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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1959

128 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

Road Safety “Cycle Roadeo”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1959 · page 2

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council is making plans for a “Cycle Roaded” during the…

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Grant for Sealing of Cooma Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1959 · page 1

Quite a large sum of money has been granted to complete the sealing of the Monaro Highway from…

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Road Safety Council Alarmed At Accident Increase In Municipality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Rood Safety Council of N.S.W. is extremely alarmed .at the rapid increase in the number of traffic accidents in the Municipality and consideration is at present being given to immediate…

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Goods Train Derailed At Butmaroo

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1959 · page 1

The derailment of a goods train at Butmaroo, on the Goulburn side of Bungendore this morning, has…

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Additional Train Service To Snowfields

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1959 · page 5

The Department of Railways has announced that as from last Sunday, August 9, a Kosciusko…

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“Flat” Road ”Wiped Off” Says Councillor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1959 · page 6

Speaking at yesterday’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Cr. Ralph James, of Captain’s Flat,…

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Move for Diversion of “Road to Coast” Near Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1959 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer (Mr. J.M. Firth)) has been instructed by the Council to investigate and report on a proposed alternate route for the “Road to…

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Road Safety Council Displays Accident Map

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1959 · page 2

The Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council has arranged to exhibit an accident, map of the…

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Huge Cost Of Reverting To Old Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 August 1959 · page 1

There appears little likelihood that the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, when the time comes to reconstruct…

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Motorist’s Heavy Fine for Drunken Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 August 1959 · page 4

A motorist who failed To stop after he collided with three vehicles parked in the centred parking area of Monaro Street on July 23, was heavily fined in the…

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New Auckland Bridge Nears Completion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1959 · page 1

ONE of the main spans of the Auckland bridge now being built -in New Zealand is seen being…

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Road Safety In The Schools

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 September 1959 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Road Safety Council has asked the Read Safety Council of N.S.W. to request the…

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Road Safety Lectures In The Schools

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council has made a move for the introduction of lessons on…

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Big Increase In Shire’s Rural Roads Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received an allocation of £23,820 in the programme of rural road construction for 1959-60. This is indicated in a…

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Concern at Delay in Access Road Survey

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is concerned at the long delay in the Department of Main Roads making a final detailed survey of the proposed new…

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Man Found Dead In Tharwa Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1959 · page 1

A man found lying dead by the roadside in Tharwa Road at 9.50 a.m. on Sunday morning, was later…

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Road Safety Films Amd Puppet Show Tonight

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1959 · page 1

A large attendance is expected to see the Road Safety films, puppet show and quiz in the Parish Hall Queanbeyan tonight…

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Bungendore Man Killed; Alarming Number Of Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1959 · page 1

A Bungendore man was killed and members of several district families severely injured in two of an alarming series of road accidents during the weekend. The dead man is Garnet…

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Stolen Car Crashes In Cameron Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1959 · page 1

Two men have been arrested in Canberra and charged with illegally using two motor, vehicles…

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Large Attendance At Road Safety Film Evening Police Lecturing Squad Visits Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1959 · page 1

The Parish Hall, Queanbeyan , was packed to capacity last Tuesday evening when the visiting N.S.W. Police School Lecturing Squad presented a programme of films, puppets and a quiz…

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