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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1973

149 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 8

Staff Changes Delay Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1973 · page 3

Staff changes in the Department of Main Roads office has been given as the reason for delay in obtaining…

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Bad day for road survey

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1973 · page 5

Gunning Shire Council picked a bad day—yesterday—for an inspection and survey of roads within its…

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B’dore road scheme

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 7

Part of Bungendore Road which is located in Gunning Shire has been…

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Motoring Do-it-yourself auto repairs

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 17

Most of the defects which stop a car, or make it hard to start, are fairly easy to deal…

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A.c.t. Economy Move No Money.. No Road.... No Bridge !

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 August 1973 · page 1

Government sources said today that it is unlikely that work on the dual carriageway linking Canberra and Queanbeyan via Fyshwick will begin as planned. It is also forecast that the Federal Government will…

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Dual Road Move

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 August 1973 · page 5

The construction of dual carriageways the Hume Highway between Mittagong and…

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Mining road plan mooted

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 6 August 1973 · page 7

Jododex Australia Pty, Ltd, has applied far a 400 hectare mining tease in the immediate vicinity of its present site at Tarago…

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$400,000 projects Henderson Road Development

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 6 August 1973 · page 8

Balzanelii Development Ply, Ltd. is to spend $400,000 on the erection of two residential Hat units In Henderson Road, Queanbeyan. Building applications for…

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Hume Road View

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1973 · page 5

The suggested rerouting of the Hume Highway through Tumut and Holbrook…

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Movie: Night train to Munich

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1973 · page 9

Carol Reed’s World War 2 drama Night Train to Munich is the ABC-TV Saturday…

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Motor Cover Rises

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 August 1973 · page 20

Premiums for motorists’ comprehensive and third party Government Insurance…

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“Snowdropper” Active in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 13 August 1973 · page 1

Police are seeking the cooperation of anyone seeing persons acting suspiciously adjacent to flats in…

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Railway burglary charges

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 August 1973 · page 1

Two men have been charged by Queanbeyan Police with the theft of four large cartons of cigarettes…

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Bridge gets a name

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 20 August 1973 · page 1

The Commissioner for Main Roads has agreed to the proposed name “Queen’s Bridge” for the new bridge…

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Money for rural road

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 August 1973 · page 3

A sum of $60,000 has been voted by the Gunning Shire Council for further…

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.Regional Direct Road Link to Act

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 August 1973 · page 5

A submission for a direct Tumut Canberra road link will be put to the Whan Symposium…

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.Residents move Details of Road to Coast: Cobargo-tuross

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 August 1973 · page 5

A new locally constructed road from Cobargo could provide a relatively easy and…

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It’s official! Qbn-ACT Road link shelved for at least a year: Budget

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 August 1973 · page 7

The 1973 Budget last night confirmed “Age” reports earlier this year that the dual carriageway to be constructed between Canberra and Queanbeyan has been deferred indefinitely…

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“Priority” road move

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1973 · page 1

The City Council is making inquiries to determine if there is any merit in a suggestion to make…

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Road Systems Major Issue

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1973 · page 1

Road systems serving the Australian Capital Territory will be one of the major issues raised by Yarrowlumla Shire at the South East Region and Canberra Development Symposium on October 13…

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