

There will be ballots in two Ridings of Yarrowlumla Shire Council at the…

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Shire Gets a $12,900 Loan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1974 · page 14

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to get a Development Assistance Loan of $12,900 from the…

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Flood relief talks Emergency session of council wanted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1974 · page 3

City Alderman Frank Pangallo said today that he and two other members of the council were seeking an emergency meeting of the Queanbeyan City Council to be held this weekend to discuss flood relief…

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Council elections Youth Should Have a Voice

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 September 1974 · page 7

One of the new can- City Council today told didates for election to the “Age” that he considered youth was entitled to some say in the…

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