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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1966

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Railway Improvements Chamber seeks a deputation to Commissioner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 September 1966 · page 1

The Chamber of Commerce will seek a deputation with the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. R. McCusker) when he visits Queanbeyan during a tour of stations on the Goulburn-Bombala line early in…

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Motor Mower Disappears

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 September 1966 · page 1

It appears someone took a liking to a new motor mower which was on display in front of T. Donoghoe Pty…

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Tonnages reveal heavy road use

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1966 · page 1

Approximately 72,000 tons of material per month is being carted over roads in Yarrowlumla Shire by heavy truck transports. These figures were tabled at…

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Shire bridge building programme

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is engaged in an extensive programme of bridge building on rural roads…

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Deputation sought on Tumut Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is endeavouring to organise a mass deputation to the National Capital…

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Shire Keen to Complete Sutton Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is anxious for the Department of Main Roads to make funds available for the…

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Shire to negotiate proposed on road closures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council- is negotiating with Realty Realizations Ltd. concerning the closing of roads in certain subdivisions adjacent to the Municipality of Queanbeyan. At its last meeting the Shire…

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Additional Finance Sought for Sutton-gunning Road Link

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads has been requested to make additional finance available to enable the full length of road between Sutton and the Gunning Shire…

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Motorists should know their signs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 3

Mr. W. Green, president of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council, said today that because…

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New Bridge for Road at Tinperry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 October 1966 · page 3

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has approved the expenditure of $500 involved in replacing an unsafe bridge…

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Plans requested to straighten Rossi Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 October 1966 · page 8

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council Engineer (Mr. J., M. Firth)has been asked to prepare tentative plans for the…

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Good roads reduce deaths

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 7

The road toll is a pointless carnage: About 1,000 people will die in NSW this year, 40 times more than the total number of 1st Battalion soldiers killed in Vietnam and the cost will rim into tens of millions of dollars. Alone, these two [?]acts…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 6

Sun glasses reduce glare and make summer driving more comfortable duping the day. But tinted windscreens,…

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Clown of the Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 10

The clownish driver is a crazy driver at any time and dangerous to others — especially after night…

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EDITORIAL. Importance of Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 1

“The Queanbeyan Age” joins civic leaders and residents of the town and district in welcoming the Minister, officials and delegates to the Thirteenth Annual Convention of Southern and…

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A Message for Road Users

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 4

Road Safety is a topical subject in most processions held at festivals and other such functions at towns and cities throughout Australia. There is always at least one float bringing home the reality of tragedies, on the road. This float in a local procession is a typical example. A prone body hanging through a windscreen, some red substance…

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Road Safety Council convention in Queanbeyan this week

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., will be hosts to about 50 delegates for the Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Southern and South - Western branches, which commences next…

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A message from the President of Road Safety in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 3

This supplement published today is to coincide with the 13th annual convention of the Southern and South-western branches of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, being…

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Shire gets $81,671 for rural roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received an allocation of $81,671 as its Commonwealth Aid Road grant…

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Road Safety convention under way

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 5

The thirteenth annual convention of the Southern and South-western , branches of the Road Safety…

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