Bitumen Sealing on Trunk Road 51
No further grant could be made to Tallagandra Shire Council at present to extend bitumen sealing on Trunk Road 51 for an extra five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1954
241 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 13
Police Issue Warning to Drivers of Motor Lorries
The following statement, and warning, has been forwarded for publication in the "Dispatch" by the Superintendent of Traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood Man's Death in Motor Collision Truck Driver Acquitted
Guilo Cunial was acquitted in Narrandera Quarter Sessions last week of the man-slaughter of Constable Reginald Thomas Sutherland, formerly of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£4 Fine for Motor Cyclist
For driving negligently Stanislaw Marchewka, of Ernest Street, was fined £4 with £2/2/- costs at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Friday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reserve on Mongarlowe Road P.P. Board Considers Resumption of Small Area
At Saturday's meeting of Braidwood Pastoral Protection Board a letter was read from the District Surveyor, Goulburn. regarding the above matter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heard in the Train
Bored traveller; "Pardon me, sir, but are you reading, that paper you are sitting on?"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One Killed, Eight Injured Heavy Toll Road Accidents Over Holidays
A man was killed an eight persons injured in road accidents throughout the district over the holiday weekend. An elderly man was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Dept. Replies to Rabbit Charge
Braidwood P.P. Board has been promised the fullest co-operation the eradication of rabbits on railway property between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Getting Nowhere" Road Development
The State Government was getting nowhere with its road development, the Leader of the State Country Party, Lt. Col. M. F. Bruxner, told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Is Guilty Party in the Reign of Terror and Death on the Roads
The passing scene of highway history in New South Wales is not a pleasant one. It is strewn with the bodies of more than 10,000 killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Lecturers to Visit Queanbeyan Free Film Night on Road Safety
A free film night and puppet show in the form of a public meeting on road safety will be staged in Queanbeyan on October 28 by a squad from the Police Traffic Branch, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Bogus" Railway Balance Bruxner's Claim
The State Government was forcing country people to pay high freight rates in a frantic endeavour to say that it had balanced the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bogus Railway Balance at Country People’s Expense, Parliament Told
The State Government was forcing country people to pay high freight rates in a frantic endeavor to say it had balanced the railways budget, the Leader of the State Country Party, Lt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council’s Main Roads Program
Work on main roads estimated to cost £3,276 is proposed for next year by Queanbeyan Council. This is a slight increase on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burra Road Plan
Any moneys availabel in connection with the 1954-55 Commonwealth Aid Road Grant to Yarrowlumla Shire Council are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Braidwood Too Good for Goulburn Railway
On the recreation ground on Sunday the locals proved too solid for a Goulburn team, winning by 46 runs. A sound knock by left-hander Artie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blood Tests for Motorists Opposed
The Australian Road Safety Council at its approaching conference in Hobart will deal with the subject of blood tests of drinking motorists. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Free film Show on Road Safety
Road safety talks will be given by a special squad of police lecturers in Bungendore tomorrow (Wednesday) and in Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The newly-appointed Engineer, Mr. Allian Brook, reported to last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racehorse is Destroyed after Bridge Misha[?]
After it had been struck by a timber jinker on the Queanbeyan River bridge on Wednesday a valuable six-year-old bay gelding…
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