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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1966

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

He Was Glad to Be in Queanbeyan £30,000 Motor Registry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 1

When the Minister for Transport (Mr. M A. Morris) told guests at the official opening of the £30,000 Motor Registry Office this week that he was glad to be in Queanbeyan he was not just being courteous…

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Flat road slag lacked “cohesion”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 6

Further tests by the Department of Main Roads of the slag used as pavement gravel on the Captain’s Flat…

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Highway Link Reconstruction Under Way Shire prepares for extensive lengths of hitumen road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 1

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer J. M. Firth) indicated today that further extensive length of road within the shire would be bitumen sealed before the end of this summer…

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New railway station for Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 3

The Commonwealth Railways Commissioner, Mr. K. A. Smith, announced in Melbourne on Thursday…

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Railway Conscience Money

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 5

During the quarter ending December 31 the Department of Railways has received conscience money to the…

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Special train on Flat excursion

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1966 · page 1

A special steam-hauled train, carrying over 300 “joy-riders,” will be running from Sydney to Captain’s Flat and return tomorrow…

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Charges Heard Ex-parte Traffic offenses cost seven motorists £95

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1966 · page 3

Seven motorists who failed to appear in court to answer various traffic charges, were fined a total of £95 with £9 court costs when their cases were heard ex-parte by Mr. D. G…

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Accident in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 2

Two vehicles were fairly extensively damaged when involved in an accident in Uriarra Road last night at…

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Large Crowds Greet Special Train Memories of the “hey-days” revived at Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1966 · page 1

For an hour last Saturday afternoon, Captain’s Flat resembled a thriving metropolis and for many old-timers memories of the hey-days of the former mining town were revived. The occasion was the…

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Adjoining Shire Council seeks improvements Condition of Jerangle road strongly criticised School bus may stop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

Owing to the poor condition of the section of the Jerangle Road within the Yarrowlumla Shire, the Anembo-Captain’s Flat school bus may not continue running. This was stated yesterday…

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Noise From Motor Boats

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1966 · page 1

The Municipal Council is endeavouring to ascertain whether it can control the activities of motor boats on…

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New freight Rolling stock for railways

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 3

The N.S.W.G.R. has 470 freight waggons on order under current contracts, valued at £3 million…

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Breaches of the Government Railways Act

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 5

During the three months ended December 1965 1,462 persons were fined a total “ 9,797 in Courts of Petty…

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Road rules essential for children’s safety

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1966 · page 9

The president of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, Mr. W. Green, said today that parents should constantly give road safety…

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Training for Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1966 · page 6

Mr. W. Green, president of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of NSW said today that road safety training should begin when children first become…

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Motorist dead Collapsed on Roadside

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1966 · page 1

A man collapsed and died on the roadside while changing a wheel on his car on Brook’s Hill, six miles from…

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Twelve People Injured in Road Smashes Ambulance Kept Busy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 February 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan District Ambulance had one of its busiest periods on record on Saturday afternoon and evening, when it attended 12 accident victims in four hours, five of whom were admitted to hospital. Sandwiched in between the…

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Motorists fined $142 for negligent driving

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 February 1966 · page 3

Seven motorists were fined a total of $142 and $14 court costs by Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M., at Wednesday’s Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, for negligent driving. The heaviest fine of $40 was…

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Road Making with a Difference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 February 1966 · page 3

In an effort to still the clamour of ratepayers for better streets one shire council in the Sydney area is conducting a “one-coat tar sealing” campaign with considerable success…

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Parker’s Gap Access Road Envisaged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 February 1966 · page 3

Landholders in the area east of Captain’s Flat in the Ballalaba and Krawaree areas of the…

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