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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1974

354 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 18

Mayor Land and Garbage Depot

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1974 · page 2

Sir, — I found it hard to believe my eyes when I read in the “Age” that the Mayor, Aid. Land, wanted council to close the garbage…

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The School Council

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1974 · page 7

Members of the Queanbeyan High School Student Council have been invested…

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Call to council on school cross hazard in city

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 March 1974 · page 3

Sir, — Through the “Age’s” widely read and topical columns I would like to ask the City Council and Police why the much used…

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Mayor Land wants blood pressure workers in city

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1974 · page 3

May or F. E, Land, area chairman, Queanbeyan and district for the Heart…

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Chick on Council Overtime

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1974 · page 8

The next Staff Committee meeting of the City Council is expected to consider a report on…

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Big costs force council to drop housing schemes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1974 · page 5

The high costs of land and building in Queanbeyan has forced the City Council to drop its housing scheme for employees…

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Shire Flats

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 March 1974 · page 17

Abuilding application for six two-bedroom flats by Ryrie Investments has been approved by…

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Chamber of Commerce Mayor Land Maee Honorary Member

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 March 1974 · page 12

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. Fred Land, became the first honorary member of the city’s Chamber of Commerce. Honorary membership of the…

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Grants Commission Mayor Land calls for unify among regional councils

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 March 1974 · page 3

A call for unity among the 23 member councils of the Region 8 grouping for Federal Government financial aid was made in Queanbeyan today by the Chairman of Region 8, Aid. Fred Land…

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Council “no” to sign on railbridge

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 March 1974 · page 18

The City Council has refused permission for an advertising sign to be erected on the railway…

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Council to Beautify Frontage

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 1 April 1974 · page 10

The City Council is to undertake beautification of the Farrer Place frontage of Queanbeyan…

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Tests ordered Council Is Worried by Floor Slab

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 April 1974 · page 1

Tests are being made of concrete sections of the first floor slab on tie City Council’s new office block in Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, to determine if it is…

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Call to Shirt Council “How About Some Help for the ‘Flat Children”

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 April 1974 · page 3

Captain’s Flat resident, Mr. Tom Kerr, today called on Yarrowlumla Shire Council, to provide a shelter shed at Foxlow for children of the town who have to wait for the school bus to take them to…

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Council Houses

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 3

The Municipal Council at Junee will move into home financing in a bid to ease the housing shortage…

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Shire annoyed Overlooked by Higher Authorities

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is annoyed because it claims to have been ignored and snubbed by Government authorities. It will lodge a protest to both the Commonwealth and…

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Council agrees City Sporting Facilities Are Inadequate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 24

“Despite efforts to develop further sporting areas in Queanbeyan, facilities today are entirely inadequate,” says the City Council. Council’s submission to the Federal Grants Commission…

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City re-development Council has difficulty finding land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 6

“City Council is hard pressed to find adequate areas of land to meet the demands of industry and new citizens seeking a place to…

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City Council says We Pay for the Gravel Trucks: Get No Return

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 3

Canberra heavy duty gravel trucks are costing Queanbeyan ratepayers big money repairing and maintaining city roads and the Council gets to compensation…

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Lease of Air Space Council Says “No” to the Leagues Club

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1974 · page 1

The City Council has rejected an application by Queanbeyan Leagues’ Club to lease air space over Collett Street for its new club premises. It approved the…

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Shire to buy bus shelters

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 April 1974 · page 10

Yarrowl[?]ia Shire Council is to purchase six ready maintenance [?] and…

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