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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

480 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 24

The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that Illabo Shire Council has decided to take action against straying stock, which is a menace on the roads…

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Fatal Motor Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

Arthur Ernest Taylor, 56, stationmaster, was killed, and his wife, Henriette Taylor, 54, and William Taylor, 67, were injured when a motor ear…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. announces that th[?] Main Roads Board and Mulwaree Shire have agreed upon the expenditure of [?] upon maintenance works on main…

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Accident to Post Boy Knocked Down by Motor Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

A motor car collided with a post-boy (Norman Birrell) who was clearing the letter-boxes on the Uriarra Road last night shortly before 7 o’clock. The…

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Bridge over Gudgenby River Expenditure Cannot Be Incurred

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.H.R., has received the following letter from the Secretary, Federal Capital Commission. Dear Sir,—Following my letter dated…

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Man's Awful Ordeal Pinned Under Car on Train Line

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 6

To be pinned under a motor car right in the track of an approaching train was the terrifying experience of Mr. A. Plumridge, of Old…

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Road-makers of History Were Nation-builders Too Federal Transport Policy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

“The road-makers of history were nation-builders, too,” remarks the weekly bulletin of the Federal Country Party Parliamentary Committee…

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Captain's Flat Railway Public Works Committee in Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 3

The members off this Committee visited Braidwood on Friday last to take evidence regarding the proposed railway between Bungendore and…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 2

Serious motor accidents occurred in several in the suburbs and country centres at the week-end. Four people were killed and 13 injured…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that considerable damage was done to the North Coast Road during recent rains by bullock teams hauling timber over it…

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Motor Traffic Case

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

John Esmond pleaded guilty to allowing trader’s number plate to be used in contravention of the Act on May 15th…

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Motorist Fined £5

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

Frederick Alfred Munce pleaded guilty to driving a motor car while under the influence of liquor in an unnamed lane at Kingston on…

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Mileage Reccrd in 24 Hours on Road and Track

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 6

In view of the cabled newspaper reports of some of the motor car races, 24 hour trials, etc., which have taken place recently in England and on the…

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Motorist’s Dreadful Ordeal

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 1

To be pinned under a [?] right in the track of an appro[?] train was the [?] of Mr. A. Plumridge of Old [?]…

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Motors Notes Standard Car Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 6

Recent cables report the result of the 21 hours trial on the Le Mans circuit (France) in which woif Barnato and Birkin, driving a Bentley car, covered…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. announces that the Main Roads Board and Mulwarree Shire have agreed upon the expenditure of £9,878 upon maintenance…

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Under the Influence Motorist Heavily Fined. Before Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, P.M.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

At Queanbeyan Police Court to-day, Michael Ryan was charged with driving a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor on the…

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Motor Notes Handy Pick-up Magnets

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 6

Bolts, nuts, and many other small iron parts are aften dropped into the engine pan, a cyclinder, or other places where they are hard to get at with…

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Cycling Five-mile Amateur Road Race

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

Queanbeyan Amateur Cyclists’ Club’s five-mile road race, held over the week-end for points in the “Warren Cup”, resulted in a win for C. Hawes (2 min.)…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

Two motor accidents in Sydney on Saturday night resulted fatally, a man being killed in each case…

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