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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

417 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 21

Motor Hints Short Circuit Through Battery Box

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 5

"Grounds" sometimes occur through the battery box becoming soaked or coated with acid solution in the case of batteries which are…

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Motor Notes Superior Performance with High Compression

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 3

One of the major advantages gained by the buyer of the latest models of motor cars is the greater efficiency and economy obtained as the result of the…

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Revival of Motor Activity

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 3

One important result of the collapse of the Lang regime in New South Wales will be the lifting of a burdensome and iniquitous load off the automotive and…

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Woman Jumps from Harbour Bridge SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 1

A woman whose name has not yet [?] ascertained, was seen to jump from the centre of the Harbour Bridge this morning. She struck the water…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. iS hopeful that during the next session of Parliament a measure will be passed giving effect to a scheme drawn up by the…

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Motor Cycling Q.M.C.C. Doings and Notes of Interest the Club’s the Thing !

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 4

Heard Presso, Campbell proudly state on the tennis courts last Sunday, that there was one thing that could be said about the Queanbeyan M.C.C., and it…

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Motor Tyres Will They Be Bigger?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 4

It is difficult to foretell what sized pneumatic tyres will be used a few years hence. The sizes now standard throughout the world were the rational…

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Motor Hints Factor Ok Braking Efficiency

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

Luckily the Improvements in braking systems have kept pace with the other advances in car design, and nowadays practically every modern…

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Dangerous Driving Motorist Fined £10

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. Forrest, P.M., at the local Police Court, yesterday, Eric Robert Thoma Blewitt was charged with having driven a motor car on Uriarra Road…

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Motor Notes Cycles and Traffic Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

One of the effects of the depression is the fillip which has been given to the pedal cycles which are encountered both day and night oil the main roads…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 3

It is hoped that the new New South Wales Government will give early consideration to many matters affecting motorists that were left unattended by…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 4

When Paris is fully' equipped with her new concrete streets and road-ways, covered with odd little grooves and artistic patterns, there will be…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. is reviving the subject of improving further the system of the treatment of minor traffic offences. The new Government will be invited to…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 4

At the Queanbeyan M.C.C. meeting, held in Akers Chambers on the 23rd, little business was brought forward. The matter re cancelling the attendance…

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Motor Notes Points on Crankgase Draining

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 3

The veriest novice in motoring knows that it is his duty to drain the crankcase from time to time, and that this work should be carried out at frequent…

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Road and Rail Transport Use Best of Each

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 3

The problem of adjusting transport matters, as between railway interests and automotive road, transport, is not singular to Australia. The civilised…

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Motor Hints Cycles and Traffic Safety

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 5

One of the effects of the depression is the fillip which has been given to the pedal cycles which are encountered both day and night on the main…

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Letters to the Editor Roads and Unemployment Relief Grants

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 1

Sir,—Six hundred thousand pounds now available, with the expectation of more in the near future. J wonder how many of the taxpayers that have…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is reviving the subject of improving further the system of the treatment of minor traffic offences. The new Government will be…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 3

The President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J.C. Watson), referring to the N.S.W. Government’s transport policy, which has already been expressed in the…

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