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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1968

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

Owners neglectful Road transport of livestock

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1968 · page 6

Stockowners in drought declared areas are neglecting to provide full information when requesting approval by telegram for permission to move stock to…

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Shire plans to proceed with road closure

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council will go ahead with its proposal to impose a load limit on the Sharrow-Briars Road if satisfactory arrangements are not made with the firms carting brick shale over the road within 28 days…

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$1,000 grant for Fergus Road sealing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1968 · page 1

The State Government has granted $1,000 to Queanbeyan Municipal Council to seal Fergus…

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Vandalism at Railway Goods Yard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1968 · page 2

Boys aged about 10 or 12 years are believed to have been responsible for vandalism at the…

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Movie projector for Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 2

Queanbeyan branch of the Road, Safely Council has acquired a movie projector, which which will be used…

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Everyone Affected by Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 11

The need to make people realise that road safety affected everyone was one of the greatest…

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Motorist Shocked

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 1

One of the drivers involved in a two vehicle accident in Uriarra Road, near the Richard Avenue…

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Police on roads this weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 1

As much traffic supervision as possible will be exercised by police in the Queanbeyan district this…

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Intermediates train on Park

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1968 · page 6

Turner-Queanbeyan under 17 (Intermediates) Aussie Rules side is busy preparing for the coming…

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Council nears solution to road damage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 April 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council believes it is near to a solution of the problem of additional maintenance costs on roads under its control due to deterioration caused by heavy truck traffic…

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Fines fo5r railway breaches

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1968 · page 6

During the quarter ended March 31, 1968, 1,642 people were fined a total of $219,443 in courts…

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$36,000 transferred to Bungendore Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1968 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has allocated another large amount from the Commonwealth Aid Programme towards reconstruction of the Bungendore-Captain’s Flat Road. At its last meeting the…

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Railways Commissioner here

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1968 · page 1

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. N. McCusker, will be in Queanbeyan on Monday as part…

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Youth Dies in W.a. Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 April 1968 · page 1

A 19-year-old Queanbeyan youth, John Michael Erland, was killed in a road accident in…

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Railway siding proposed for industrial area

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 April 1968 · page 1

The provision of a railway siding to serve the East Queanbeyan industrial area was discussed with the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. N, McCusker,…

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Construction of new access road sought

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1968 · page 1

The Municipal Council has asked the National Capital Development Commission to go ahead with the reconstruction of Canberra Avenue to the point on the railway where it will link up with the proposed new access into Queanbeyan…

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Road Safety Projector in Keen Demand

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1968 · page 1

A projector recently purchased by the Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council of NSW,…

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Moves to expeite new road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 3

The Municipal Council, besides asking the National Capital Development Commission to…

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Wanna Road Bridge in Poor Repair

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1968 · page 3

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council has approached landholders in the area to determine what type…

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Last Days of the Steam Train

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1968 · page 1

The days of steam-hauled suburban passenger services to and from Sydney Terminal Station (Central) have ended. The opening of electrified…

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