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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

233 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 12

Motor Notes Breaking in the New Car a Little Care and Thought Make a Wealth of Difference

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

Any number of mechanical precepts are hurled at the head of the motorist, with the result that, awed or disgusted by…

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Main Road Vote £500 for Tarago and Araluen Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

At last Monday's meeting of the Braidwood Municipal Council a letter was received from the Main Roads Board stating that it had approved of…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

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

The acting-engineer, Mr. P. B. Taylor, reported at yesterday's meeting as follows:— "As instructed at the last meeting…

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Motor Notes Cars at the Sydney Show Interesting Indications of Motoring in 1925

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 4

Whilst many thousands of motorists from all parts of Australia will have Viewed the motor exhibits at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney,…

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New Numbers for Motor Cars

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

In future the man with a new number on his motor car will not be able to put one over on his brother owner whose number rune into five figures…

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Railway Fatalities

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

Jumping from a moving tram yesterday on to the opposite line, Reginald Wilson Bullivant, aged 11, a newsboy, of Nelson-street, Annandale,…

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Railway Freights

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 1

Mr. W. W. Hedges told a story during his address at Braidwood on Saturday night which served to forcibly illustrate our fool system of…

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Gravel for Roads Important Case

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 3

In the Goulburn District Court last week, before his Honor Judge Bevan, Donald MacDonald, grazier, of Goulburn, sued the Mulwarree Shire…

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Main Roads Board Shires Association Watchful

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

The Shires Association of N.S.W. thinks a lot of the new Main Roads Act, and of the personnel of the Board administering it, but it is not…

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Motorists Complain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

A complaint has been received from Parkes relative to the delay in getting renewals of licenses for motor cars, owing to applications being sent…

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Two Railway Policies. MR. McKELL and the Farmers "Heavy Burdens."

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. J. McKell, M.L.A. has been telling Namoi electors that the National Party does not keep its promises. Sir George Fuller promised at…

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Suspension Bridge Ruined

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

The Suspension Bridge spanning the river at the foot of Isabella St. was ruined. It is only a few months ago that the final work for…

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Record Flood. Braidwood Isolated Bridges Swept Away. Roads Torn Up in all Directions Residents Have Exciting Experiences

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

Never in the history of this district has such a succession of floods occurred as within the last fortnight. We have had no less than three of…

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The Last of Taemas Bridge

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 3

Mr. P. Newman was at Bloomfield when Taemas Bridge disappeared. A line of trees, logs, haystacks. houses, and general debris, blocked…

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The Problem of Weighing Motor Lorries

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 4

All the products of the State as well as our imports are weighed at some period over weighbridges; therefore…

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Motor Notes Double Clutching. Its Intricacies Explained

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

Not a few motor writers emphasise to the amateur that the only really, scientific way of attaining silent gear changing…

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Warri Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

Some 15 or 16 men have been en-, gaged at the Warri bridge, and yesterday a temporary crossing was made from the bridge to the old…

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Moruya-araluen Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

A Moruya message states that the shire engineer (Mr. Dawson) has reported that it will be impossible for vehicles to travel over the road from…

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Shire Roads Acting-engineer's Report Flood Damage Estimated at Over £12,000

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

The acting-engineer (Mr. P. B. Taylor) reported at yeBterday's meeting of the Shire Council as follows:— The recent floods have caused…

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The Railways

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 7

If a Labor Government comes into power it is pledged to a 44-hour week. This fact is seriously perturbing…

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