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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 10

Early start expected on Jerangle Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 4

An early start can be expected on reconstruction of the first two miles of the Jerangle Road, from…

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Shire’s allocation from roads grant up almost £5,000

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 August 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received an allocation of £33,908 under the Commonwealth Aid Act for 1963-64. This has been announced…

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Car drives under harbour bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 3

Traffic congestion is so acute on Sydney Harbour Bridge that this driver took the easy…

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Youth dies in collision with bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1963 · page 1

The 19-year-old son of a Canberra doctor, David Anthony De-Sallis, of Rove Street, Deakin, A.C.T., was…

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Signals for Uriarra Road disapproved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 September 1963 · page 8

The Department of Motor Transport does not consider pedestrian operated traffic signals are warranted in…

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Further allocation of £61,000 approved for ’Flat road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1963 · page 1

The State; Government has made arrangements for the allocation of an additional £61,000 to provide for the completion of |he reconstruction and bitumen sealing of Main Road 270 between Queanbeyan…

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Motor Cycle Racing Local team gains minor placing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1963 · page 12

Members of the Queanbeyan “Scuderia Taboo” Motor-cycle racing team gained three placings in Queensland Grand Prix races at Brisbane last Sunday…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 4

Your use of power on the road discloses your degree of maturity. Show down and live to maturity — Australian…

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Road Safety Week to Be Observed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 1

The State-wide Road Safety Week will again be observed in Queanbeyan this year…

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Shire submits 1964 main roads programme totalling £20,670

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has submitted a programme amounting to £20,274 for main roads maintenance and improvements in 1964 The programme is…

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Road Safety to take part in Floral Festival

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1963 · page 1

The Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., at its monthly meeting on Friday last,…

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Move to extend Lake road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will make an approach to the Gunning Shire to seek its views on a…

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Young artist’s Road Safety entry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 8

SUZANNE MICHAEL, of Temora, beat 15,000 other N.S.W. schoolchildren to ` win first prize in the drawing section of the BP Young Artists Road Safety Drawing and Colouring competition, with this dramatic illustration of the safety rule. “Never chase your ball on the road” Suzanne’s entry will now enter…

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Three vehicles damaged in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 4

No persons were Injured but extensive damage was caused to a utility, car and lorry involved in an…

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Ross Road extension to open this month

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1963 · page 7

Ross Road, between Munro Road and Tharwa Road, is expected to be opened to vehicular traffic by the end of September. This was indicated at the…

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Appreciation for road allocation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1963 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire has sent letters of appreciation to Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., and to the State…

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Department asked to expedite deviation on bridge approach

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1963 · page 5

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has asked the Department of Main Roads to expedite the proposed deviation between the Queanbeyan River Bridge and the new Buttle’s Creek…

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Deviation on “Flat” Road Tender for £20,317 Accepted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1963 · page 1

A tender in the sum of £20.317 has been accepted for the construction of earthworks in a two-mile deviation on the Captain’s Flat Road, from the intersection with the Coast…

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Collision with train results in £15 fine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1963 · page 10

A truck driver who was involved in a collision with a train near Michelago on March 8 of this year, was…

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Road Haulage of Stock Tax-free limit raised 25 miles

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1963 · page 9

Raising of the tax-free mileage limit to 100 miles for the road haulage of cattle and sheep in competition with the railways, was announced this week by the Minister for…

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