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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1969

123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 7

Road work near Qbn. for $2m

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 6

Work on a doublewidth road in each direction between the junction of the Hume and…

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Army Bridge to Island Bells

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 5

A team of Army engineers will construct a floating bridge this month that will link the…

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Horse Hit by Van in Yass Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 2

Moderate damage was caused to the front of a panel van and a horse was injured when they…

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Letters to the Editor Disastrous new road proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 6

Sir. — It does not require much thought to realise that the proposal to reconstruct the Queanbeyan River bridge on its present alignment and to route…

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Garbage depot road transfer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 7

The Municipal [?] has [?] with [?] and [?] Pty. Ltd…

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New Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1969 · page 1

[?] is under way by Yarrowlumla Shire on the [?] of a new bridge over [?]…

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Programme of $41,500 on shire rural roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1969 · page 4

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has adopted a programme of maintenance, repairs and gravelling on rural roads in the current year providing for a total expenditure of $41,500. This is in accord with…

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Letters to the Editor Mighty force of destruction on district roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1969 · page 4

Sir, — To support the efforts of the Deering O’Neils as reported (“Yass Tribune” 20-1-69) for alleviation of the terrible road conditions on the Gunning,…

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Cow killed on ‘Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

A cow was billed when it walked Into the path of a truck on the Captain’s Flat Road at about…

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Motor cyclist slightly injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

David William Morton, of 12 McQuoid Street suffered : a slight Iacertion to the right elbow…

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‘Flat Road Re-seal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 13

Yarrowlumla Shire Council hopes to carry out further rescuing work on the Captain’s…

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Railways Recruiting Carriage Coming

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 3

The New South Wales Railway has advised that its mobile staff recruiting carriage will be…

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WRAN dies in road smash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1969 · page 1

An 18-year-old member of the WRANS stationed at HMAS Harman was killed this morning when…

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Roads closed to heavy traffic

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has closed the Bungendore Gundaroo Road between Bungendore and the Federal Highway and the Mac’s Reef Road to traffic weighing over two tons. This was the outcome of…

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Review of road ramp policy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1969 · page 4

There was lengthy discussion at last meeting of Yarrowlumla, Shire on road ramps and their…

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Motorist Admitted to Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1969 · page 1

A Canberra motorist was admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital early this…

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Potential Killer Magistrate Tells Young Motorist

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1969 · page 5

In Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions, Mr. D.G. Hughes, SM, told a youth who appeared before him on charges of driving under the influence of…

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Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 2

In the absence of the Road Safety Council president Mr. W. Green, the senior vice-president, Mr…

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Bridge centre line required

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 3

Concern was expressed at Friday night’s monthly meeting of the Road Safety Council regarding…

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Shire presses for $95,274 road project

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council hopes to gain approval to reconstruct and bitumen seal the Burra Road to the Burra Church before the end of this year. Total estimated cost of the…

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