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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Boy Motorist in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

A sixteen-year-old boy appeared before the Children’s court at West Maitland yesterday morning on charges of having inflicted grievous…

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Fined on Two Charges Canberra Motorist in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 1

Walter John McIntyre pleaded guilty to driving a motor car at Canberra on February 16th in a manner dangerous to the public…

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New Motor Cycle Record

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

Leaving Sydney at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, W. Owsley riding an “Indian” Super Scout Machine arrived in Melbourne at 6.41 the same…

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Motoring Through Swollen Streams

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

The depth of water through which a car can pass is determined first of all by its ground clearance, and then by the position of certain parts of the…

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Motor Notes Choosing the Pump

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 6

This heading may suggest comments on the obvious, but in the point of fact that is more in the selection of a pump than meets the eye…

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Canberra Motorist Drives in Dangerous Manner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 5

Horace Burton was charged with driving a motor car at Canberra on February 16th, in a manner dangerous to the public and pleaded not guilty…

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Train Smash in Canada Seventeen Persons Killed TORONTO

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 2

Seventeen persons were killed, including thirteen passengers, and five were seriously injured in a head-on collision…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 4

A bridge has been built over the Morongla Creek near Cowra, at a cost of £3000, says the N.R.M.A. The road has been deviated in this…

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Motor Notes Modern Car Reliability

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 4

At what period of their development cars began to get really reliable it is difficult to say. Actually, of course, the process was a gradual one, but it…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. announces that a conference of representatives of the Lismore Municipal Council and the Gundurimba and Terania Shire…

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Loan Money for Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

Under the Main Roads Ammendment Bill, which passed the Assembly this morning, the Main Roads Board will be…

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Reconstruction of Monaro Street Tender, Recommended for Acceptance Concrete Construction (Roads) Limited

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

Aldermen Hams and O’Brien were the only two members absent from the special meeting of the Municipal Council held on Saturday morning last…

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The Road to Utopia Quite Easy to Follow. If Mr. Davies Be Correct

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 3

Mr. Davies, General Secretary of the Miners’ Federation, addressing the Constitutional Association in Sydney on Monday, argued that the…

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Motor Notes Clearing Carbon from Valve Seat

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 4

When carbon lodges on a valve seat, making a small lump, a mild, clicking knock results, and there is a leakage past the valve with some loss of…

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Speed of Motor Cars in Queanbeyan Streets Police Reply to Council’s Request

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Our readers will remember that a short time ago the aldermen of Queanbeyan, nearly all of them motorists themselves, made certain suggestions…

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Minor Roads New Provisions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

When the amendments to the Main Roads Act, proposed by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) become law, secondary roads will not…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

It is reported that, during 1928, 190 motor cycles and 118 oars were pawned in Paris. The Paris Municipal Council has been asked to vote an…

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Motor Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

Messrs. Cecil Weatherby and D. Bain owered the Melbourne [?] Sydney [?]otor cycle and side car record last [?]unday by 1 hour and 4 mills…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 3

Since the opening of the Kendall (North Coast) railway station for general traffic bookings, the attendant has been removed from the gates at the…

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Motorist Heavily Fined Driving Under the Influence. (Before Messrs. E. H. Kelly and A. Johnston, Js.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

Alfred Cheeb, living on the Federal Territory, pleaded guilty to driving a motor car without headlights in Monaro Street about 10.15 p.m. on Monday…

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