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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

233 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 12

Motor Notes Seeing the Winter Highway

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

In these times of short days and dark wintry nights it becomes doubly essential that the motorist should look to the lighting equipment of…

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Motor Merger Details of Dodge Deal. Bankers Buy at £30,000,000

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 2

Cable messages to "The Sun" have recorded the sale of the business and interests of Dodge Brothers, Inc., to a banking syndicate, headed by Dillon,…

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The Radio Motorist Hints on a Common Sense Portable Set

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 4

While, there are many of us quite content to leave the radio set at home when we sally forth in the car, there are some radio "fans" who…

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Gundaroo. Flood Damaged Roads

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

Heavy rain fell here from Saturday until Sunday night and the river overflowed again and did a lot of damage to fences etc., but was not so high as…

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Motor Garages Use of Number Plates

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

A case of interest to owners of motor garages occupied the attention of the police magistrate at Wagga, when the police charged the owner…

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Motor Merger Details of Dodge Deal. Bankers Buy at £30,000,000

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

Cable messages to " The Sun" have recorded the sale of the business and interests of Dodge Brothers, Inc., to a banking syndicate, headed by Dillon,…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 3

When Alfred A. Bain (22) failed to start its motor car in its garage at Wollongong on Monday lie thought the battery was at fault…

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Tram Driver Killed

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 2

Sydney Stone, a tram driver, of Carey Street, Randwick, was run over by a lorry and killed near Dowling Street depot this…

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Motor Lorries and Roads Loads Too Heavy Warning by Shire Council

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 6

Speaking at last Thursday's meeting in regard to the complaints made concerning the cutting up of the roads in the Shire since the floods…

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Moss Vale—port Kembla Railway

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Sir George Fuller, replying to Premier Lang, states that Hoskins Ltd. gave a written undertaking to erect steel…

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Motor Notes Accumulator Intricacies Simplified

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

In spite of the fact that the storage battery is often a defaulting member the motorist should approach it in a spirit…

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Main Road From Queanbeyan to Canberra. Proposal to Spend £5000

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

There seems every likelihood that the Main Roads everywhere will be put in trafficable and decent order as fast as possible by the Main Roads…

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Another Grant for Main Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

The Main Roads Board has made the Tallaganda Shire Council another grant of £5000 to assist in repairing the flood damage to the main roads…

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Railwaymen Ask for Increased Pay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

The railway and tramway employees have applied for an increase in pay for extra traffic during the fleet visit. The Railway Commissioners…

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Motor Notes the Fight Between Weight and Road Surface

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

Experts have lately expressed the view that perfection has almost been reached in the matter of discovering durable compounds with which to…

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Assessing Motor Transport Costs. Questions Which Must Be Asked By the Business Man

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

Those of us who buy motor vehicles solely for our own pleasure and convenience do not ponder with mathematical precision the costs and…

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At the Crossing of the Roads

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

Many of us have realised that feeling of confusion and uncertainty when we come to the cross roads while travelling country unknown to…

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Tramway Strike Threatened

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

A tramway strike during the visit of the fleet is threatened in Melbourne…

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Gravel Roads America's Experience

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 1

It is now generally considered that the great road problem of Australia is the effective maintenance of macadam and gravel roads. There are…

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CORRESPONDENCE [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents]. Our Roads. (To the Editor)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

Sir,—The roads in Michelago end of Yarrowlumla Shire are in a very bad state. Will the Works Overseen get a move on and see that something…

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