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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1964

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Programme for 1964-65 Submitted Permanent Works on By-roads to Cost £38,500

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 June 1964 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Wednesday adopted a programme estimated to cost £38,500 for reconstruction and sealing on by-roads during the 1964-65 financial year…

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Reconstruction on Tharwa Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1964 · page 3

A deviation on the Tharwa Road, known for years as “Silly Corner,” will be eliminated in reconstruction planned by the National Capital Development Commission…

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Councillors bargain for share of Roads Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1964 · page 6

Councillors of each Riding of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council bargained keenly for a share of the 1864-65 Commonwealth Aid Road Grant at Wednesday’s meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council. The only councillor not…

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Road Safety Field Officer here today

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1964 · page 1

Mr. Fred Spargo, the N.S.W. Road Safety Field Officer for Southern N.S.W., arrived in Queanbeyan…

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Road Safety president at West P. and C. (By Publicity Officer)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1964 · page 2

Mr. Bill Green, of the Queanbeyan Road Safety Council, was welcomed to the last meeting of the West Queanbeyan P. and C. Association by the senior vice-president, Mr…

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Cooma mail train to be diesel hauled

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1964 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Seiffert, Member for Monaro, said today that he had been advised the Minister for…

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Road safety field officer on visit

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1964 · page 1

Mr. Fred Spargo, the Road Safety Field Officer for Southern New South Wales has been In the Queanbeyan…

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Rotary develops playing area in Gilmore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1964 · page 1

Queanbeyan Rotary Club is developing the playing area in Gilmore Road, just off Tharwa Road, as another of its community projects…

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Finance holds up last section of ’Flat road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1964 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has applied to the Department of Main Roads for an allocation of funds to complete the remaining of the Captain’s Flat Road…

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Conference with Shire on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 1

Officials; of the Municipal Council have been instructed to confer with officers of the Yarrowlumla…

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Shire prepares for road to radio beacon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 3

Although further work has been delayed by unsuitable weather and other commitments,, setting out…

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News For The Man On the Land Largest Sheep Train in the State

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 8

This is the biggest road vehicle in New South Wales and one of the largest in the world. It…

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Fined After Disturbance at Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 7

A man with: approximately 150 convictions dating back to 1922, was fined a total of' £4 on charges of…

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Well - known local identities in fatal coast road smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1964 · page 1

An elderly man died as the result of injuries received and another was critically injured, when a car struck a tree on the Coast Road about ten miles from Queanbeyan, this morning…

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Road Safety Street Stall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 2

Tomorrow morning the president and secretary of the Queanbeyan Branch of the Road Safety Council of…

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Survey completed on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has completed a survey of the remaining three miles of the Queanbeyan-Sutton Road to be reconstructed and sealed in its area…

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CORRESPONDENCE More interest needed in Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 3

Sir, — Please allow me space in your paper for an anneal to your readers to take a more active interest…

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New Site for Motor Registry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 1

The Motor Transport Department proposes to erect a motor registry office on land in Farrer Place, at…

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Road Safety Street Stall

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1964 · page 5

As a result of the successful street stall conducted in Monaro Street last Saturday morning, the…

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Busy road safety year reviewed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1964 · page 1

Representatives of 11 Queanbeyan organisations attended meeting’s of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council during the past 12 months…

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