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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

378 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 19

The Motor World News and-Notes from the N.r.ma Petrol Tax Millions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

Answering a question recently the British Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the total amount received from the…

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Queanbeyan Railway Station Improved Figures

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 2

Figures supplied by the Queanbeyan Railway Station, show a big improvement for the quarter ending March 31, compared With the same period of last…

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Autumn School Vacation May 11-28 Railway Excursions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

Public schools will close for the autumn vacation on May 1[?] and so that teachers and parents may make their…

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Motor Roads Plan

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 1

A new plan for motor roads in Belgium was explained at a meeting arranged at Brussels by the Union Routiere de Belgique. The roads…

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Motor Hints Carbon Formation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 5

No matter how efficient is engine design, deposits of carbon will invariably form in the combustion chambers of the cylinders. That is a…

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Motor Notes Cleaning Aluminium

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 2

Motorists who take a real pride in their cars like to have all the parts beneath the bonnet spick and span, and shining, and with very little…

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Anzac Day Commemoration Railway Excursion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 3

Attention is drawn to the official announcement that in connection with the Anzac Day holiday, tickets at single fare for the double journey will be…

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Less Notes on Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

It has been observed in Great Britain that there is lees noise on the roads now, but one important reason is not known at all. Under the…

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Flood Damage Yarrowlumla Shire Gets £387 Bridge to be Built Over Reece’s Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

Following claims for flood damage, made by Shire Councils, and a subsequent deputation to the Premier, the Minister for Local Government has…

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The Motor World News and Notes fROM THE N.R.M.A. For Country Motorists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. has decided to establish 14 new district depots on the country districts. This menus that the Association will shortly be in a…

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Items of Interest Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

The drivers and occupants of a couple of cars received a thrill on Wednesday on the road between the 10-mile gate on the Tarago road and…

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Railway Log Will Not Be Effective Application to Court Fails SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 1

The application by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioner to bring all their wages staffs within the jurisdiction of the Federal Arbitration Court to enable…

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Motor Notes Eucalyptus for Tar Stains

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 4

It has been found that eucalyptus is an excellent solvent for the removal of tar and other stains from the bodywork of the car, but it must be…

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Slippery Road on Brook’s Hill (Bungendore Road)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

Sir,—I desire through your columns to draw the- attention of the authority responsible for- the maintenance of the Queanbeyan-Bungendore Road, to the…

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Bridge Over the Clyde River

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

The second conference re the agitation for a bridge over the Clyde River at. Bateman's Bay was held at Moruya on Wednesday night,…

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NON-SUITED Council’s Case Against Tenderer for Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

Some time ago the Yarrowlumla Shire Council accepted the tender of R. T. Leach, of Bungendore, for the construction…

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Fatal Motor Crash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 7

When a motor car crashed into an embankment at Helensburgh and overturned late last night the driver, Francis Dunmore, aged 28, was fat…

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Motor Hints Clutch Slipping and Throttle Opening

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 5

It is a universally accepted rule that slipping of the clutch by the driver is to be condemned; by that is meant that it is highly destructive…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. has decided to establish 14 new depots in the country districts. This means that the Association will shortly to in a position to provide…

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Notes and News Road Corrugations

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

Some very illuminating theories were advanced at last Gunning Shire Council meeting as to the cause of corrugations in roads. The president…

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