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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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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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The Motor World

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 7

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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Brakes and Wet Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 3

With wet roads come new problems for many a car owner. However, they are not nearly as difficult of solution as they were ten years ago, before the…

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Motor Notes Irish Grand Prix

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 3

The Irish Grand Prix—a two days motor meeting—-to be held at Dublin on July 12th and 13th, will be run over a distance of about 304 miles on a road…

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Motor Notes Handy Way to Fill Batteries

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 3

Take a quart milk bottle, and fit it with a cork with two holes through it. Through these holes run short pieces of quarter-inch copper tube. To each…

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RAIL v. MOTOR

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 1

Railway employees' protective societies are springing up in all the big country centres in N.S.W. to combat road transport competition with the…

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Motor Notes International Tourist Trophy Road Race World’s Greatest Drivers Competing

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 3

The world’s greatest drivers and the finest motor cars of the six leading motor manufacturing countries, will be pitted against each other in the…

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Construction of Motor Tyres Some Interesting Facts

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 3

A great deal has been written about rubber and its use in tyre construction, [?]ut very few people outside those closely associated with the manufacturing end,…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 1

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

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Increased Power of Whippet Four With Motor improvements, including Longer Stroke; New Engine Rates 40 Horsepower

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 2

Rated, ever since its introduction over two years ago, as the moat powerful engine for its bore and stroke, the new Superior Whippet…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 3

Thirteen people were admitted to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Sunday morning as the result of a lorry crashing, into a telegraph post…

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The Motor World

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 3

The Main Roads Board (reports the N.R.M.A.) has accepted a tender of £12,000 for the re-surfacing of the State Highway between Stonehenge…

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Railway Returns

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 2

The Stationmaster (Mr. W. Hobson, has supplied the statistical returns of Queanbeyan station for the month of June this year; for the purposes…

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Horses To Go Motor Transportation to the Fore Sydney’s Largest Bakers Place Enormous Fleet Order

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

The part played by delivery trucks in he success of a bakery is a large and [?] important one. All research, the painstaking selection of ingredients and…

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Motor Notes Soldering Cast Iron

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

In soldering cast iron it will be much easier to make the solder stick if a piece of soft brass is rubbed over the iron after it is thoroughly cleaned and…

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The Tarago Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 1

THE prospect of early relief from the present deplorable condition of the Tarago road from outside sources was completely dispelled by…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 7

Motor accidents near Sydney at the week-end resulted in two men being filled and many persons injured…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message).RAILWAY Sensation Limited Express Leaves Line Miraculous Escapes Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1

Passengers on the Brisbane Limited Express which left Sydney at 3.30 yesterday had miraculous escapes when the train left the line near Black…

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Queanbeyan- Goulburn Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

Several letters relative to the road were before the Municipal Council last night, who have been endeavoring to have something done to effect…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message).NINE Dead in Train Tragedy Stratton (CODOHADO)Thursday

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

Nine persons were drowned in their sleep when the passenger express train, of Rock Island Railway, crashed through a bridge which, had been…

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