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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

119 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 6

Hoskinstown Road Delay

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 April 1967 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is becoming Castrated over the delay by the department of Main Roads in approving…

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More Care Needed on Wet Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1967 · page 6

A motorist who appeared in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, was told he needed to…

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Motor cyclist injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1967 · page 3

A motor cyclist was conveyed to hospital by Queanbeyan ambulance on Sunday morning after his machine…

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Nine motorists fined a total of $217

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1967 · page 6

Nine motorists who failed to appear at the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions last Wednesday were fined a total of $217 with $20 court costs when Mr. D. G. Hughes, S.M.,…

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Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1967 · page 9

Parliament authorised construction of the railway line from Goulburn to Cooma in 1881 and borrowed £1,430,500…

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Church made way for railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 April 1967 · page 9

History records that the original Bungendore Presbyterian Church had to be pulled down when the railway…

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Don’t miss “The Ghost Train”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 April 1967 · page 3

Midst a flurry of paint and paper and locomotive shrieks froth a tape recorder, the Queanbeyan Players are…

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Car crashes into tree on ’Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 April 1967 · page 2

A large late model car, driven by Peter Gurbiel, of Brereton Street, was extensively damaged when it…

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Motor cyclist fractures skull — but rides on

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 April 1967 · page 1

A 19-year-old motor cyclist who fell from his machine on Saturday afternoon, remounted and rode on to…

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Ghost Train runs tonight

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1967 · page 2

All is in readiness for the opening night of the Queanbeyan Players’ production, “The Ghost Train,” at the…

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Visiting Motorist Fined $75

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1967 · page 6

A 24-year-old clerk was fined $75 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of…

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‘Ghost Train’ hilarious — not haunting

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 April 1967 · page 2

The play, “The Ghost Tram,” is clever development of a situation in which a Band of travellers are made to miss their when one of them, a pin-pricking nuisance named Teddy, pulls the communication cord merely to save his hat…

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Shire’s extensive road sealing programme

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 April 1967 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has. put down quite an extensive amount of sealed road in the past few weeks, all on reconstructed sections. Preparation and sealing of a…

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Bungendore man’s road view before Premier

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 April 1967 · page 3

A Bungendore man’s views on road expenditure in New South Wales are under consideration at top level…

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Railway breaches

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1967 · page 3

During the, quarter . ended ; March 31, 1967, 4,711 persons were fined a total of [?]29,359 in Courts of Petty Sessions…

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“Closed by Snow” signs for roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1967 · page 2

The Main Roads Department will erect signs soon near Cooma to show when the Alpine Way is closed by…

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Motorist Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1967 · page 1

A Sydney motorist was admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Sunday afternoon suffering injuries…

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Two car smash in Stornaway Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1967 · page 4

Two cars were involved in an accident in Stornaway Road yesterday at about 6.05 p.m…

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Shire programme on rural roads to cost $82,000

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1967 · page 1

At a special meeting on Monday, Yarrowlumla Shire Council adopted a programme of works on rural roads under the Commonwealth Aid road Grants for 1967-68 estimated to cost $82,000. Plans…

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Load limit threat on shire road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1967 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has told companies carting brick to Queanbeyan that it-may be forced to apply load limits on certain roads unless a .mutual agreement can be reached relative to to contributions towards road maintenance…

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