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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

426 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 22

Yass-canberra Road Engagement of Labour

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

Mr. W.W. Hedges, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Dunningham):—…

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Trunk Roads In Queanbeyan Municipality £450 Offered as Grant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

At the Municipal Council meeting last night, a letter was received from the Department of Main Roads stating that it was prepared to make a…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.R.M.A. Tree Planting for Beauty

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. has been advised that the Boree Shire Council has undertaken extensive tree-planting for roadside improvement. On the…

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Motor Notes Look for Progressive Rusting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Once steel loses its protective coating of paint or lacquer, rust will soon begin to make insidious inroads which will not perhaps be observed Until a…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Tree Planting for Beauty

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. has been advised that the boree Shire Council has undertaken extensive tree planting for roadside improvement. On the approaches…

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Motor Traffic Cases

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

A number of breaches of the Traffic Act were heard yesterday at Queanbeyan Police Court, before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M…

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Motor Accident Man Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

Arthur W. Canning, of Canberra, was charged at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday with having driven a motor-car in a manner dangerous to…

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The Outback Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

"Hector MacBush" writes from a country where it rains from Christmas to Christmas, and where roads are a string of mudholes joined…

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Road Purchase Application

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

W. T. and A. E. Wilton, parish Boyle. The applicants did not appear. Martin O'Brien, the holder of portion 359 and other lands in the…

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Railway Inspections Commissioner Postpones Southern Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways has found it necessary to postpone the tour of a section of the southern line which had been arranged for next week…

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Motor Car Stolen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

During the deliberations of the Quarterly Meeting of the Queanbeyan Methodist Circuit on Wednesday night a motor-car belonging to Mr. Keith…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

It has been stated that Vienna is going back to horses. The reason is to be found in the high taxes on cars which are compelling private owners…

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Train Out of Control

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—An electric train travelling from Ringwood got out of control and crashed into a stationary train at Croydon. The crew of two…

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Callen Bridge Discussion in Mulwarree Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

After many months of negotiations between the Government and the Shire Councils of Mulwarree and Tallaganda, the proposal to build a…

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Yass-canberra Road To Be Proclaimed a State Highway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 4

At last meeting of the Goodradigbee Shire Council a letter was received from the Department of Main Roads relative to the reconstruction of the…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Back to the Horse

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 8

It has been stated that Vienna is going back to horses. The reason is to be found in the high taxes on cars, which are compelling private…

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Drover’s Death on Railway Platform

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 2

On his way from Narrandera to Sydney in charge of a consignment of stock for T. A. Field, well-known Sydney, carcase butcher, Henry Walter…

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Out-of-date Motor Vehicles What Car Registration Figures Reveal

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

For one reason or another some motorists continue to drive the same car year after year in some exceptional cases the vehicle being kept in service…

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Cost of Motoring The Value of Good Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 4

Although the full cost of motoring has to come out of the motor vehicle owner’s pocket, the average motorist knows very little about the full cost…

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Wet Roads and Wet Drivers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

"A wet driver is more dangerous than a wet road," said Canon R. B. Hammond, in opening the United Total Abstinence campaign at St…

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