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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Railway Fares and Freights

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 5

It is true that the Government declared that it would be its policy to reduce railway fares and freights, and that, although certain small…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 4

Bellingen Shire Council, responding to a public petition, has decided to provide a road from the newly erected traffic bridge over the…

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Motor Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 4

It is forty years ago since John Boyd Dunlop applied for the patent for the first pneumatic tyre. He had just retired from his veterinary…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that the Main Roads Board has approved of the reconditioning of the Mittagong-Bowral road. Work has been started…

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Telegraphic News English Train Smash London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 1

The Manchester express crashed into the buffer-stop at Euston Station and two carriages were partly telescoped. Thirty people were…

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Moruya Road (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 1

Sir,—In your issue of the 14th inst. Mr. J. Collins, of Araluen, refers to the statement appearing over my name in the "Review" of 7th inst.,…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 7

Bellingen Shire Council, responding to a public petition, has decided to provide a road from the newly-erected traffic bridge over the Bellinger…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 2

One roan was killed and two others were injured late on Saturday night when a motor cycle and sidecar crashed into a telephone pole in…

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Lady’s Impressions of Overland Motoring

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Parker, the wife of a well known Sydney business man, who has arrived in Melbourne by car iron Perth, was most agreeably…

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Developmental Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 4

At the Country Party Conference the following resolution was carried: “That this Conference requests that an additional amount of £500,000 be…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 3

The Main Roads Board has commenced the re-construction of the Minnamurra to Kiama section of the Princes’s Highway, reports the…

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Developmental Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 2

At the Country Party conference the following resolution was carried: "That this conference requests an additional amount of £500,000 be…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that the Main Roads Board has approved Dumaresq Shire's supplementary programme of main road maintenance works for the…

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Motor Notes Sticking Tyres

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 4

Sticking tyres are caused by rusted rims To remove the Cause paint the rims with flake graphite mixed to a creamy paste with petrol. the…

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Popularity of the Motor Vehicle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

The motor velilcle is barely thirty years old and yet the world has moved with startling rapidity in the matter of motor traction as the…

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Have You a Pet Motoring Aversion? Drivers, 'The World Over, Are Superstitious Some Instances

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

Probably every motorist knows some other motorist with a peculiar fad when he is on the road. There are some you must have met one…

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Moruya Road (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Re letter in Tuesday's "Review" in reference to the Moruya Araluen road, being a constant traveller on horseback. for the last 40…

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Motor Lorry Overturns Young Man Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

James Jordan, aged 22, of Dapto, was killed, and Harry Field and another man injured in a motor smash on Prince’s…

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To Motorists and Radioists

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 1

Messrs. Moore Bros. Ltd. wish to notify the general motoring public and radio enthusiasts that they have secured the services of Mr. R. Tate,…

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Melbourne-Canberra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 1

The route of the Federal Capital road from Melbourne to Canberra was recently under discussion at the Tambo (Vic.) Shire Council. A letter…

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