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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

369 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 19

Unknown Man Found Dead Body Severed By Train SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 1

The body of an unknown man, aged about 40 years, was found this morning beside, the railway track near Sutherland. The body had been almost…

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Toll of the Motor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 2

Arthur Melvor, aged 58, a garage owner, of Macquarie-street, was pinned to the the road and suffocated because of the weight on his chest and…

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Motor Hints Does Oil. Wear Out ?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 5

One often, hears the opinion Expressed that the engine of "wears out" after it has been in use for a certain lime, and that Is use reason…

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Motor Notes Grease on Upholstery

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 3

It is not easy to remove grease stains from the upholstery for if ally quick solvent is used, such as petrol, the grease tends to run and often the…

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A New Main Road Queanbeyan to the Never Never

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 3

The Main Roads Board last night intimated to the Council that the road from. Queanbeyan to the Brewarrina-Collerenebri road had been declared a…

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Save Fifty Miles to Melbourne Proposal for New Road from Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 1

A proposal to construct a new road from Tumbarumba to Yarrangobilly linking up with the Monaro highway, was contained in a circular receved…

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Motor Cycles New Regulations

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

New regulations gazetted under the Motor Traffic Act have as their objective the lessening of dangers attached to tile driving and overloading…

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Car Accident op Cooma Road Occupants Narrow Escape

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 1

As the result of a car accident, on the Cooma road near Burra on Saturday afternoon, John Gregory, of Williamsdale, is in the Queanbeyan…

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Schoolboy Under Train Crushed to Death by Wheels SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 1

Roderick Dhu, 15, a, schoolboy, fell from an electric train near , Petersham • station this morning and was crushed to death between the wheels…

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Local and General Motor Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

The wet weather was responsible for a car smash on Ward bridge last Friday. Mr. Watson, of Melbourne, a member of the Flying…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 1

A plea for a hearing of the general public's viewpoint on the railway problem before any drastic action : was taken wan made at a meeting of…

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Motor Hints Grease on Upholstery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 3

It is not easy to remove grease stains from the upholstery, for it any quick solvent such as petrol is applied, the grease tends to run, and…

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Motor Notes Examine Fabric Universal Joints

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 4

Although there has of late years been a trend towards the adoption of metal universal joints in the transmission system, many models are still…

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Warning Fellow Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 4

Most of us have at one time or another tried to draw the attention of a fellow motorist to the fact his taillight was not burning or that some…

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Stock on Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 1

Sir,——It is a disgraceful state of affairs the way the Yarrowlumla Shire Council allow stock to roam; all over the roads. The same old. mokes have…

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Oallen Ford Bridge Mulwarree Shire Decides Against Construction

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 4

Adhering to its policy of "no bor rowing," The Mulwarree Shire Council, at in last , meeting, decide. against a proposal placed before it…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

The N.R.M.M.A. commends the pending suppression of all exhaust whistles on motor vehicles in N.S.W. tHE PRESIDENT (Mr. J.C.Watson) says…

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Railway Freight on Machinery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 3

The Secretary for Railways writes as follows:—In your issue of 27th then was a paragraph alleging that the Kyogle Shire Council was called…

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

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is making representations to. the Government to permit its engineers to conduct the usual examination for driving ability of…

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Motor Notes Valve Grinding Mistakes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 4

In the absence of specially prepared valve grinding paste, such as that which is put up in small partitioned tins carrying several grades of the…

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