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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1966

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

Road Safety Convention officially opened by transport chief

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 1

The Minister for Transport and President of the N.S.W. Road Safety Council, Mr. M. A. Morris, M.L.A., this afternoon officially opened the Thirteenth Annual Convention of Southern and…

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Railway Co-operates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1966 · page 8

The Department of Railways is co-operating with the Floral Festival Committee in assisting visitors…

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Traffic surveys on main roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 November 1966 · page 9

In order to make it possible to provide main roads which will best serve their purpose, it is necessary in many eases that the nature and volume of the traffic be known…

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Road Safety convention receives wide acclaim

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 November 1966 · page 1

Everyone of the 34 delegates and the many official guests attending the 13th Annual Road Safety Convention of the Southern and South-western branches, held at Queanbeyan on Friday and Saturday, spoke in glowing terms of the efficient manner in which…

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Suspension Bridge Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan Council has been granted a dollar-for-dollar subsidy from the State Government for repairs…

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McINNES Has Easy Win in Road Race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1966 · page 5

Queanbeyan’s David McInnes had an easy win in Saturday’s Floral Festival five-mile road race, conducted by Queanbeyan Amateur Athletic Club…

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Fine Display at Bridge Motors

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 November 1966 · page 7

BRIDGE Motors‘ winning entry in the large trade window embellished with flowers section of last…

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Motor cycle and car in accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1966 · page 2

No one was injured when a motor cycle and sedan were involved in an accident in Commonwealth Avenue…

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White Rocks Road Base Exhausted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 December 1966 · page 6

The well-known White Rocks gravel which the Municipal Council has used as road base for years, is…

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Gilmore Road to benefit from $14,400 grant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 December 1966 · page 7

A grant in the amount of $14,400 has been made available to the Municipal Council for the financial year…

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Killed in road smash Tragic death of Mr. Gordon Jolly

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1966 · page 1

A wide section of the community of Queanbeyan and district was shocked by the tragic death in a road accident on Wednesday night of well-known garage proprietor, Mr…

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Special railway services

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 December 1966 · page 5

The Railways will run 147 extra teams from Sydney between December 14, 1966 and January 2, 1967, to cater for…

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$19,314 bridge grant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1966 · page 11

The Member for Monaro, Mr. Steve Mauger, has announced a grant of $19,314 to Yarrowlumla Shire…

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More maintenance on by-roads Shire rate increased by over 26 per cent

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1966 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council on Wednesday adapted the estimates for 1967 which provide for an expenditure in the general fund of $540,096. An amount of $166,751 was required to be…

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Increased Railway parcels traffic

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1966 · page 10

The Railways expect to handle an average of 30,000 outwards parcels at Sydney Station every day from now…

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Canberra motorist exceeds speed limit

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1966 · page 6

An 18-year-old Canberra motorist, who exceeded the speed limit in Yass Road by nine miles per hour, was…

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Messages from civic leaders Appeal for Care on the Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 December 1966 · page 7

Civic leaders of Queanbeyan and district, in their Christmas messages, appeal for care on the roads and in the use of fire during the coming holiday and summer season. “The Age” is pleased to be…

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New loading bank at Queanbeyan railway

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 December 1966 · page 1

The Railway Department is to build a new concrete and steel loading bank in the goods yard at Queanbeyan Railway Station. Mr. Steve Mauger, State Member for Monaro,…

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