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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1961

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

School Cadets To Train At Singleton Camp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 1

Fifty school cadets from the , Queanbeyan High School will train at Singleton Army camp from…

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Monaro Electorate Shires Get £187,760 For Rural Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 1

The Shire Councils within the Monaro electorate will share in Grants totalling £187,760, for expenditure on roads in their respective Shires, said Mr…

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£521 Damages For Injuries Injuries In Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 4

At the sitting of the District Court in Queanbeyan on Wednesday, presided over by judge J. Fitzpatrick, a young Queanbeyan man was awarded £521…

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Fire Brigade Called After Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 1

Police called on the Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade to wash petrol from the roadway, following an accident in Crawford Street on Tuesday night…

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‘Flat’ Road Deviation Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1961 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has approved of a deviation on the Queanbeyan-Captain’s Flat road, to…

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Agitation For Sealing Of Road To Highway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council is agitating for the reconstruction and sealing…

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Shock Disclosure For Shire Bungendore Level Railway Crossing Has Low Priority

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1961 · page 5

Any improvements at the railway level crossing on the “coast road” at Bungendore, have only a low priority, according to the Department of Railways…

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Fight For Better Road Lighting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 6

The fight for better lighting on all Australian Roads is continuing with varied success in all badly lit areas. Road safety officials from…

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Railway Employees Farewelled

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 2

Two Queanbeyan Railway employees, Messrs. Leo Walsh and Ken Scaysbrook, were fare welled on Tuesday…

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Weekend Traffic “Churning Up” Shire Bye-roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1961 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council is concerned about the large number of Canberra residents who are…

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N.S.W. Railways’ Record Wheat Haul For 1960-51

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1961 · page 6

The New South Wales Railways in 1960/61 carried an all-time record total of 84.458,2[?]8 bushels, of wheat…

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Bitumen Surfacing Of Main Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1961 · page 6

The Commissioner for Main Road, (Mr. H. M. Sherrard) states fiat a further 685 miles of the State’s Main…

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Prime Minister Rejects “Flat” Road Proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1961 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has rejected the proposal that the road linking Captain's Flat with Canberra, should be improved to enable people from…

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Grass Fire In Gilmore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1961 · page 1

A grass fire this afternoon burnt out a small area at the top of Gilmore Road before it was brought under…

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Coast Road Moves Towards Completion

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1961 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is moving quickly towards the completion of works on its section of the new “road to the coast.”…

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Proper Share Ensured For Rural Road Aid

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1961 · page 5

The recent allotment to country councils of their 1961-62 Commonwealth grants for rural roads, underlined the Menzies Government’s determination that…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Surcharge On Road Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1961 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will endeavour to keep the road from Captain’s Flat to Parker’s Gap, on the Braidwood Road in good condition…

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Rossi Road Was Almost Impossible

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 6

The Rossi Road has been almost impassible as the result of steady rain, which fell during the reconstruction…

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Shire Seeks More Main Road Grants

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council is to make a personal approach to the Commissioner for Main Roads, with the object of obtaining more finance for reconstruction of roads in the shire…

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Six Road Accidents: No Injuries Were Reported

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan police attended six road accidents during the past three` days, but none were of a serious nature and no person suffered serious injuries…

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