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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

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

Seven Motorist Fined $160

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 October 1967 · page 7

Seven motorists were fined a total of $160 with $16 costs at the last sitting of the Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on eight, traffic charges…

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Motorist Drove in a Zig-zag Manner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1967 · page 5

A Queanbeyan motorist who drove in a zig-zag manner and caused the vehicle to “fish tail” at two corners, blamed his friend’s automatic car…

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Land Use in Donald Road Queried

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1967 · page 3

Inquiries are proceeding by officers of the Municipal Council into the parking of stock transports and the conduct of second hand machinery sales on land adjacent to…

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Road Safety Starts with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1967 · page 7

The old jingle: “What you don’t see won’t hurt you,” never applies to driving a car. Keeping power under…

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Boy Scouts’ Road Safety project

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1967 · page 7

Queanbeyan Boy Scouts, in conjunction with Scouts from all over Australia, participated in the National…

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Road safety . . . Signs of Life

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1967 · page 7

Mr, W. Green president of the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council said today that very few people realised there are different types of road .signs used in New…

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Gilmore Road contract let for $19,694

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 October 1967 · page 1

The Municipal Council has accepted a tender in the sum of $19,694 for the reconstruction of Gilmore…

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Lowrey’s claim Guts in Road Programmes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 November 1967 · page 7

Country roads programmes had suffered disastrous cuts in the first two years of Liberal-Country Party Government in New South Wales, Aid. David Lowrey…

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Jerangle Road Planning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1967 · page 1

It is expected that Yarrowlumla Shire Council will be able to commence further reconstruction…

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Shire’s $85,670 grant towards work on rural roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1967 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received an allocation of $85,670 under the 1967-68 Commonwealth Aid Road Grant programme. This was announced in Sydney this week by Mr. Steve Mauger,…

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Grant of $14,400 for roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1967 · page 1

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has received a grant of $14,400 under the 1967-68. Commonwealth…

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Shire refuses finance for private road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1967 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has told Mr. J. A. Rochford, of Hall, that it has no responsibility in…

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Motor cyclist injured in fall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1967 · page 1

A 20-year-old Canberra motor cyclist, Neil Hodgson, of Mulwala House, was conveyed to the…

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Road on sealing priority

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1967 · page 1

Henderson Road and CoIIett Place between the Oaks Estate turn-off and the District Hospital,…

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Road Safety behind main street proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1967 · page 1

A letter is to be sent to the Municipal Council congratulating them on their foresight in the anticipated construction of a medium strip in Monaro Street. This was the outcome of…

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Appeal for care on the road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1967 · page 8

Motorists were asked today to give children a chance to enjoy their holidays…

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Thrown from motor bike

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1967 · page 1

Barry Robert McInnes, of Munro Road, Queanbeyan, suffered a broken right arm and lacerations…

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Motorist’s claim Penalised by police officers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1967 · page 8

William Martin, of Mulloon Street, Queanbeyan, who pleaded not guilty to two traffic offences in the Queanbeyan Court of Petty sessions, claimed some…

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Railway disruption threatened — Says David Lowrey

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 December 1967 · page 7

“A severe disruption of New South Wales railway services is threatened by an increase in locomotive breakdowns,” the Labor candidate for Monaro,…

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