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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1963

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

Apex Train at Festival Again

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1963 · page 4

Heavy bookings can be expected for the Apex express, which made its debut at the 1957 Floral…

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Two charged with stealing from Burra Road property

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1963 · page 9

Two men, charged with stealing from a district property were remanded to November 22, when they appeared in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions at the last sitting…

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Road Safety Council’s display will be interesting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 November 1963 · page 9

One of the many attractions to be seen in the “sideshow alley” at the showground tomorrow…

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Car overturns in Gilmore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1963 · page 1

Minor damage was caused to a car when it became out of control and overturned whilst negotiating a…

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Motor tests for High school pupils

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1963 · page 1

Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. has decided upon handsome prizes for a…

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Railway support for copper mining project (Contributed by P. J. Whitehead)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1963 · page 6

Out at Cobar, the Department of Railways is building six miles of very important track to connect the copper mines of the Cobar Mines Pty. Ltd., (previously the old…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1963 · page 6

Even if young drivers do cover a greater, annual mile age than older drivers, they are still no less responsible…

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Road vandals unidentified

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has been unable to find the persons who removed guide posts from portion of the Coast Road recently. It has had no response to…

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Electronic Road Safety Machine

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1963 · page 3

One of the attractions at the showground on Saturday, although not noticed by many people, was the Road…

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Request for Sealing in Donald Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1963 · page 2

The question of sealing Donald Road, from Fergus Road to the Caravan Park, will be considered in next…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1963 · page 2

Check your road arithmetic before you put your to the floor. Two cars colliding head-on at 50…

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More Bitumen on ‘Flat Road Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1963 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council hopes to be able to carry out more bitumen sealing on the Captain’s Flat Road early next week. This was indicated today by a spokesman for the shire…

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£6,000 grant to Gilmore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1963 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works, the Hon. P. D. Hills, has allocated £6,000 to the Queanbeyan Municipal Council for work on rural in 1963-64…

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Mayor blasts irresponsible motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1963 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. A. Lambert, last night blasted motorists who had travelled at fast speeds on new…

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New building proposed for motor registry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1963 · page 11

The Department of Motor Transport is considering constructing a building in Farrer Place, Queanbeyan,…

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Clown of the Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1963 · page 4

The clownish driver is a crazy driver at any time and dangerous to others — especially after night…

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President of the Queanbeyan Road Safety Council appeals to motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1963 · page 4

President of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. in a statement said he was grateful to the Rotary Club and “Queanbeyan Age” for the publication of the second Road Safety supplement and for allowing him space to outline some of…

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The Road Hog Is Dangerous

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1963 · page 2

A “Hog in the Middle” driver is a lawbreaker. He causes numerous needless tragedies by his selfish, sluggish, silly habit of driving slowly near the centre line and tempting…

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Queanbeyan Helping in Road Safety Crusade

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1963 · page 1

(By Mr. J. M. A. McMahon, M.L.A., Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales) This supplement, by the Rotary Club of Queanbeyan, demonstrates one of the most important ways of cutting the road…

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Editorial Road Safety starts with - YOU!

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1963 · page 1

The “Age” is honoured today to co-operated with the Rotary Club of Queanbeyan in publishing a supplement on Road Safety, to mark Road Safety Week, and bring forcibly before the people of the district…

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