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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1965

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

Motorist Fined £9 on Two Charges

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 October 1965 · page 6

A Queanbeyan motorist was fined a total of £9 with £2 costs in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Disatisfaction with drainage on Shire roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1965 · page 5

The Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) is investigating the purchase of suitable plant to carry…

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Driver on Drinking Charge Motorist knocked down at roadside

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1965 · page 6

A motorist who was driving a vehicle which knocked a man to the roadway on Brooks’ hill on September 26, was fined £50 in Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on…

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Sub-division road closed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1965 · page 1

By notification in the Government Gazette, the reserve road which passed through the Queanbeyan Heights…

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Shire ready to proceed on Sutton Road works

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is ready to proceed with reconstruction of the remaining 2¼ miles of the Sutton Road within its area, immediately the Department of Main Roads…

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Eight motorists are fined £73

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1965 · page 6

Eight motorists who failed to appear to answer various charges, were fined a total of £73 with £12 court costs by Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M., at last Wednesday’s Queanbeyan Court…

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Shire allocated £38,190 for new works on rural roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 October 1965 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received on allocation of £38,190 under the 1965-65 Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant and has drawn up a schedule of work to be undertaken on rural roads under the…

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Scrap Metal Dealer Critical Railway Goods Yard Facilities Inadequate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 October 1965 · page 1

A Queanbeyan scrap metal [?] yesterday that facilities at the Queanbeyan railway goods yard are inadequate and outdated He is Mr. Graham Edwards…

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Accident cost motorist £25 fine and expenses

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1965 · page 3

A motorist who was involved in an accident on the Cooma Road, three miles from Queanbeyan at about…

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Motorist Charged with D.u.i

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1965 · page 1

The driver of a vehicle that collided with a telegraph pole at the intersection of Tharwa and Donald…

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Road tax on lambs and calves off

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 October 1965 · page 4

Mr. Keith Phillis, Country Party candidate at the last State election, told “The . Queanbeyan Age” today he had been informed by the minister for Transport Mr. M…

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New Motor Registry Prestige Building for Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 November 1965 · page 1

The new Motor Registry Office in Farner Place Queanbeyan which is nearing completion is a prestige building. This was stated at a…

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Car Crashed Into Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 November 1965 · page 2

Extensive damage was caused to the front [?] late model sedan that smashed [?] the [?]…

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Shire rejects ’Flat road name proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1965 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has rejected a suggestion that the Queanbeyan Captain’s Flat Road should be…

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Minor accident in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 November 1965 · page 1

Minor damage was caused to two vehicles, involved in an accident in Uriarra Road, on Tuesday afternoon at…

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Road Safety Convention Queanbeyan Chose As 1966 Venue

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 November 1965 · page 1

At the recent Road Safety Convention held at Bathurst Queanbeyan defeated Cootamundra by 38 votes to 2 to be selected as the of the 1966 convention…

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Car overturns on bridge approach

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 November 1965 · page 1

No persons were injured when a car overturned on the approach to tint Queanbeyan River bridge early on…

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Exercise Your Right—vote Tomorrow and Vote Wisely Motorist lucky not to lose license

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1965 · page 7

At Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions recently Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M., said a motorist fined for failing to stop after an accident, could consider himself fortunate he…

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News For The Man On The Land Contract spraying on shire roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 December 1965 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has accepted a contract for the spraying of noxious weeds on roads under its control. At the same time more…

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Tharwa Road widening proposed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 December 1965 · page 1

Plans are under way for the widening of the road reserve of Tharwa Road between Ross Road and the…

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