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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 10

Railway Trespasser Fined £3

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1963 · page 10

A man who trespassed on Government Railway property at the Queanbeyan railway yards, was fined £3…

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Charge against A.C.T. motorist dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1963 · page 7

A charge against a Canberra motorist of failing to give way to a vehicle on the right was dismissed…

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Coast Road Classification Unaltered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1963 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads has disapproved an application for the Canberra-Bateman’s Bay Trunk Road to be classified as a highway, but has agreed to give extra financial assistance to help with…

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Drove Under the Influence Fined £30 after bridge collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1963 · page 5

A motorist whose vehicle was involved in a collision in McQuoid Street, then careered into a tree, was fined £30 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday…

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Maintenance on Burra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 September 1963 · page 1

The Engineer (Mr. J, M. Firth) said at the last meeting of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council that he would…

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Victorian Race Motor - cycle fall costly

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1963 · page 2

A fall in the last lap, only a short distance from the finishing line, cost George Busico a major…

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Have to Ripe a Pushbike, Says Magistrate Motorist fined and disqualified

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1963 · page 8

At the last sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. Lewer, S.M., told a motorist he would have to ride a pushbike for the next six months…

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Main Roads Programme Totals £6,890

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has submitted a Main Roads maintenance and improvements…

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Problem of drainage on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1963 · page 1

Drainage problems on the two mile section of the Sutton Road, reconstructed last year, may hold up further…

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Surveys for New Road Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1963 · page 1

Surveys for land acquisitions, and engineering surveys of the proposed direct road between the…

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Council buys new road roller

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has purchased a new eight to ten ton road roller, to replace its old…

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Captain’s Flat News Twenty miles of sealed road this summer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1963 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer (Mr. J. M. firth) said at the last meeting that he felt quite certain that the Captain’s Flat Road would be bitumen sealed to the 20 mile peg from Queanbeyan this summer…

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Joint investigation on Tumut Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1963 · page 1

The Federal and State Governments will conduct a joint technical investigation of the proposed Tumut-Canberra Road. This has been advised by…

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Vehicle hits tree in Cooma Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1963 · page 1

A vehicle, driven by Silvano Bertosa, of Capital Hill Hostel Canberra collided with a tree at the side…

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Canberra Motorist Fined £8

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1963 · page 6

A Canberra motorist, who failed to appear at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, but…

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Shire roads programme approved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1963 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s programme to be undertaken from its 1963-64 Commonwealth Aid…

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Road Safety meeting tonight

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1963 · page 9

Tonight’s monthly meeting of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. should be…

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Minor damage in Yass Road accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1963 · page 1

Two cars were slightly damaged in an accident at the intersection of Yass Road and Spring Street, on…

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Council policy on private roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1963 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has advised a Captain’s Flat district landholder that it will carry out…

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Road Safety Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1963 · page 1

The State-wide Road Safety week, which is from November 24 to 30, will be observed in Queanbeyan…

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