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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

450 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 23

The Motor World News and N0tes From the N.r.m.a

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

At the Magistrate's Court at Blenheim (N.Z.) a solicitor was arguing that a horse was a necessity for a teamster, and proceeded to quote an…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

In a Letter to the N.R.M.A. Safety Department, Mr. H. B. Sevier President of the Chamber of Manufactures, says that the timely exercise of the…

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Premier and Railway Commissioners

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have decided to release Mr. C. J. Goode, Southern Area Commissioner at Goulburn, and W. Corry, special officer…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

A man and three women were killed on Saturday night through a motor car toppling into a creek near Daylesford, Victoria…

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Motor Notes Miles Per Gallon and Petrol Bills

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

Petrol economy is a subject which is near to the heart of every car owner, for it does not take much imagination to perceive how great a monetary…

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Motor Cycling Q.M.C.C. Doings and Notes of Interest By “Two-port.”

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

The Q.M.C.C. paper-chase, long postponed, took place on Sunday. Owing to inclement weather, only four riders entered two of which carried pillion…

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Motor Notes Petrol Consumption Affected by Driving Methods

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

A most interesting and important point, which probably few motorists realise, was. recently touched upon by an eminent English motoring authority,…

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Captain’s Flat-bungendore Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 2

Sir,—With trade weak and enterprise languishing, it behoves each and every one of us to promote to the fullest any avenue of industry which…

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Bandit on Mail Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Suddenly confronted by a train bandit while travelling alone from Sydney in a compartment of the Temora mail, Mrs Quinn, of Young,…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Returns relating to motor accidents in N.S.W. in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 cases of injury as compared with 1929, says the…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Returns relating to motor accidents in N.S.W. in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 cases of injury, as compared with 1929, says the N.R.M.A…

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Motor Notes Automatic Ignition Control Improves Engine Performance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

Although there have been great improvements in various components of the automobile as we know it to-day, little alteration has been effected in the…

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Motor Cycling Q.M.C.C. Doings and Notes of Interest

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3

The Goulburn M.C. fixture for. next Saturday afternoon, promises to be well worth seeing. There is quite a good muster of Q.M.C.C. lads making the…

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Captain's Flat — Bungendore Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

Sir,—In connection with the meeting to be held to-night, I would remind the public that this is not merely a meeting of Queanbeyan people: it is a matter…

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Lake George Mine Railway Line Wanted Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

At the annual meeting of Camp Bird Ltd., in London last. month, Mr. J. A. Agnew referred to developments at the Lake George Mine,- Captain's Flat,…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.r.m.a

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

Tests are being made on a stretch of railroad in Germany with Inter mittent light signals at unprotected grade crossings. When the way is…

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Midsummer Railway Excursions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

The N.R.M.A.’s branch at Orange has been withdrawn, and a District Depot appointed in its stead. Members who require service in this area should ring…

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Railway to Captain’s Flat Big Public. Meeting at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

That the residents of Queanbeyan and district are keenly interested in and anxious for the construction of the Captain's Flat-Bungendore railway…

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