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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1962

199 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 10

Tenders for Completion of Coast Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1962 · page 1

Tenders would be called next Saturday for completion of the road to the coast, Associate National…

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Forbes Creek Road to be kept in repair

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1962 · page 5

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has decided to carry out maintenance work on the Forbes Creek Road, between…

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Bridge accident brings £10 fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 6

A charge of negligent driving against a Queanbeyan man, which was heard ex-parte, at Wednesday’s…

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Loan for Purchase of Road Plant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1962 · page 2

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has finalised the acceptance of a loan of £5,500 for the purchase of road…

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Shire to spend £450 on Wanna bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1962 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has decided to spend £450 on repairs to the bridge giving access to landholders in the Wanna Wanna area…

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“Road Safety Week” awards

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council will give “Courtesy Awards” each day next week as its contribution to “Road Safety Week.”…

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No deaths in road accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1962 · page 1

There were 36 road accidents in the Queanbeyan area in the three months ended June 30…

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A.C.T. to seal section of Sutton Road soon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1962 · page 1

The National Capital Development Commission will commence work on reconstructing and sealing a section of the Sutton Road, within the A.C.T., in its current programme. Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A.,…

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Car overturns in Gilmore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 5

A car driven by Queanbeyan man overturned after hitt[?]ng a stone on Gilmore Road, last Sunday morning…

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Change-over in motor dealership

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1962 · page 4

Mr. John Dickson, Managing Director of Hunt Bros. (Holdings) Ltd., advises that the Ford dealership…

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Three accidents on Bungendore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 November 1962 · page 1

Two accidents occurred on the Bungendore Road at the weekend and another yesterday, with passengers in air three receiving injuries…

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Road Safety courtesy award winners

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 November 1962 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police have selected seven motorists as winners of Road Safety Courtesy Awards and the…

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Road Safety films attract large crowd

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 November 1962 · page 3

The Parish Hall was nearly packed last night for the Road Safety films and presentation of Road Safety poster awards. The evening commenced…

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Coast Road virtually completed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1962 · page 3

The construction of a blacktopped read linking Canberra with the South Coast at Bateman’s Bay, is…

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Captain’s Flat News Lengthy Debate on Captain’s Flat Road Twelve miles of bitumen expected this summer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1962 · page 6

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer (Mr. J. Firth) said last week he could see no reason why there would not be 12 miles of black-topped road between Queanbeyan and Captain’s Fiat before the end of this summer…

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Railway goods shed entered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 November 1962 · page 1

A quantity of cigarettes was stolen from the Queanbeyan Railway goods shed between the hours of 5 p.m…

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Railway link still a possibility

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 November 1962 · page 7

The possibility that a railway link between Yass and Canberra could yet eventuate, has not been…

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Car overturns on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1962 · page 1

A Sydney man was the driven of a Car which overturned on the Sutton Road last Friday night at about…

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Late model car hits embankment in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1962 · page 1

A late model sedan was damaged slightly when it collided with a dirt embankment in Uriarra Road…

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“Observance of Regulations would have avoided tragedy” Coroner Inquiries Into Railway Deaths

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1962 · page 8

The Queanbeyan District Coroner, Mr. D. G. Hughes, said on Thursday a full observance of the regulations covering track vehicles would have avoided a tragedy in which two men lost their lives in a Railway collision near Queanbeyan on July 31…

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