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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1965

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Road safety field officer in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 April 1965 · page 1

Road Safety Field Officer, for the South Coast and Southern Tablelands, Mr. Dong Butterworth, arrived…

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Motoring feature . . . New Falcon Now on the Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 April 1965 · page 4

The new 1965 Falcon, with a bold and leading motoring columnists and drivers. week and has already been highly praised by many leading motoring columnists and…

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Road Safety Members Enjoy a Joke

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1965 · page 1

AT the conclusion of Friday night’s monthly meeting of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road…

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Doubt Persists on Lake Road Status Investigation inconclusive

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1965 · page 1

The controversy over the right of the public to use the Lake Road, the access to Lake George near Bungendore, appears no closer to settlement, following an inspection last Thursday. The controversy over the…

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Seiffert applauds decision Some road taxes on fodder lifted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1965 · page 8

The decision of the Renshaw State Government to lift temporarily, some road taxes on the transport of fodder and starving stock has been applauded by Ald. John Seiffert,…

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Road Safety Officer in Queanbeyan Petrol and alcohol consumption compared

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1965 · page 1

Averaged over a period of 12 months, Australians consume two gallons of alcohol to every ten gallons of petrl used, Mr. Doug Butterworth, Road Safety Field Officer, told Queanbeyan branch members last Friday night…

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“Tear Drop” for Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 April 1965 · page 3

Ald. F. E. Land reported to Friday night’s monthly meeting of the Queanbeyan Road Safety branch that a…

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CORRESPONDENCE Road Safety Corps must be qualified

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 April 1965 · page 5

Sir, — It seems natural that the formation of the Justices Road Safety Corps should be accompanied by a storm of protest and no doubt there will be cries of “undmocratic,”…

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Tumut-canberra Road Proposal Investigations to assess merits of alternate routes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 April 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire is carrying out investigations to enable an assessment of the merits of the two routes under consideration for the proposed Tumut-Canberra road link, to be submitted to the National Capital…

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Bridge at Gudgenby

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1965 · page 7

The National Capital Development Commission has assured Mr. Alian Fraser that construction of a bridge…

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Queanbeyan escapes road carnage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1965 · page 7

Compared with the carnage on roads throughout the State over Easter, the Queanbeyan police district…

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Shire Engineer details alternate road routes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1965 · page 7

The Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer (Mr. J. M. Fifth) presented a detailed report to last week’s meeting as a result of his investigations into the alternate routes for the proposed Fumut-Canberra road…

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Motorist on three charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1965 · page 7

Craig. P. Townsend, of Rutledge Street, Queanbeyan, was fined a total of £13 and ordered to pay £3 court…

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Negligence cost motorist £10

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 April 1965 · page 7

Robert Armstrong of Railway Street Queanbeyan, was fined £10 with £1 court costs at last week’s Queanbeyan…

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CORRESPONDENCE Motorists left to roll road. (To the Editor)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1965 · page 2

Sir, — May I ask the Engineers of both the Queanbeyan Municipal Council and the Yarrowlumla Shire why…

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“End of the road” for bus

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1965 · page 1

The Bungendore-Queanbeyan bus this afternoon will make its last trip over the 16 mile journey after 18 years…

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Industrial areas road programme

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 May 1965 · page 1

The Town Clerk (Mr. R. B. Smith) told the Chamber of Commerce last week that a £17,000 loan was being…

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New Motor Registry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 May 1965 · page 1

The Executive Assistant for .Motor .Transport, Mr. I. R. Smith, visited Queanbeyan last week to finalise plans…

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Man charged after railway van theft

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 May 1965 · page 1

A man appeared in the Queanbeyan Court of petty Sessions yesterday morning charged with the theft of a…

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Support for Main Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 May 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlnmla Shire Council has supported Monaro Shire Council in an application to have the Captain’s…

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