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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1974

354 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 18

Outside pressures delay preparation of shire accounts

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 6 May 1974 · page 8

Additional administrative activity by officers of Yarrowlumla Shire has caused a delay in preparing the Statement of Accounts for 1973. Council was told that it…

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Council Wants Land Swap Deal with the Army

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 6 May 1974 · page 12

City Council wants to do a land swap deal here in Queanbeyan with the Army. The Department of Army controls land held…

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Council utility stolen

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 May 1974 · page 1

A utility was stolen from the Queanbeyan City Council depot in East Queanbeyan last…

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Council Says No And Yes

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 May 1974 · page 16

The Goulburn City Council had decided not to purchase publicity material supporting a…

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City Council told No Strings on Grants Premier Silent on Queanbeyan Railway Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 May 1974 · page 1

The State Government has failed to reply to an offer by the Commonwealth of financial assistance to build a traffic bridge over the railway at Queanbeyan, according to the Labor candidate for Eden-Monaro,…

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Mayor being used by Labor attackers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1974 · page 5

It is surprising that the Mayor of Goulburn, Ald. McDermott, has allowed himself to be used by Labor to make persistent personal attacks on Ron Brewer, CP candidate for Eden-Monaro, said CP spokesman,…

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Council Needs Greater Financial Independence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1974 · page 11

Financing of local government is in urgent need of review and there is an equally urgent need to give greater financial strength and independence to local councils…

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Bell to address council

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 May 1974 · page 3

Liberal candidate Mr. Jonathon Bell is expected to confer with the City Council tomorrow night…

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Mayor Says Vote Yes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1974 · page 15

The Mayor of Queanbeyan Council Ald. F. E. Land has issued the following statement in…

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Shire in Area Study

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1974 · page 7

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will join the National Capital Development Commission…

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Council Has Plans for Railway Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1974 · page 3

If Queanbeyan has a new railway bridge at the ACT border it will be fully used in connection with a Canberra fourlane expressway and City Council has plans to use the bridge for traffic even if the Queanbeyan four-lane section is not…

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City Council told that Federal Govt. Should Not Compete with the States, Says Jon Bell

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1974 · page 7

Queanbeyan City Council was told last night that the Federal Government should work with State and local governments and not seek to compete with them. “Co-operation not competition,…

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Planning Backlog Forces Shire to Increase Staff

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 20 May 1974 · page 12

A backlog in survey and road design work has forced Yarrowlumla Shire Council to increase its engineering staff. Application are to be…

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Council approve Bald Hill plans

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 20 May 1974 · page 9

The City Council has approval for the subdivision of land at Bald Hill, Lorn and Munro Roads, Queanbeyan…

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Council says try town houses-villa

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 20 May 1974 · page 7

Queanbeyan City Council has told a development group that it would prefer to see town houses or villa homes instead of flats built on land in Ross load, City…

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Plans to admit commonwealth to regional council

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 20 May 1974 · page 10

Moves are being made to admit a Commonwealth representative to the South Eastern Regional Advisory Council for the first time. The regional advisory…

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“Generous to Club” Says City Alderman

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 May 1974 · page 3

The City Council has been “quite generous” to Queanbeyan Leagues’…

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No steel until July Mayor Checks Bridge Delays

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1974 · page 3

Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. Fred Land, is holding talks in Young, N.S.W., today on delays in fabricating steel for the new Queen’s Bridge over the Queanbeyan River…

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Next Advisory Council meets

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1974 · page 9

The Mayor of Queanbeyan, Ald. Fred Land, is attending the seventh meeting of the SE Regional Advisory Council at Young, NSW, today. The seventh meeting of…

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Shire concern at Collector access

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 27 May 1974 · page 7

The Gunning Shire Council is not happy with access to Collector from the proposed new route of the Federal Highway. The Council will seek a…

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