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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

301 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 16

New Motor for Dodge Brothers’ Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 7

Dodge Brothers new motor represents the most important improvement to the company’s four cylinder line of cars since their…

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Motor Notes Filling the Battery

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 5

Owing to its inaccessible position and the small size of the filling holes, it is frequently a matter of some difficulty to fill the battery with distilled…

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New Motor for Dodge Brothers Cars

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 5

Dodge Brothers new motor represents the most important improvement to the company's four-cylinder line of care since their inception in…

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Great Motoring Record Sydney—wellington in 4hrs. 34min. Average Speed, 49.9 m.p.h

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 2

The wonderful record which an Overland Whippet created on Thursday, 15th September, by averaging 49.9 m.p.h. from Sydney to Wellington, a…

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Great Motoring Record. Sydney-Wellington in 4 hrs. 34 mins. Average Speed 49.9 m.p.h

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

The wonderful record which an Overland Whippet created on Thursday, 15th September, by averaging 49.9 m.p.h. from Sydney to…

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Motor Notes Reading the Ammeter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 4

One of the most important instruments on the facia board of a car is the ammeter, but it is to be feared that the movement of the needle…

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Telegraphic News Sydney Monday, 4 p.m. Our Railways

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners' annual report shows that the total loss on non-paying lines throughout the State during the past 12 months was…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 3

The report of the Shire engineer, Mr. Arthur Gracie, was read at the Council meeting on Tuesday as follows:—…

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Transcontinental Record Smashed Efficiency of Modern Motor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 4

Never, since the advent of motor transportation, have motor car manufacturers paid such careful attention to the constant improvement and…

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Motor Notes How to Time a Magneto

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 4

Sometimes the country motorist finds it necessary to detach the magneto from his car in order to send it to an electrical expert for overhauling…

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Cycle Road Racing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 6

The Bendigo-Melbourne cycle race was revived on 24th Sept.—after a lapse of four years—by the Vivtorian Cycle Traders’ Association, and was…

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Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 8

Last night about 11 p.m. while going home from Queanbeyan Mr. Jack Mayo of Majura was driving a Fiat car when he came into collision…

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Motor and Cycling Notes. Sight-Seeing Motor Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 6

Messrs. Withers Bros., of Melbourne Pioneer Motor Tours Promoters, have just returned from a unique sightseeing motor tour of nearly 6000 miles…

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Police Court Tuesday (Before Mr. Forrest, P.M.). Motor Act

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 1

Robert Russell pleaded guilty to a charge under the Motor Traffic Act of having failed to return a registration and number-plate within the…

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British Motoring Grand Prix

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 4

The prospects of the British Grand Prix to be run at Brooklands this month have been altered entirely by the fact that a duel between the best…

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New Motor Car Records

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 4

Some wonderful new motor car records were established at Montlhery, France, on 7th Sept., by a Voisin car which was driven successively by…

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Motor Notes Springs, Shock Absorbers and Riding Comfort

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 4

Remarkable strides have been made during the past ten years towards the scientific perfection of car suspension springs, so as to ensure…

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Man in Motor Car Shot Dead SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 October 1927 · page 1

Ronald Lachlan Leslie, aged 37, was found dead in his car between Penrith and Blaxland last night with three bullet wounds in his chest…

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Cricket Railway Institute Retains Royalla Cup

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 October 1927 · page 1

On Sunday last, 9th instant, Royalla journeyed to Railway’s wicket to recover, if possible, the well-known “Royalla Cup” which Railway held…

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Motor and Cycling Notes Record Cycling Ride

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 October 1927 · page 4

One of the finest performances in the history of cycling in Australia— or in fact, in any part of the world— was successfully accomplished last…

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