Road to Airport Heavy Traffic is Counted
To support its application to the Department of Civil Aviation for improvements to the road from Fairbairn Aerodrome to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
201 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 11
Still Waiting for Those Pipes on Nerriga Road
"I brought the matter up a long time ago regarding the matter of pipes on the Nerriga road," said Cr. Byrne at last Shire meeting. "Can you tell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Works at Captain’s Flat Foxlow St. Bridge to Be Widened 5[?] C’cl Decides
Three small road bridges at Captain’s Flat were the subjects of a report by the Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) to Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rabbits on the Railway Line Talk of Legal Proceedings Against Commissioner
At last meeting of Braidwood Pastures Protection Board a brief letter was read from the secretary, Department of Railways, acknowledging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tax Deductions for Motorists
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists that all motoring expenses incurred producing assessable income are allowable deductions for income tax purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cut Railway Priority Over Keepit Dam
The leader of the Country Party (Lieut.-Col. Bruxner) said to-day that the announcement that the State Government would resume work on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Line Infested with Rabbits” Pastures Board Moves Against Railway Dept
Alleged failure of the Railway Department to destroy rabbits on the railway line between Bungendore and Queanbeyan was criticised at a meeting of Braidwood Pastures Protection Board last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel to Uriarra Road Collision Negligent Driving Cost Narrabundah Man £12
John Blair Kelly of 16 Nineteenth Street, Narrabundah, failed to appear at Queanbeyan, Petty Session last Wednesday on a charge of [?] driving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist's Death In Collision Machine Had No Lights, the Coroner Was Told
Goulburn Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Goodwin, said on Thursday there seemed to be no doubt that a motor cyclist fatally injured in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Over Badja Mountain Agitation Revived
At a recent meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council Cr. J. Dempsey brought the above matter up and after a brief discussion it was suggested that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Fined £6 Failed to Give Way
[?] St., Forrest, ACT, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to give way to a vehicle on his right at an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The Engineer, Mr. J. Brand, reported to last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:— Think and Main Roads Maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Courtesy Road Signals
Use of "courtesy" signals fey motorists should be encouraged by the Government, said N.R.M.A. general secretary, Mr. H. E. Richards, comment,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Council to Preface Program Tar Surfacing Roads in Small Towns, Villages
Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday decided to draw up a program of bitumen surfacing of principal roads in towns and villages in the Shire. Council decided this on the suggestion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Tax for Roads Only
The N.S.W. Council of the Liberal Party has urged the Cahill Government to use exclusively for road maintenance its tax on goods carried by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stray Stock on Roads
Several councillors reported to Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its meeting on Monday, complaints by motorists of stock straying along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Train’s Record Non-stop Run
The “Elizabethan,” a non-stop express train, on its inaugural run from London to Edinburgh, completed the journey of 3922 miles in the record time of six hours forty minutes and in the fastest time ever scheduled for the world’s longest daily non-stop run. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Council Hears Complaints Action on Roads Near Bungendore
When Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Monday received complaints about their roads from Messrs. A. S. McFarlane of Grose’s Meadow, Bungendore, and F. N. Braund of Butmaroo, Bungendore, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reidsdale Petition "Nerve and Car-wracking Road
At last meeting of the Shire Council the following petition was read:—"We the undersigned ratepayers and consistent users of the road from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Penurious Railway Department Tarago Station Scandal
Repeated requests from various organisations for the installation of electricity at Tarago railway Station have so far fallen on unresponsive ears. The…
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