Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

119 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

Motorist Cleared on D.u.i. Charge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1967 · page 3

In Queabeyan Court of Petty Sessions last week, Mr. D. G. Hughes, SM, dismissed a change of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor against Lyle Raymond…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Shire Seeks Progress on Bridge Plans

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1967 · page 2

Yarrowlumla shire has asked the Department of Main Roads for details of progress in connection with…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

New Streetlights in Tharwa Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1967 · page 1

Eight street lights have been installed in Tharwa Road, on the outskirts of the residential area, by the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Obey rules to cut road toll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1967 · page 3

The only possible reason for accidents involving pedestrians were that drivers and pedestrians were not…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Legal Advice Shire Can Close Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1967 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will give companies engaged in the haulage of brick shale from the Hoskinstown area over the Sharrow-Briars Road another opportunity to…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

$7,000 grant for main road sealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1967 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads has made another $7,000 available for the bitumen surfacing. of the main…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Ex-parte charges Motorists Fined $242

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1967 · page 9

Eleven motorists were fined a total of $242 and ordered to pay $24 court costs when they failed to…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Found Drunk at Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1967 · page 9

John Ferguson, of no fixed place of abode, was fined $4 in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions for being…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Highway link Bridge Plans Ready Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1967 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads has advised Yarrowlumla Shire Council that the design of a new bridge over Amungula Creek on the Sutton Road is at an advanced stage…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Commonsense and Your Motor Mower

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 September 1967 · page 2

Wit spring already peering over our shoulders it won’t be long before the weekend battle is on again between fast growing lawns and your metal “lawn tamer”…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

“Nasty” crossing on Smiths Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1967 · page 6

Yarrowlumla Shire Council is considering putting a crossing over Reedy Creek oh Smith’s Road, south of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Floodwaters closed the Sutton Road by-pass

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1967 · page 1

THE rising waters of the looded Molonglo River have closed the bypass on the Sutton Road and also…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Cyclist Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1967 · page 1

A 20-year-old Queanbeyan motor cyclist was admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Sunday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Show to Open

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1967 · page 6

The Canberra Motor Show —a joint undertaking of the Canberra YMCA and Apex Club — will start on Friday…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Henderson Road not in priorities

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1967 · page 4

The Municipal Council has advised that Henderson Road has not yet reached the top section of the priority list…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rural Road Grants Will Be Maintained

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1967 · page 12

An assurance that the Australian Government would continue to require the States to allot to rural side roads 40 per cent of their annual Commonwealth road grants, has been…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Motor cyclist knocked unconscious

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1967 · page 2

A 19-year-old Queanbeyan motor cyclist was admitted to hospital for observation following a spill from his…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1967 · page 3

If you think seat belts are uncomfortable—try a stretcher sometime…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Bush fire near London Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1967 · page 1

A bushfire has been burning on a wide front all day today south of Queanbeyan, between London Bridge and Urila…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

ACT motorists in accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1967 · page 6

Two ACT motorists were the drivers involved in an accident at the intersection of Uriarra and Crest Roads…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →