Main Roads in Queanbeyan Municipality Letter From M.r. Board
At the special meeting of the Municipal Council last Friday night, a letter was received from the Main Roads Board, accompanied by a copy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1926
322 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 17
Bungendore Hill Suggested Deviation Would Improve Scenic Value of Road
Reporting on his recent inspection of Bungendore Hill, and the Rock Cutting there, Mr. Harding, an engineer of the Main Roads Board, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes Too Rich a Mixture
Whilst the motorist who is bent on petrol economy is prone to tinker with his carburettor in such a way that it yields a mixture which is so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell Out of Train Gundagai Man Misses Death by Inches
Mr. W. J. Elliott, of Gundagai, fell out of the Gundagai mail train on Thursday morning, and missed death by Inches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →44 Hours and Railways
A matter which has occasioned the Minister for Railways (Mr. Flannery) considerable concern is the statement that the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road From Goulburn to Canberra
At the last meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council Cr. O'Britn gave notice that he would move for discussion on June 9 a motion to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Railway Smash Brisbane Express Wrecked Four Killed; 50 Injured
Four passengers were killed, 24 seriously injured, and fully 30 more suffered minor injuries, when four coaches of the Brisbane Limited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Smash
With one exception the victims of the Aberdeen railway disaster in hospital are making satisfactory progress. Marks on the line are thought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Railway Disaster
Four persons were killed and 39 were injured in the derailment of the Brisbane express at Aberdeen last Thursday night. Many local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stringy Bark and Burbong Hills Grade Improvements Suggested. Main Roads Board Will Help
The following letter, addressed to the Clerk of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, will be read with interest by travellers on the Goulburn-Cooma…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Motor
Two motor collisions at the intersection of Glenferrie-road and Barker-road, Hawthorn (Vic.) yesterday resulted in one death and injuries to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes Grease Gun Use and Maintenance
The erstwhile grubby job of chassis lubrication has now become agreeably simplified .by various systems of high pressure greasing which are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breaches of Motor Traffic Act
Cordt Myers was charged that on 1st May, in. Crawford Street, being 1 the driver of a motor vehicle he did not before stopping drive close to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sharp Practice? by Main Roads Board
Certainly Ingenious, but reprehensible, if not savouring of sharp practice, is the method adopted by the Main Roads Board in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Manager of the Ford Motor Company on Idealism
Speaking on "Ideals in Business" recently, Mr. H. C. French, general manager in Australia for the Ford Motor Company, gave it as his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Great White" Train
The "Australian-Made" Preference League has received advice from the Premier, Mr. J. T. Lang, intimating that he has agreed to provide a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Laws What Few People Know
Many motorists find themselves in the police court because they are unfamiliar with the regulations governing traffic. Breaches are many,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TRAMS v. BUSES
The State Government has definitely decided to take drastic action against the motor 'buses. Legislation will be introduced into Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Tram Smash
An electric tram car crashed into a stationary tram in Lygon-street, Carlton (Vic.) at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, injuring many of the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Killed on Road Motor Driver Sued for Damages
A case of interest to motorists was heard in the Small Debts Court at Queanbeyan on Monday, before Mr. Adams, P.M., when Henry Tully sued…
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