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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

223 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 12

Cooma-braidwood Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

Mr. F. W. Horne, Snowball, Kra-warree, wrote to last meeting of the Monaro Shire Council urging Council's interest in the extension of the…

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Local and General Conference on Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 2

At a conference in Sydney last week between the Officers of the Department of the Interior and the State Commissioner for Main Roads…

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Gravel for Roads Shire Council's Problems

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

At its last meeting Snown River Shire Council had a protest from a ratepayer-landowner against Council taking gravel from his property for…

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Nonagenarian’s End Stood in Front of Train

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 4

Police evidence revealed that Reginald Roberts was convicted in the Special Court, Sydney, on May 7 of having two sets of ration cards…

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Bitter Complaint Disgraceful Condition of Jerrabatgully Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

During the week we received a complaint from a resident of Jerrabatgully regarding the state not only of the Gully road, but also Quilty's bridge…

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Motoring From Roof to Roof

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 4

A motor road spanning London's roofs from Shepherd's Bush to the East End—an idea first suggested in 1903—has been revived as a likely…

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Deaths From Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 2

In road accidents at the weekend two men were fatally injured. Percival Singleton, 60, of Drummoyre, was knocked down by a car…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 August 1948 · page 3

When his motor cycle skidded at Kandos yesterday afternoon, Donald Pusell, 22, quarryman, was thrown under the wheels of a 10- ton truck…

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Captain’s Flat Loading Dump at Railway Station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr.M. O’Sullivan informs Mr. Seiffert, M.L.A., following personal representations on behalf of the Captain’s…

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“Waterloo Bridge”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 2

Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor formed the outstanding team f 1940 in “Waterloo Bridge” and so great and insistent has been the public demand…

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Badja Stock Route or Developmental Road?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

At the last meeting of Cooma P.P. Board a letter was received from the clerk, Tallaganda Shire Council, asking support of the Board in an…

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Railway Excursions

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements have been made for the August issue of the usual monthly…

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Three Killed Train and Lorry Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon three men were killed and seven other people injured when a, steam ,train, ran into a motor lorry, loaded with…

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Motorists and Gypsies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

The story of how motorist's anxiety to assist Gypsies in trouble resulted in his being £2/10/- the poorer is told by the N.R.M.A. A member…

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Police View on Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

An appeal to reasonable road users to co-operate with the police in obeying the afety laws is made the N.R.M A. and R.A.C.A., followng…

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Jerricknora Bridge Temporary Structure Still in Abeyance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 1

The above matter, which has been going on for something like seven or eight years, and which seems as far off completion as ever, was again…

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Those Law Books Cr. Garvey Prefers to Have Some Road Work Done

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 2

If sheer persistency and determination count for anything, then Tallaganda's Shire clerk should have at least a couple of sets of those law…

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Federal Motoring

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Black has been appointed secretary of the Australian Automobile Association, Federal Secretariat of the N.R.M.A., R.A.C.A,…

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