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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

241 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 13

Boggy Creek Hatchery General View From. Hamfton, Oberon Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 3

The Central Acclimatisation Society was formed in 1937, the first hatchery being at Boggy Creek. Work at the hatchery was done by the original members at week-ends en the site which had been obtained from the Government. Eventually another site had to be obtained as the project was…

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Shire Roadworks Wider Bridge at the Flat Wider Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

Work on the. widening of the bridge over Molonglo creek in Foxlow Street, Captain’s Flat, is proceeding satis[?]actorily, the…

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Progress of Road Works

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

Grading and gravelling work was being carried out in Uriarra Road, Campbell and Balcombe Streets and along Cooma Road,…

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Paddy's Flat Road Can Danger Hazard Be Eliminated?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

At last Shire meeting Cr. Nolan said he had been informed that the warning sign at Paddy's Flat was in the wrong place. The Engineer (Mr. J. Brand)…

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For Road Safety President Asks for Support of [?]Qbn Citizens To the Editor, The Queanbeyan Age

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

Sir.—The formation of a Road Safety Council branch was overdue in Queanbeyan. Every day bleaches of the law and of road…

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Tidy Tramps

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 3

"Many tramps are very clean men. I knew an old fellow we called Mike who was quite a dandy. His boots were always well cleaned,' even it he had…

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More Road Money

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

His Government would increase by a half the amount it paid to the States for roads out of the petrol tax, declared Prime Minister Menzies in his election…

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Federal Road Grants: Prime Minister's Policy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 4

Motorists would hall with great satisfaction the new policy of Federal road grants to the States, announced by Mr. Menzies in his policy speech…

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Deputation o nRoad to the Coast No Highway, But Trunk Road Scheme Will Be Considered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 3

The State Government will not declare the road from Canberra to the coast a State highway, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Wetherall) told a deputation from the tablelands and coast in Sydney on Tuesday…

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Aldermen Praise Bus Owners Ross Road Wants School Bus Service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

A petition from the residents of Ross Road was received by Queanbeyan Municipal Council last week, requesting its assistance in securing a bus service to take children to and from school…

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Sadist Sacrifices Cat Over Railway Line

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

A shocking instance of sadism is reported by residents living near a local colliery branch line, reports Lithgow "Clarion…

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Qbn Man Killed in Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 1

Stefan Rudnicki of Ernest Street, Queanbeyan was killed instantly when the car he was driving to Goulburn swerved and…

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Commonwealth Roads Aid

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

The Australian Automobile Association, Federal secretariat of the N.R.M.A., R.A.C.A. and affiliated organisations in all other States, has…

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Porter Fined £30 for Railway Theft

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

“It is only the fact that you have a wife and child that stops mt form sendoing you to goal,” Mr. C. N. Finlay, SM, told…

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Road Danger

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

Attention was drawn by Cr. Dempsey at Friday's Shire meeting to the cutting on Krawarree road near "Kadoona," which he said was getting into a…

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New Road via Airport Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Canberra Airport boundaries are to be extended to take in part of the existing Queanbeyan Duntroon road, and a new road…

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Beavis On The Job Large Sum for Road Goulburn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

Mr. Royce Beavis, Liberal Candidate or Eden-Monaro, today said that further to representations he had made to the Minister for Works…

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Liberal Policy in Eden-Monaro Country Roads Must Be Improved, Says Royce Beavis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

COUNTRY ROADS ARE A DISGRACE, AND THEY WILL NOT IMPROVE TO THE STANDARD THEY SHOULD BE UNTIL THE VOICE OF COUNTRY PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD ABOVE THE RATTLE OF THE TRAMS IN SYDNEY,”…

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Early Start on Rebuilding Cooma Road in ACT, to Cost £200,000

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

Reconstruction and sealing of the ACT section of the Canberra-Cooma Highway is to be undertaken by the Commonwealth, at an estimated cost of £200,000. Work is to begin almost immediately…

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Aldermen Critical of Railways £150 Freight on Poles Worth £100

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Freight charges by the N.S.W. Government Railways on electric light poles were criticised by aldermen at Queanbeyan Municipal Council’s meeting on Thursday. The discussion arose when Ald…

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