Youth Dies After Tharwa Road Smash
A former Captain’s Flat youth died in the Queanbeyan District Hospital early on Tuesday morning from injuries received in an accident on the Tharwa Road…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1959
128 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7
Harbour Bridge Paying Its Way At Last
Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed 25 years ago, but there is still £6 will on owing on its construction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finality Reached on 40 M.p.h. Standard for Road to the Coast
The Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) told Councillors yesterday that finality had been reached regarding the route of the road to the coast over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut-canberra Road Would Cost Local Shire Almost £200,000
The Yarrowlumla Shire’s portion of the proposed road from Canberra to Tumut would cost £200,000 to complete to a 30 m.p.h. standard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roads Conference At Canberra Soon
A national roads conference is to be held at Canberra next month. The Minister for Shipping and Transport Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Overhead Bridge At Bungendore
The Department of Railways do not intend to construct an overhead bridge in place of the level…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re-location of P.M.G. Cables In Uriarra Road To Cost £2,000
The cost of re-locating P.M.G. cables in Uriarra Road to enable the road alignment to be altered is estimated to be approximately £2,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meeting of Road Safety Tomorrow
The Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will hold its January meeting at the Queanbeyan High…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jerangle Road A Problem For Local Shire
Yarrowlumla Shire Council will continue to maintain the section of the Captain’s Flat-Jerangle road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council to Proceed with Uriarra Road Work--Mayor
It is proposed to proceed with the Installation of kerbing and guttering in the remaining section of Uriarra Road during the current year, the Mayor, Ald. A. Lambert said at a meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warnings Issued To Motorists After Series Of Accidents
Police last night broadcast appeals over local radio stations to motorists to exercise extreme care after a series of accidents on the Federal Highway, in the vicinity of Lake George…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ross Road Residents Complain of Stormwater Damage
Certain residents of Hogs Road are “up in arms” about the condition and drainage of the sections of the road between Tate Street and Surveyor Street. In a letter considered at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Convicted on Negligent Driving Charge
A young Queanbeyan man who pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving was convicted and fined by Mr. E. M. Debenham, S.M., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uriarra Road Completion May be Included in Loan Programme
Queanbeyan Municipal Council agreed last night to give consideration to completing Uriarra Road reconstruction in 1960, and to lighting the Park cycle track from loan moneys…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gravelling Of hire Roads Is “Just Futile” Says Councillor
Speaking at yesterday’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Cr. j. Ireland said that it was “just futile” going on with gravel re-sheeting work on the Shire roads. Cr. Ireland made this statement after the Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£600 Grant for Uriarra Road K. & G.
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has accepted a grant of £600. towards the cost of kerbing and guttering in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan School Children to See Films on Road Safety
About 1,400 children from Queanbeyan schools are expected to attend a special screening of Road Safety films in the Star Theatre next Thursday. The films have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Seiffert Offers to Assist Shire Regarding Finance For Tharwa Road
The Member for Monaro, Mr. J. W. Seiffert, has offered to assist the Yarrowlumla Shire Council in obtaining Government finance for the sealing of Tharwa Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision on Bridge
No one was injured when a car and a van collided on the Sutton Bridge on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1400 Pupils See Road Safety Films
Over 1,400 school pupils were guests of the Queanbeyan Rotary Club at a viewing of Road Safety…
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