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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1964

156 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 8

Road safety prizes presented

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 9

Mr. W. L. Green introduced members of the N.S.W. Police School Lecturing Section, the…

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Road Safety Competition Winners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 6

THESE five children were winners of their age divisions in the recently conducted…

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Commonwealth Pays Expenditure on rural roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 8

The Commonwealth Government is paying all the £7.3 million which the State Government will distribute this financial year to 199 Shire and Municipal Councils for the…

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No money for Rossi Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 4

A Rossi resident, Mr. W. J. Hook, will be advised by the Yarrowlumla Shire Council that there is no…

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Biggest Sheep Lift by Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 3

The New South Wales Government Railways recently completed the biggest ever border to border…

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Motoring Feature Viva Romps Home in Armstrong 500

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1964 · page 9

The G.M.H. “small car” with all the “big” features, Vauxhall Viva, proved its capabilities by filling the first six placing in with a simple procedure, Mr. G. Vine said…

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Sedan overt urns on Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 October 1964 · page 2

A late model sedan, over-turned on the Sutton Road on Saturday afternoon at about 4 p.m. after the back…

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Road vital to ‘Flat’s future

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1964 · page 1

The president of the Captain’s Flat Industrial Development Committee, Mr. T. P. Kerr, said today it was…

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Motoring Feature. New Austin Freeway Mark II has seven coats of rust-proof paint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1964 · page 6

The new Austin Freeway MK II, which has just recently hit the Australian market, is described to have an entire new “feel.” The sleek lines of its…

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Councillors to Inspect By-roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1964 · page 1

Councillors of the Yarrowlumla Shire Council will make a personal and on-the-spot survey of all by-roads within the shire within the next month…

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Ute crashes on Captain’s Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1964 · page 2

Minor damage was caused and the driver escaped injury when the utility he was driving skidded on the…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 October 1964 · page 9

For accident free motoring drive so that you can avoid the other drvier’s mistakes. — Australian…

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Work starts on Jerangle Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 October 1964 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has started work on reconstructing the first mile of the Jerangle Road, but weather conditions have caused some delay…

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Work on road to proceed with hired plant Cr. Brown Urges Speed-up in Project

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 October 1964 · page 4

Work on the remaining 1½ miles of the Queanbeyan-Captain’s Flat Road is to proceed by the Shire Council using hired plant and not by contract, as previously arranged. This was decided at the last…

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Railway employee loses finger fop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1964 · page 1

Owen Eagle, a 29 year-old fitter on the N.S.W. Department of Railways, lost the top of his third finger on…

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Two New Public Roads Named

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1964 · page 7

The Municipal Council has recommended names for two streets leading to the rubbish depot in East Queanbeyan…

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Motoring Feature Luxury ’64 Chev. now desirable than ever before

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1964 · page 9

Everything about the new 64 Chevrolet speaks of quality, elegance, command of the road, its new styling is longer looking is even more distinguished inside and out. For masterly performance…

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Brindabella to get £500 in road works

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1964 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has increased its previous allocation of £250 for work on the Brindabella Mountain…

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Captain’s Flat State Cabinet asked to intervene on ‘Flat road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1964 · page 6

AId E. J. McDermott, Mayor of Goulburn and Labor candidate for the Goulburn seat at the next State election, yesterday put before State Cabinet a case for -completion of the reconstruction and sealing of the Queanbeyan-Captain's Flat road…

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Opening for New Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 November 1964 · page 7

The new bridge over the Clyde River at Nelligen, a vital link on the highway between Canberra and the…

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