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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Motor Notes Car Design Developments Increase Riding Comfort

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

In recent years some of the greatest developments in our design have had for their object the increase of riding comfort. A case in point is the…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that Australian [?]otor imports statistics for December, 1928, show that only 7 per cent. were British vehicles, whilst 68 per cent…

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Little Girl’s Leg Broken Collision Between Cycle and Motor Lorry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

Yesterday morning, while going to school, Gwen Samuel, aged 11 years, was riding on the footpath coming down the Station Hill, came into…

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International Motor Show

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 3

The fifth International Motor Show which opened last Thursday at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, is a credit to Australia, and is incomparably…

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Motor Notes Is Speed Worth While?

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 3

This is a question usually asked by the majority of people after any outstanding motoring event such as the world’s speed record of 231 m.p.h…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

The monthly report of Mr. Boult, Shire engineer, read at Saturday's meeting of the Council, was as follows:—…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

About 30 Goulburn unemployed have been absorbed in relief work, made possible by the loan of £3000 obtained recently by the Goulburn…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M A. says that satisfactory progress is being made with the work on the Rockton Road, near Bombala, four miles of gravelling and widen[?]ng…

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Special Road Grant

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 1

A letter from the Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Board, read at the meeting of the Mulwarree Shire Council last week, stated that…

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The Great Southern Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 4

“While the Minister for Local Government, in a speech in Goulburn, has attempted to discredit as ‘wild’ my recent references to the condition of…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

During the weekend 11 persons met violent deaths in Sydney and its vicinity, while 16 others were so seriously injured that they had to be taken…

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Railway Log

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

The State Government has instructed the Railway Commissioners to withhold the service of the new log upon railway servants. The policy of…

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New Railway Log Government Intervenes

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 6

The action taken by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, in conjunction with Commissioners of other States, to secure a new award…

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Motor Notes Easy Method for Drawing Petrol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 4

The following is a very satisfactory method of drawing petrol from a passing car which may not be equipped with convenient drain cocks for…

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Motor Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 4

In view of the increasing vogue of the type of car known as the “Sports Model,” some particulars on its evolution may be of interest to those who…

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Motor Lorry Competition with Railways

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

The railway employees at Albury and Wodonga held a mass meeting on Tuesday night and decided to combat the competition of motor lorries…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. says that satisfactory progress is being made upon the work on the Rockton road, near Bombs bade, four miles of gravelling and…

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Railway Management

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

The deputation from the Australian Railways Union which laid proposals before the Minister for Railways yesterday on the subject of…

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Back to Simplicity Trend of Motor Design an Interesting Study

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

Progression of motoring design, as seen in Australia, has provided an interesting study. First came the old rattling cars, which appear, in…

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Motor Notes Wasted Revolutions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

Although it is not literally correct, perhaps not even approximately right, to say so, it is not at all a bad plan to consider that each part of an engine…

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