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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

369 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 19

Tindery Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 2

The President of the Monaro Shire, at its last meeting, said that he had inspected the road at Tindery to the 30th ultimo. Years, ago Monaro Shire…

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Honeymoon Couple Crash Bride Killed in Aeroplane Accident CAPETOWN

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

Flying from Nairobi to Durbar. (Kenya Colony) a honeymoon couple crashed into the mountains thirty miles from…

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Railway Accident Albury Mail Derailed Engine and Eight Carriages Off the Line SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 1

A sensational mishap occurred red at Bowning, near Yass, at two o’clock this morning to the Albury Mail when the tender…

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Motor Notes Value of New Cylinder Gaskets

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 4

No matter what care is taken in lifting off the cylinder head when the engine is dismantled for a top overhaul, there is frequently some slight…

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Another Train Derailed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 7

Part of the Cobar ma'l train while proceeding to Sydney, was derailed early yesterday morning about two miles east of Lithgow. No one was…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. expresses its disappointment at the failure of the police to maintain their campaign against careless pedestrians in Sydney. The…

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Motor Hints

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

A skilled operator can deal with a tyre change on a well-base type of rith without, effort or difficulty. it the following method is adopted the…

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Petrol Taxation Motorists Seek Reduction

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 1

A petition to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), urging substantial reduction in Customs and excise duty on motor spirit, is being prepared by…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 2

Patrick' Foley. aged 27, a farmer, of Clarence Town, was killed instantly last night when the steering-geur of a car driven by Percy Adamson…

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Motor Notes Faulty Windscreen Wiper Rubber

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 4

The rubber edge of the windscreen [?] per must not be allowed to become [?]erished or distorted, for it will then refuse to work satisfactorily in both…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. is making a big effort to persuade the Federal Government to provide for a substantial reduction in the customs and excise duty on…

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Fox Skins Carried by Railway Department’s Advice to Consignors

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 3

The Secretary for Railways states that large quantities or fox skins are being consigned from various parts of the State, and it is desired that…

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A Bridge Wanted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 1

Sir.—A few months ago golfers built a footbridge to give them access to the links on this side of the river. Its value (rough though the structure was)…

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Run Over by Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 7

Frederick George Waterworth (37) was decapitated by an electric train near Croydon railway station this morning. It is believed that the…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. is making a big effort to persuade the Federal Government to provide for a substantial reduction in the Customs and excise…

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Railway Drive for Freight Reported Halt

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 3

The railways drive for business in the coastal districts has been suddenly stopped, although there is potentially hundreds of thousands of…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 3

Much interest was aroused at a recent English agricultural show by a new form of automatically opening gate, which gives one the luxury…

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Reduced Railway Fares Likely

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 1

Some time ago the Premier (Mr. Stevens) instructed the Railway commissioner (Mr. Rartigan) to prepare a report on the question of…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 3

Sydney police practice is to prosecute a motorist who turns to the left from one street into another unless he receives a special signal to do so…

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Motor Hints Value of New Cylinder Gaskets

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 5

No matter what care is taken when lilting off the cylinder head when the engine is dismantled for a top overhaul, there is frequently some slight…

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