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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

201 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 11

Subdivision Roads Must Be Built to Standards

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

In future, roads in all land subdivisions in Queanbeyan must be constructed by the subdivides to certain minimum standards, the Municipal Council decided last Thursday night. “Unless we adopt something like this we’ll never catch up, on. road…

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Electric Light for Tarago Railway Station

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A. has received the following from the Hon. C. E. Martin:—"This is to acknowledge your personal representations on…

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3 Motor Vehicles Taken All Recovered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 2

Leaving his motor truck outside the R.S.L. Club Rooms in Crawford Street last evening, Edward Charles Rowley found the vehicle missing…

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Plan to Build Bridge Link at Brindabella

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has decided to seek the Works Department’s approval to the building of a long-needed bridge at Brindabella on the…

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Closing of Train Mails

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

Q Commencing from April 1, 1953 the time of closing mails for Sydney, Melbourne, Goulburn, T.P.O., etc., will be as hereunder:…

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State of Road May Stop Bus

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

Immediate attention to the grading and repairing of the road to Queanbeyan was requested by the Bungendore P. and C. Association in a letter…

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Bridge Would Open Up Big Area of Rich Land

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

A large area of about a quarter of a million acres of rich farming and grazing land would be opened up by a bridge over the Goodradigbee River at Brindabella, local resideents told Mr. Jim Fraser, M.P., when he inspected the site of the proposed bridge last Friday…

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Jerricknora Bridge Will It Be Gone on with This Time?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3

Two tenders were received for the construction of the above bridge on the main road between Braidwood ana Nowra, both from outside contractors…

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Motorists and the Police

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 4

Law - abiding motorists demand State Government action to protect them, and the rest of the community, from the recklessness of the few…

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Road Works in Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3

Gravelling work within the A.C.T. on State Highway No. 19 had been completed by contractors working for the Department of the Interior,…

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Road Grant for the Municipal Council

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

Mr. J. B. Renshaw, Minister for Works and Local Government, has been pleased to approve of a grant, of £1500 to Queanbeyan Municipal…

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Seriously Hurt in Motor Cycle Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

A young Queanbeyan man who was badly injured in a motor cycle accident on Saturday evening is still in Canberra Hospital in a serious condition…

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Demand for Better Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 3

How soon will the rapid increase in the registration of motor vehicles in Australia bring saturation point to our road system? This question is…

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Children Threw Melon Rind, Trampled Garden, Raided Fowlpen, SM Told

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 2

Allegations of nuisances caused by children of his next door neighbor were made by a witness at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions last week when William Berry sought an eviction order against C. Thompson from a house in Hayes Street…

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Road Openings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. issues an appeal to road-building authorities, and to public utilities and persons permitted to cut trenches across or along…

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Councils Urged to Maintain Warning Signs on Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

The maintenance of warning signs, in common with other shatters involving traffic safety, should have first call on the road maintenance…

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Motorists' Emergency

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

With the aid of its rad[?]o'-controlled road service system, and with the co-operation of the telephone department, the N.R.M.A.. was able the…

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Arm Broken in Train

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Doug Thornton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thornton of Isabella Street, met with a painful accident on Good Friday. He had travelled…

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To Reconstruct Tharwa Road Council Accepts £1500 Grant by State Govt; Street Matters Debated

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

£1,500 has been granted to Queanbeyan Municipal Council for reconstruction of Tharwa Road, the Minister for Public Works advised the Council at its last meeting…

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Mongarlowe Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Public Works, Mr. Renshaw, as follows:—"I refer again to your personal…

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