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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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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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Woman Falls Under Train

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

As the 6.25 train from Gosford this morning was leaving the railway station a woman fell under the engine. She died…

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Fettler Killed by Train

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

Harry Thompson, 50, a railway fettler was yesterday run down at Moree by a train from Inverell and killed Thompson was waling along…

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The Motor World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

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

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Bungendore-captain's Flat Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

Writing to the Editor of this paper on March 29th, Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.L.A., says:—"I have to advise that the Legislative Assembly last…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 6

In order to purchase road-making machinery, Casino Municipal Council intends to apply for permission to borrow £10,000, reports the N.R.M.A…

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Killed by Motor-cycle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

John Spalding, aged 45, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Woollahra this morning and killed. The motor cyclist and…

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Motor Notes Keeping the Dynamo Interior Free From Dust

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

If the end cover of a dynamo gives sufficient access to the inside so that an ordinary fairly stiff brush can be inserted, it is well, worth while…

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Letter to the Editor London Comity Council, Westminster Bridge, S.E.I., 26th February, 1929

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 2

Sir,—This is the first time, I believe, that the Chairman of the London County Council, acting in conjunction with the Lord Mayor of London, has…

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Motor Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 3

Thirty years ago before the great motoring public knew the lure of concrete roads, filling stations, country clubs and camp, sites, French…

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Fine Road

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

All of the concrete work on the five miles of concrete roadway near Marulan, on the Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Sydney, has been…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

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

The engineer, Mr. Boult, reported at Saturday's meeting as follows:— All the flood damage has now been repaired, with the exception of the…

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The Motor World

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

In order to, purchase road-making machinery, Casing Municipal Council intends to apply for permission to borrow £10,000, reports the N.R.M.A…

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Motor Notes Look to the Vacuum Tank and Carburettor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 4

The owner and service man are often prone to blame the engine lubricating oil when excessive oil dilution is found to be present in a motor car…

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Goods Train Derailed Main Southern Line Blocked

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

All expresses and, mail trains were considerably delayed when a goods train was derailed at 2 o’clock this morning…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. says that the police have been asked to take action against motor cyclists using one of the main roads in the Nepean Shire for speed…

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Continental Train Smash Twelve People Killed Paris

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 1

The Amsterdam express from Paris overran the signals near Brussels and came into shocking collision with a goods train…

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Roads to Captain’s Flat Offer of £400 Special Grant to Yarrowlumla Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 2

Recently Cr. T. J. Kelly, President of Yarrowlumla Shire Council, went to Sydney and with Mr. Hedges, M.L.A., interviewed the Minister for Local…

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Motor Notes a Tip to Cure Squeaking Brakes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 3

Numbers of ears which in other respects give faultless running, prove very irritating to the drivers, because of the squeaking and scratching which…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. reports that the Main Roads Board has approved of the expenditure of £8,690 upon the main roads within the Jemalong Shire, the…

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