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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

134 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

A Trip to the Dorrigo. Wonderful Record Op Motor Truck

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 4

What we suppose constitutes a long-distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects has just been successfully accomplished…

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Latest Cable News. Prime Minister's Motor Car

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 2

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald has explained why shares in a biscuit firm were registered in his name. An old friend, Sir Alexander Grant, donated…

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Motor Car Raid

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 2

Seven arrests were made during the week in connection with thefts of motor cars. In connection with the Parramatta…

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A Trip to the Dorrigo. Wonderful Record of a Motor Truck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 3

What we suppose constitutes a long-distance record of the removal of a load of furniture and effects has just been successfully accomplished…

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Railway Commission

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1924 · page 2

By the end of this month or early in October the report of the Royal Commission on the New South Wales railways will be presented to the…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 7

The engineer's monthly report, presented at yesterday's meeting, stated:—"Lupton's gang finished repairing the Tarago road as far as the 4½…

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Shire Man Roads Grant

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 2

The Shire Council is in a quandary in regard to the special grant for the Tarago road. It has advertised for tenders for the work, but with the…

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Late Tramway Smash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 2

The inquest on the victims of the tram smash at McMahon's Point was concluded yesterday. After hearing the evidence the coroner returned a…

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Murder by Motor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1924 · page 2

A Toronto (Canada) message states:—Frank Barnhard drank so much liquor that his wife decided on a…

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Train Derailed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

The Melbourne limited express from Sydney to Alburn was derailed at 2 o'clock this morning near Yass. The tender and three carriages left…

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Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

Somersaulting in the air as it fell, a motor car containing a man and his three children dropped over a gully outside St. Albans on Saturday…

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Warning to Motorists

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 October 1924 · page 2

In this issue the Inspector-General of Police issues a warning to motorists in regard to the carrying of an off-side lamp and a front number…

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Gifts for the Bridge-to-be

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 4

Some lucky bride-to-be will be entitled as a Christmas present, to go to Mark Foys, Sydney, and select £100 worth of linen, cutlery, china…

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The Railway Commission

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 2

The Government has not yet had an opportunity of discussing fully the findings of the Royal Commission on the railways. However, a section…

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Sensational Motor Smash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 7

When a motor car crashed into a bridge at the oo[?] of the Jemalong, Mountain on Saturday night it turned over five times. The driver was…

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Dealing With Motor Thieves

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 October 1924 · page 2

The habit of taking and using bicycles, motor cycles, and motor cars is a prevalent one and till recently there has been no penalty…

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Died in the Train

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

On the arrival of the mail train from Cooma on Friday night last it was found that one of the passengers thereby was dead. Those in the…

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Our Railway Management

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 1

From present appearances it does not seem probable that the recommendations of the English experts who have reported upon our railway…

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Motor Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 2

The sad intelligence of a fatal motor car accident reached town yesterday evening. Mrs. E. Oldfleld was learning to drive a car on the road…

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Uriarra Road to be Proclaimed a Main Road

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 2

The following letter from the Department of Local Government, read at last meeting of the Muncipal Council, was received with great…

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