Derailment Delays Mail Train
The Cooma Mail train was two and a half hours [?] in arriving at Queanbeyan yesterday morning,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1961
159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 8
Tharwa Road Design Proceeding
In reply to representations by Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., the Minister for Interior (Mr. Freeth) has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Too Much Red Tape In Getting D.M. R. Approval For Road Work Shire President Voices His Opinion
The President of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, P. J. B, Osborne, said on Wednesday he considered there was too much ‘red tape’ involved in obtaining approval from the department of main Roads to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Coast” Road To Cost Main Roads Dept. £1m. Says Engineer
The Department of Main Roads has had to find appro[?]mately £1 million from its own resources to provide funds for construction of the new road from Queanbeyan to Batemen’s Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire In Munro Road
Queanbeyan volunteer Fire Brigade was quickly on the job yesterday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate Critical of Young Motorists Queanbeyan Streets Used As Speedway
“Far too many young people in Queanbeyan are getting into cars and using the streets either as a speedway or as a trial ground.” This was stated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Officials Confident “All District Roads Lead To Bungendore On Monday”
All roads In the district will lead to Bungendore on Monday next, according to the publicity officer of the Bungendore Show Society, Mr. “Curt” Taylor…
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Constable Brian Paulin, who has been the Road Safety Field Officer for the Southern Districts, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Persons Critically Injured In Road Accidents
Two Queanbeyan men are in a critical condition, in hospital, following an accident in Queanbeyan and another near the Cotter during the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Flat” Road Not One for Drunken Drivers Magistrate’s Opinion
Mr. A. Fordyce, S.M. told a man in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions recently that the Captain’s Flat road was not one on which a man should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Hurt In Collision On Bridge
A woman suffered abrasions to the forehead when the car In which she was a passenger was involved in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass in Yass Fire Road
A grass fire in Yass Road shortly before mid-day today burnt out about an acre of grass before it was…
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Following the transfer of Constable Brian Paulin, who, has been the Road Safety Field Officer for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Speed Blamed For Broken Windscreens And Damage To Roads
Shire Council and Road Safety authorities have condemned excessive speed by road users on newly sealed surfaces within the Yarrowlumla Shire. It is claimed that the high…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycle Road-eo In Abeyance
The Queanbeyan branch of the New South Wales Road Safety Council on Friday night, derided to leave the matter of the annual Cycle Road-eo in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trunk Road Proclaimed
The road leading from Queanbeyan to the A.C.T. border, known as Tharwa Road, has been proclaimed…
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Mr. Sid Woodcock, Field Officer for the Road Safety Council of New south Wales, arrives in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Parking Restrictions For Stornaway Road
The New South Wales Police Traffic Branch will not introduce parking restrict in Stornaway Road, adjacent to the intersection of Uriarra Road…
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Road Safety Council Field Officer, Mr. F. S. Woodcock, held the rapt attention of Rotarians long after the usual closing time at Wednesday night’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queanbeyan Boasts Reduction In Number Of Road Accidents
The Road Safety Field Officer for this area, Mr, Sid Woodcock said last night that Queanbeyan was one of the few towns in New South Wales that could boast of a reduction in its tally of road accidents…
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