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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

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Main Roads Programme of £43,000 Submitted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan Muncipal council has submitted a five year main roads priority programme, estimated to…

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Motorists Fined £47 on Traffic Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1960 · page 5

Six motorists pleaded guilty to traffic charges before Mr. A. Fordyce, S. M. in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday and were fined a total of £47…

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Road Safety Field. Officer Here

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 July 1960 · page 1

The Southern District Field Officer for New South Wales Road Safety Council, Senior Constable Brian Paulin, will pay another visit to Queanbeyan next…

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Road Safety Field Officer Here Today

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 1

The Southern Districts Field Officer of the New South Wales Road Safety Council, Senior Constable Brian Paulin, arrived in Queanbeyan yesterday, and…

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Scholarships For Children Of Railway Employees

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 6

The [?] Memorial Fund have announced that they will allocate scholarships this year…

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Motorist Gets Second Chance When Convicted of Drunken Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 July 1960 · page 6

A Queanbeyan motorist, William R. Gilroy, who was convicted on a drunken driving charge at the last Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, was granted a £30…

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“Shire Roads A Disgrace,” Says Cr. T. N. Gorman

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1960 · page 1

Gr. T. N. Gorman said at Wednesday’s meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, that maintenance work on the by-roads was lagging more than it ever…

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Road Safety Field Officer in Queanbeyan No Such Things As Road Accidents: Opinion Of Visiting Expert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1960 · page 1

“Accidents are acts of God, but road accidents are not accidents, they are careless acts of man. Accidents, therefore, as such, are unavoidable, but road crashes can be avoided.”…

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Road Courtesy Demonstration at School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1960 · page 1

[?] Southern Districts Field Officer of the N.S.W. Road Safely Council, (Senior…

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Torrential Rain Cuts Road To The Coast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1960 · page 1

Torrential rain, with falls of up to 700 points in some mountain areas, cut the Queanbeyan Bateman’s Bay road this week. The road was impassable…

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Three Tragic Fatalities; Nine Dead on District Roads During Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1960 · page 1

Nine people died as the result of three road accidents in the district since Friday, which made one of the “blackest” weekends in motoring history…

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“Pedestrians Must Learn To Use The Road ” Says Transport Minister

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 5

There is an urgent need for the pedestrian to become as familiar with the correct use of the road as there is for the motorist”…

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Queanbeyan Motorist In A.C.T. Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 6

Several Queanbeyan. motorists appeared in Canberra Court Petty Sessions on Tuesday, charged with traffic…

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Motor Cyclist Fined £8 For Speeding

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1960 · page 6

A Canberra motor cyclist, charged with speeding, was fined £8. with £1 cosis by Mr. A. Fordyce, S. M., in the…

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Crashed Through Bridge Railing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 3

A motorist who crashed through the railing at the approach to the Queanbeyan River bridge, and…

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Motorist Cleared of Drunk Driving Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 4

A charge of driving under the Influence of intoxicating liquor against a Canberra man was dismissed by Mr. A. Fordyce, S,M., in the Queanbeyan Court of…

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Migrant Motorist Gets Bond

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1960 · page 5

A migrant who has been in Australia only 12 months was granted a bond on a charge of driving tinder the…

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Motor Cyclist’s Lucky Escape

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 3

A motor cyclist had a lucky escape from injury on Saturday at 12.45 p.m. when his machine came…

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Special School Vacation Train Arrangemrents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1960 · page 3

Additional and altered train arrangements have been made to cover the period of the spring school…

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Second Annual Road Safety Congress

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1960 · page 2

The Road Safety Council of New South Wales proposes to hold its second annual road safety congress in…

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