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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

322 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 17

Queanbeyan-Canberra Railway Service

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 3

The Railway Department advises that, on the Queanbeyan-Canberra line the following time-table has been brought…

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Motor Notes Prudent Purchasing

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 4

To buy wisely is half the battle, and the man or woman who is in the happy position o of having finances enough to…

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Catching the Unwary Train Traveller

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

It transpires that a large number of railway passengers travelling from Queanbeyan (and from other towns also, no doubt) were badly tricked…

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Queanbeyan Age Friday, April 9, 1926. Motor Cyclist in Trouble

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

At the Queanbeyan Police Court this morning, before Messrs. C. G. Carr-Boyd and G. O'Hanlon, Js.P., Edwin Charles Nancarrow was called…

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Big Aeroplane Flight

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 7

Leaving London about April 20, Captain Cokham, a British civil air pilot, is to attempt a flight to Australia and buck to London. It is…

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Telegraph News Sydney Monday. 4 p.m. Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 7

A tragedy overtook a family at Homebush yesterday morning. A motor car in which they had set out for a day's pleasure trip capsized. Jack…

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Tram Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 7

Owing, it is stated, to its brakes failing, a tram crashed into a stationary car in George-street West on Saturday. A number of passengers,…

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Easter Railway Traffic

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 4

There was a big increase in the passenger traffic from Queanbeyan during Easter week, compared with last year. The figures are:—…

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Motor Notes Electrical Routine for the Car Owner

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

A great number of amateurs seem to think that the "be all," and "end all" of their duties towards the electrical system of their cars…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

The Engineer, Mr. Thompson, submitted the following report to yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council:—"Contracts.—All the contractors…

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Car Over Bridge Five Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 1

Travelling at a high speed, a car driven by Mr. Arthur Thorne. who had with him as passengers Mr. Stanley Corby, Mr. Arthur McPhee, Mrs…

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Road Rolling Plant to Be Purchased

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

The meeting of the Municipal Council last night proved a very important one, inasmuch, after due consideration, that the aldermen…

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Our Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 6

The decision of the Shire Council to purchase a road grader at a cost of £100 is one that cannot be cavilled at. Indeed, the only possible ground…

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Motor Cars Collide

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

On Sunday last about 6 p.m. an accident happened to Mr. and Mrs. E. Hopkins, who with their two children, a nephew, and another…

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Motor Car Burnt

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

Last Wednesday two men were driving in a motor car in the vicinity of Kurrajong Hill, Federal Territory, when they noticed smoke issuing…

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Motor Notes What Is Your Car Worth ?

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 4

One of the points on which the buyer and seller find it hardest to reach agreement concerns the price to be paid for the used car which is…

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March of the Motor Car a Comparison of Figures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 2

At the close of 1925, according to the Perth "Sunday Times," Australia had motor cars, motor cycles, motor trucks and other vehicles totalling…

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Main Roads Board

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 1

MR. LANG is suspected, rightly or wrongly, of having designs on the Main Roads Hoard, and that he contemplates its abolition at an early…

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Good Roads in America

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 6

A young native of Wagga is now a resident of Benoit, a small city about 80 miles from Chicago, U.S.A. In the course of a letter to his parents…

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Motor Notes Hints and Tips for Owner Drivers to Find Firing Order of Engine

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 4

Many of the present-day cars come with the firing order stamped on the engine block. Here is a method of finding this out when it is not shown…

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