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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

147 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8

Readers’ Letters To the Editor Impossible To Do 100 m.p.h. On Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 September 1960 · page 3

Dear Sir, — On reading last Tuesday’s “Age,” I find that a member of the Road Safety Council has made what I consider to be a very untrue statement…

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Canberra Court Recommendation On Queanbeyan Motorist

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 September 1960 · page 2

Canberra Magistrate, Mr. F. C. P. K[?] on Thursday, recommended that New South Wales…

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Readers’ Letters To The Editor Uriarra Road Speedway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1960 · page 2

Dear Sir, — Having had my attention drawn to a letter to you by “A Driver of Years,” published in the “Age” on Tuesday, September 13, 1960, 1 would be…

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Hall Resident Criticises Road Work

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1960 · page 4

A Hall district resident has complained to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council about the state of the road…

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Shire’s Road Programme For Rossi

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1960 · page 5

A section of road within the village of Rossi is to be reconstructed by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Four Men Fined for Depositing Rubbish on Shire Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1960 · page 5

Four men were fined a total of £22 in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions On Wednesday on charges of /depositing rubbish on roads under the control of the…

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Shire Wants Reconstructed Cooma Road to Traverse Old Route Over Stringy Bark

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 September 1960 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will request the Divisional Engineer, Department of Main Roads, to re-consider his previous decision in regard to the reconstruction of the Queanbeyan-Royalla Road over the section known as “Stringy Bark”…

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Readers’ Letters To The Editor Interesting Facts On Uriarra Road Speedway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1960 · page 2

Dear Sir,—On reading Friday’s “Age,” dated 16/9/60, I feel I must reply to Mrs. Evans’ letter, in which I agree she quotes some very interesting facts about…

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Motorist Was in an Intoxicated Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1960 · page 4

A man, who police said was so intoxicated, he could have been arrested for drunkeness, was fined £30 for driving under the influence when he appeared…

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Motorists Fines £49 on Traffic Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1960 · page 4

Seven motorists failed to appear to answer traffic charges at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday before Mr. A. Fordyce, S.M., and the…

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Road Safety This Week

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1960 · page 1

The October meeting of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council, will be held in the Queanbeyan…

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Road Safety Queanbeyan Delegates To Support Local Items At Goulburn Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1960 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, has two main items tabled on the official agenda for a Road Safety Conference to be held in Goulburn next week…

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New Railways Freight Concession for Storage Fodder

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1960 · page 4

The New South Wales Railways has agreed to grant 30-per cent, freight concessions to farmers and graziers who buy fodder for storage against time of drought…

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Shire May Take Over Railway Water Tank as Bungendore Reservoir

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1960 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to make further investigations regarding a suggestion that it take over the Railway water tank and pumping system at Bungendore as a means of supplying water to residents of the village…

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Sand Sealing Suggested For Molonglo Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1960 · page 1

Following the number of accidents which have occurred on the Molonglo River bridge in recent…

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Car Overturns on Queanbeyan Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1960 · page 6

Last week, Henry Griffen, who was driving east towards Captain’s Fiat, skidded on a bad bend on the Queanbeyan Road, careered out of control down a hill…

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Preparations Are Well in Hand for Road Safety Cycle Roadeo

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1960 · page 1

Members of Queanbeyan Service Clubs have signified their willingness to “lend a helping hand” at the Road Safety Council’s Cycle Roadeo, to be held in…

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Shire Council Main Roads Programme Of £23,248

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme of work estimated to cost £23,248, as its 1961 Main…

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The Coast Road Shire Will Have To Finish Road Contractor’s Work “Not Up To Standard”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 1

A great deed of work done by contract on the “Road to the Coast” between Bungendore and the Yarrowlumla Shire boundary, is not yp to the standard required, and it will have to be finished by the shire itself…

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Motor Bikes Under Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1960 · page 3

The Queanbeyan Municipal Council will approach the local police authorities with the view to having…

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