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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

480 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 24

Goulburn Railway Station

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

A strong deputation waited on the Southern Area Commissioner at Goulburn yesterday to urge, the claim of Goulburn for more adequate railway…

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Five Miles Road Race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 1

Eleven riders of Queanbeyan Amateur Cyclists’ Club participated in a five miles road race last Sunday morning on the Sutton Road, the course being…

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New Railway Log

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 3

In the face of a vigorous protest by the State Cabinet, the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners will approach the Federal Arbitration Court for an…

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Railways and Tariffs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 1

Sir,—Recently statements have been published in Sydney newspapers from Goulburn, Albury and Lithgow. Railway employees are greatly concerned…

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Russia and the Motor-Car

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

Soviet Russia is on the eve of important developments iii the automobile field. At present there are only about 20,000 motor cars in the whole…

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Motor Notes Motor Traffic in England Elevated Roadways Suggested

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

Records in the possession of the Ministry of Transport, England, show an amazing growth in the use of motor vehicles for passenger and goods traffic…

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Motor Fuel from Coal

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 4

Conversion of solid lumpy coal into petrol or similar liquid fuel to run automobiles and airplane engines is a topic that has lent itself to much discussion…

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Motor Accident Victim Left on the Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday night on the Uriarra Road near the Service Station at Eastlake, Clifford Hood, riding a motor cycle, was knocked down by a motor…

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The Tarago Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 1

A CORRESPONDENT in this day's issue only joins the greatarmy of complainants against the shocking state into which the Tarago road has…

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Tarago Road (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 3

Sir,—I am sure that it is unnecessary for we to point out that the road between Braidwood and Tarago is in a shocking state…

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Railways and Tariffs (to the Editor of the "Dispatch")

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 3

Sir,—Recently statements have been published in Sydney newspapers from Goulburn, Albury and Lithgow. Railway employees are greatly…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that work has begun on the construction of a new road from "Pretty Gully" to the N.S.W. border at Delegate River. The…

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Motor Notes Curing Creeping Covers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 4

Car-owners who are advised to fit oversize tyres very frequently experience, trouble after a few punctures have been encountered, in that the tyre…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1929 · page 4

Motorists will rejoice to hear that the Main Roads Board has decided to proceed immediately with the reconstruction of Prince’s Highway within…

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Hectic Motor Ride

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 7

Recovering consciousness after his second accident with a motor lorry, which he was driving from Sydney, a storekeeper named Kirkam, who…

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Railway Retrenchment

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 6

Indications are that Goulburn railwaymen will be seriously affected by the Commissioner's Statewide policy of whosesale retrenchment…

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Hit-and-run Motorist

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 5

Crashing into a motor cyclist on the Canberra-Queanbeyan road the other night, a motorist returned to the scene of the accident, looked at…

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Death Follows Motor Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

The death took place in Canberra Hospital early on Saturday morning of Clifford Hood who sustained serious injuries as the result of a motor…

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Trip Round Australia to Establish Motor Cycle Record

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 4

Basil Nixon of Sandringham, Victoria, mounted on a Dunlop-shod Rudge-Whitworth motor cycle, will set out from Melbourne on June 1st, with…

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Motor Notes Comfort of Larger Tyres List Op Interchangeable Ones

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 May 1929 · page 4

Many Australian motorists with a view to obtaining greater comfort and longer tyre wear, fit larger sized tyres than the original equipment, when…

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