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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

188 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10

The Rossi Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 4

Sir,—I wish to make special reference to the Rossi Road in consideration for the settlers who are obliged to travel on it, and who, ever since…

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Railway Yard Fatality Young Man's Death

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

An inquest into the death of Raymond George Foley, aged 18, of Captain's Flat, who was found dead at the South Goulburn shunting yards…

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Private Motorists' Petrol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 1

Very welcome, but we think it high time that the whole system should go and petrol be available without restriction to all-comers." That is the…

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Developmental Road to Cudgee

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 1

A letter was received from the Department of Local Government asking further information re the suggested developmental road into…

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The Rossi Road and Wise Old Birds of the Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 3

Writing in last issue of Queanbeyan "Age," our old friend, Mr. W. H. Ashcroft, who seems to have just as little time for Shire Councils as he has for…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

The engineer, Mr. S. H. Liddicoat, reported to last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:—Braidwood to Bungendore.-Gravel…

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O'brien's Road Again Still No Finality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was read from the District Surveyor, Goulburn, advising Council that the proposed road north…

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Need for Better Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

In the course of his final report to the Wingecarribee Shire Council on the eve of his retirement from the position, the engineer, M. H. A…

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Work by Road Gang

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 3

At last week’s meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council the following works were reported to have been carried out during the…

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Ambulance Claim Echo of Recent Inveralochy Bridge Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

In a letter to the Mulwarree Shire Council at last meeting, solicitors for the Ambulance Board asked Council to accept liability for damages…

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Federal Motoring Taxation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 2

“A grain of hope for a better deal for motorists ” is how Mr. H. I. Johnson, general secretary of the N.R.M.A., describes a reply from the Prime…

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Bateman's Bay Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

The new bridge designed by the Main Roads Department to cross the Clyde River at Bateman's Bay will be a steel truss structure approximately…

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Goulburn Cyclists Killed in Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Involved in a collision with a car on the Braidwood Road at 6.20 on Tuesday night, Alan Pooley, 23, of Goulburn, received fatal injuries…

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The Jerricknora Bridge (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 2

Sir,—Recently I was impressed by the efforts of the drivers on the Braidwood-Nowra mail service to maintain their regular time-table, despite the…

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To Borrow £7000 Tallaganda Shire Takes the Plunge Money For Plant and Tarred Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

When the Council resumed after lunch at last meeting the President stated that the Finance Committee had recently met and discussed the…

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Federal Motoring Taxation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

"A grain of hope for a better deal for motorists," is how Mr. H. I. Johnson, general secretary of the N.R.M. Association, describes a reply from…

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Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

The first move in a new road safety campaign will be made in Sydney to-day, when the Police Department the Department of Road…

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£12,000 Bridge for Point Hut Crossing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., announces that the Commonwealth Government has placed £12,000 on the estimates to build a bridge across the…

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Train Curtailment

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

Use is second nature, we had only three trains a week for years, and they run in the coldest period of the twenty-four hours on the coldest line…

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Release of Motor Tyres

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

Release of Government control over the purchase by the public of new motor tyre tubes is hailed with satisfaction by the N.R.M.A., who regard it…

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