New Public Phone in Cooma Road
The Post Master General’s Department is to erect a public telephone, adjacent to the intersection of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1961
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Three Year Bond For Queanbeyan Motorist
Alice Street resident, Ernest May, placed on a £20 bond to be of good behaviour for three years, when he appeared on three charges, before Mr. I. T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Motorists Had Lights On High Beam
Four motorists were charged before Mr. I. T. Forrest, S.M., at last week’s Court of Petty Sessions at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Forgot To Switch Headlights On
A motorist who forgot to switch his headlamps on While driving in Monaro Street, was fined £2 with £1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Agitation For Bega - Cooma Road
Both the Labor Member for Eden-Monaro, Mr. Allan Fraser and the Liberal candidate, Cr. Douglas Thomson, have made moves this week agitating for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work Proceeding On Bungendore - Captain’s Flat Road
Reconstruction work on the first section of the Bungendore - Captain’s Flat road is proceeding. This was indicated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Tumut Road Inspected
Following further representations, officers of the Main Roads Department and the Shire Councils concerned have made a further inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Meeting Tonight
The October meeting of the Road Safety Council, will be held at the Fire station tonight (see advt.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work Starts On Final Section Of Coast Road
The Yarrowlumla Shire has started on reconstruction of the section of the "road to the coast" from the 13 mile peg to Bungendore. However, as the schedule is…
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At Friday nights monthly meeting of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council, is was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Preparations For Cycle “Road-eo”
Further preparations for the forthcoming Road Safety Council’s Cycle “Roadec”, were discussed at last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Aid Lectures To Road Safety Members
Superintendent of the Queanbeyan Ambulance, Mr. Keith Callinan, lectured members of the local branch of the Road Safety Council. His topic was on the use…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident On Tarago Road
While travelling to Newcastle, Peter Johns, a fitter at L.G.M., overturned his car seven miles from Tarago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Buttle’s Bridge An Eyesore” Says Alderman
Ald. E. J. Beaver considers the bridge over Buttle’s Creek to be an eyesore to anyone coming into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spending On Main Roads To Be Limited To £10,000 A Year
Expenditure by the Department of Main Roads on main and trunk roads within the Shire of Yarrowlumla, will be limited to £10,000 each year. This was indicated at the last meeting by the Shire President,…
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Tho Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, has again declined to provide Federal funds towards the cost of reconstructing and sealing the road between Bega and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain’s Flat News Shire Completes Work On Molongo Bridge
Yarralumla Shire Council has completed repair work on the bridge over the Molonglo River at Captain’s Flat. This was indicated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist Hit Water Trough
A motorist who collided with a concrete water trough in Lowe Street, opposite the Post Office, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads Feature Reconstruction And Bitumen Sealing Of Coast Road, Over 77 Miles Nears Completion
The New South Wales Department of Main Hoods, in its monthly publication for September, featuring an article telling the full story of the Queanbeyan-Bateman’s Bay Trunk Road. The article is published below for the interest of “Age”…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Munro Road Couple Celebrate Silver Wedding
About 30 guests attended a “surprise party” given to Mr. and Mrs M. J. Curtis of Munro Road last…
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