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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1964

156 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 8

Road Safety to Assist Ambulance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1964 · page 8

The Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety; Council decided at its -meeting last Friday night to assist the…

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Request for diamond turn road markings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1964 · page 7

'“Diamond turns should be marked at the necessary intersections in Queanbeyan,” Mr. Les Kaye said at…

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Assistance for road link disapproved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1964 · page 6

Replying to Parliamentary questions, by Mr. Allan Fraser M.H.R. the Prime Minister Sir Robert…

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Utility overturns near Railway crossing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1964 · page 6

[?] consequences were narrowly averted when Graham Dentler’s utility turned over near…

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Old bridge may be burnt down

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 April 1964 · page 12

The Municipal Council considers the easiest way of disposing of the old bridge over Battle’s Creek may be…

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Rubbish Dumping Problem Littered roads worry shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 May 1964 · page 1

Councillors of the Yarrowlumla Shire consider that dumping of rubbish on under its control adjacent to Queanbeyan and the A.C.T., is getting out of hand…

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Thefts From Uriarra Road Premises

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 May 1964 · page 1

Two Uriarra Road, business houses, about 100 yards apart, were broken into on Wednesday night…

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Motorist bordering on drunkenness

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1964 · page 4

A man whom a police officer said was bordering on drunkenness, was fined £50 at the last sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on a charge of driving under…

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Rossi Rood closed for bridge repairs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1964 · page 3

As from next Monday, May 11, the road linking the main Captain’s Flat road with the…

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Road Safety Council makes suggestions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1964 · page 3

At last Friday night’s monthly meeting of the Road Safety Council, held in the Fire Station, two…

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Fifteen Miles of Flat Road Sealed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1964 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) said this week it may not be possible, due to the onset of winter, to put any further bitumen down on the…

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Council to Allow Dumping of Solid Fill in Crest Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1964 · page 3

The Municipal Council has finally decided to allow solid material such as excavated rock, earth and other builders’ spoil to be dumped in the undeveloped area of Derrima…

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Maintenance follows Crest Road petition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1964 · page 8

In a Mayoral Minute presented to Thursday night’s Meeting of the Municipal Council, Ald. F. E. Land…

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£17,000 road to TV relay station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1964 · page 1

Construction of an access road to a new micro-wave repeater station at Williamsdale to relay TV…

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Motorist in lucky escape

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1964 · page 5

A Queanbeyan man stepped from [?] car un-injured after it overturned several times on the…

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Shire’s cost on Flat road fixed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 May 1964 · page 3

The Department of Main Roads has agreed to the Yarrowlumla Shire Council’s share of the cost of…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 2

Complete disarmament will remain an unrealised dream as long as some drivers make lethal…

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Shire to build £19,000 access road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1964 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire will go ahead as soon as possible with the construction of a £19,000 road from…

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The best means of averting road accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1964 · page 1

Statistics reveal that the group of motorists responsible for the greatest percentage of road accidents is that which includes persons in the 17-25 age range. The question is “how can we best reach these persons?” They belong to…

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R. Cross wins Rotary’s Road Safety Essay Prize—Set of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1964 · page 1

A Queanbeyan man won a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica by submitting the winning entry in the Rotary Club of Queanbeyan’s Road Safety essay entitled, “The Best Means of Averting Road Accidents.” The presentation was made at Wednesday…

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