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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

233 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 12

Rollin Motor Wins Reliabiblity Test Astonishing Petrol Economy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes.—The management of our organisation has all along been sanguine that…

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Rollin Motor Wins Reliability Test. Astonishing Petrol Economy

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:— The Management of our organisation has been all along sanguine that…

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Killed by Tram

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 2

Stepping in front of a steam tram at Sandringham on Saturday night, William Pickering Dodds, aged 46, of Kogarah, was run down and cut to…

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Another Motor Fatality. Auckland, N.Z.

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

As a result of a motor fatality at Horotiu, Bruce Graham, aged 42, and his wife are dead, and their young daughter, who was…

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Motor Notes the Toll of Overloading Effects Not at Once Apparent, But Inevitable

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 4

Many happy-go-lucky drivers are inclined to scoff when one points out to them the very bad effects which will eventually arise from the…

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Motor Party Attacked by Bullocks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 8

Whilst Mr. W. E. Oldfield, of Queanbeyan, accompanied by a party of four ladies and three gentlemen, were returning by car from Goulburn on…

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A Land of Motor Cars

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 5

The motor traffic in America, says a recently returned visitor is tremendous. A Ford car can be purchased at £75. It is said every second…

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Motor Notes Buying Commercial Transport Essential Factors Which Must Be Weighed

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 4

The purchase of a commercial vehicle implies something deeper than the indiscriminate choice of an attractive vehicle…

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Queanbeyan Age Friday, April 10, 1925. Telegraphic News Boy Killed in Motor Smash. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 2

Kelvin Haker, aged 12, was killed and four others injured, when a motor car skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole at Bankstown…

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Motor Notes Some Tips on Bearings

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 4

Bearings which are adjustable are at times liable to become seriously damaged, either because of excessive play developing, or because they are…

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Another Motor Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

A terrible ending to a family's outing occurred at Brighton le Sands yesterday afternoon, when a motor cycle and side car and a motor car…

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Killed by a Train. Rockhampton

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 3

An elderly man named John Gallagher was found on the railway line having been struck, by a train, and he died shortly after being found…

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Motor Notes Tyre Choice and Maintenance. Are Full Balloon Tyres a Success?

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 4

THAT the balloon tyre has come to stay there can be little doubt, but whether or not it is destined to remain in its present form is certainly…

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Another Motor Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

A motor terry returning to Sydney with a football team overturned on the Liverpool road near Chullora on Saturday night. Three men were…

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Railway Fatalities

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

While crossing the railway line near. Parramatta last night Frederick Wilson, a railway guard, was run down by a train and killed…

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Motor Notes Miraculous Escapes in Motoring the Presence of Mind of the Skilled Driver

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 4

There is an old belief that sailors and those who have drunk well, but not too wisely, are taken care of by a special guardian angel. In these…

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Telegraphic News SYDNEY Thursday, 4 p.m. Aeroplane Crash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 2

An aeroplane fatality occurred at the Orange Showground yesterday afternoon. Thomas Lynn, the pilot, and the passenger, H. Brown, a…

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Roads and Streets on New Sub-divisions

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 2

Aldermen spoke very strongly last night at the Council meeting in regard to the manner in which owners of subdivisions had neglected the…

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Another Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Mr. Leo Gavan Duffy, solicitor, son of the late Mr. John Gavan Duffy, solicitor, was killed instantly in a motor accident on Saturday after…

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Motor Driver Killed

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

A shocking motor accident occurred on the Prince Alfred Bridge at Gundagai on Saturday night. A motor car containing four passengers,…

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