“Little Work” on Captain’s Flat Road Council Workers ‘Shoe No Interest’
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 July 1956 · page 3
“Council workers are doing scarcely any work on Captain’s Flat road and the Engineer should visit the Flat more often.” Cr. R. James claimed at a meeting of…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 July 1956 · page 2
Grading road under the present weather conditions had very little good effect and in many instances produced…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 July 1956 · page 1
From August 1 this year, Queanbeyan Municipal Council will be forced to contribute more to the upkeep of: the State Railways at a high cost to Council and…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 2
A 5-ton load limit has been placed on the Queanbeyan Captain s Flat-Braidwood Road. The limit has been imposed…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 4
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will expend £500 on repairs to the road from Hoiskinstown [?] Sharrow…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1956 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to make application for a grant of £2,000 towards the cost of repairing flood-damaged roads in the municipality…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1956 · page 1
Mr. J. W. Seiffert M.L.A. has promised to take up the matter of cement haulage to Queanbeyan with the Minister…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 August 1956 · page 3
Six roads had been graded or gravelled during the fortnight ended July 26, Municipal Engineer (Mr. R. E…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 August 1956 · page 4
Main Road 270 to Braidwood has been temporarily closed to all vehicles exceeding five tons gross weight. The road…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 August 1956 · page 1
Refusal of permits to haul cement by road from Berrima to Queanbeyan was part of a plan to ensure that trains running to and fro country centres carried Rapacity loadings, the Commissioner for Motor Transport (Mr. W. A .Walsh) said this week…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 1
Alternative methods of carrying out road construction and maintenance in the Yarrowlumla Shire have been…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 2
Road signs indicating the railway crossing on the Bungendore-Captain’s Flat railway will be installed shortly by…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 3
A full report on the progress being made on the improvements to Uriarra Road was called for at last week’s…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1
The Minster for Public Works (Mr. [?] has answered queries put to him by Mr. L. J. Tully MLA…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 6
Victorian Police riders are training 70 horses for equestrian events at the 1956 Olympic Games in…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 3
Sir— I wish to draw attention to the disgraceful state of Queanbeyan railway station and its…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1
A motor cyclist and his passenger were slightly injured on Sunday when the motor cycle they were riding crashed on…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1956 · page 1
Plans for extensive improvements to Uriarra Road were submitted to last Thursday’s Queanbeyan Municipal Council meeting by the Engineer (Mr. R. E. Guy)…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 1
An ore train from Captain’s Flat Lake George Mine was derailed about 5 miles from The Flat on Friday…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 2
The Department of Public Works has agreed to give consideration to Queanbeyan Municipal Council’s…
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