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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1969

123 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7

Request for bridge count

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1969 · page 1

The Chamber of Commerce has asked the Department of Main Roads to make an immediate…

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Road Safety Officer Here to Lecture

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1969 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Carter is visiting Queanbeyan, this week to lecture to local school children youth…

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Motor cycle catches fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1969 · page 1

Queanbeyan Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a motorcycle which caught fire…

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Jerangle Road sealing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 3

The reconstruction and bitumen sealing of the Captain’s Flat-Jerangle Road will be completed…

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Road Safety Start with You Road Safety Hint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Pump your brakes gently when stopping on slinpery roads to avoid locked wheel skids Press…

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Shire drive to clear roads of rubbish

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 11

Yarrewlumla shire Council is making a drive to clean up rubbish indiscriminately dumped on…

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New road plan for Sutton

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 6

Yarrowlumla shire Council has submitted a [?] plan to the Department of Main Roads…

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Letters to the Editor Queanbeyan River bridge fiasco

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Sir,—Queanbeyan Chamber of Commerce deserves utmost censure for its recent inconsistency in regard to its stand on the question of median strips in the…

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$47,429 approved for Burra Road construction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 2

The Department of Main Roads has approved of- an estimate of $47,429 submitted by Yarrowlumla Shire Council for the reconstruction-and bitumen surfacing of the Burra Road 5.29 miles to 7 miles from Queanbeyan…

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Appeal to motorists Watch, give way to the blind

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Blind people face many problems and restricted mobility is one of them. Negotiating doorways and obstructions or picking up dropped…

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New Train for Skiers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1969 · page 6

A new weekend train service the Kosciusko Snow Express from Sydney to Cooma began on…

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Road to Serve New Industrial Area

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1969 · page 1

The Municipal Council is well advanced with the construction of Bayldon Road, which will provide access to allotments in its West Queanbeyan industrial area and the proposed brewery Kerbing and guttering and…

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Tumut Road Deputation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1969 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton, this morning met a deputation from Yarrowlumla, and Tumut…

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Sutton Road closed to through traffic

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1969 · page 1

The Sutton Road, between Queanbeyan and the Federal Highway, is closed to through traffic due to boggy conditions where reconstruction is taking place at Amungula. Signs have been erected…

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Gilmore Road facto to cost $42,000

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 1

The, Municipal Council has approved of the construction of a concrete block factory by J. Sirola in Gilmore Road Queanbeyan estimated to cost $42,000. It was one of 14…

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Shire wants load limits introduced on A.C.T. roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1969 · page 1

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has asked the Minister for the interior to give consideration to the introduction of weight limits on heavy loads carried by road transport within the ACT…

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Burra-Michelago to get five-day week road mail service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1969 · page 1

The frequency of the Queanbeyan Michelago roadside mail service is to be increased from three to five times weekly from next Tuesday, July 1…

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New bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 July 1969 · page 1

A new bridge over the Queanbeyan River has been included among proposed major…

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New bridge to eliminate highway hazard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 July 1969 · page 5

Work is well under way on the construction of this new bridge over Michelago Creek…

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Department Recognises Bridge Need

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1969 · page 2

The Department of Main Roads recognises the desirability of a new bridge being constructed…

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