Motor Cyclist Fined £11 on Three Counts
A Queanbeyan motor cyclist was fined a total of £11 at Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday on three charges…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1956
106 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6
Railway Department Seeks Staff Vacancies Here Says Recruiting Officer
The N.S.W Railways Department is recruiting staff in Queanbeyan this week. Recruiting Officer is Mr. Newton Burns who is at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roads Cut Throughout District Heavy Rains Cause Rise in River level
Heavy storms yesterday swelled the Queanbeyan and Molonglo rivers to almost flood level and cut toad links between several district censes. The Queanbeyan rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Rabbits Can’t Cross Them” Reader Is Severe in Criticism of Roads
“There is no need to not your fence on those roads because they are too rough for a rabbit to cross” [?] was the post script in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Less Road Deaths in February
With one day more than in the month of February 1955 there has been a slight improvement in fatalities on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Council Campaign for Easter Stop the State Plan as Safety Warning
Queanbeyan is asked to cooperate in the special Easter road safety campaign adopted by the Executive Committee of the NSW Road Safety Council known as “stop the State.” The campaign highlight of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Links Cut, Mails Interrupted More Flooding as Heavy Rains Continue to fall
District rivers and creeks were again in flood yesterday following constant heavy rains throughout the area on Sunday night and yesterday morning. Mail service and road links were cut and some local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Cooma Road Nears Completion
WORKING in heavy mud, two power shovels bite into a hillside to form a cutting on the Cooma Road near Kambah Road. The reconstruction of the ACT section of the road is nearing completion. It will be one of the best highways in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sequel to 1954 Road Collision £254 Damages to Flat Driver
A Captain’s Flat man wets awarded damages totalling £254/8/6 at Queanbeyan Quarter Sessions on Wednesday. The man, Kenneth Francis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop the State Meetings Called Road Safety Plan for Discussion Tomorrow
The “stop the State” Road Safety scheme will be the subject of a public meeting in the Municipal Council Chambers tomorrow (Wednesday) night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Easter Road Safety Campaign Stop The State Arrangements are Finalised
A meeting was held on Wednesday night to discuss and make arrangements for the forthcoming “Stop the State” campaign on Thursday, March 29…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Grim Reminder to Motorists” Speed Caused Three Deaths Says Coroner
Speed, and speed alone, caused the tragic deaths of three people in a road accident near Lake George on January 21. This was stated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Action Demanded by Ratepayers Shire Roads set Problem for Council
Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday approved a plan drawn up by its Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) for works totalling £26,772 to be undertaken in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed New Canberra Route Report Department Says Present Road Unsafe
Queanbeyan’s main road link with Canberra is considered to be entirely suitable to provide for sale and free How of traffic between the centres in future…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ministerial Denial of Goulburn-Cooma Railway Line Danger
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Enticknap, yesterday denied that the railway line between Goulburn and Cooma was in a dangerous condition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drove on Wrong Side of Road
A man was fined £6 in the Queanbeyan Court on Wednesday for driving on the incorrect side of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only One Penny Tax for Roads
One penny of the threepence a gallon increase on petrol is as much as the Government can allocate to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Work on Cemetery Road
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided not to carry out any major work, on the approaches to Riverside…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brindabella Bridge Now Impassable
Recent rains have made Brindabella bridge impassable and last weekend an unusually high rise in the river swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Should Be National Job Council Wants Government to Maintain Roads
Yarrowlumla Shire Council at its meeting on Monday, agreed to send a resolution to the Shires’ Association requesting that all main and trunk roads be constructed and…
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