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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

426 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 22

Motor Revenue Diverted From Road Work

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 3

The president of the National Roads and Motorists' Association (Mr. J. C. Watson) said that the statement by Mr. T, H. Upton, Assistant…

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Bridge in the Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 4

An American body designer who is aiming at movable armchair seats for all except the driver, sees no reason why passengers should not play bridge…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Train Crash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 2

The engine and front portion of a fruit train bound from Murwillumbah to Sydney was derailed last night, when the train crashed head-on into…

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Boy Electrocuted Motor Cycle Becomes Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 2

William Curgenven, aged 13 years, of Lavoni Street, Mosman, was electrocuted in the basement of flats at that address on Tuesday afternoon. With…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Bridge in the Car

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

An American body designer, who is aiming at movable armchair seats for all except the driver, sees no reason why passengers should not play…

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Motor Car Lacquer Developed Through the Great War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

This year, it is estimated that over 4,000,000 new motor, cars and trucks will be produced and sold. Such a huge output would have been impossible in…

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Motor Notes New Cars and Market Trends

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 4

Quite a number of 1935 models have been released lately in various parts of the Commonwealth, and the writer has had the opportunity of inspecting…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. America’s Accident Roll

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 3

There were at least 36,000 accidents on the roads of America, last year, and records show that one person was killed about every 15 minutes and one…

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Motor Traffic Offences

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 1

For failing to return his expired driving licence, Alfred Stevens was fined 5/- with 8/- costs, in default two days’ hard labour…

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Destruction of Trees Along Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 2

Strong protests were made in the Legislative Assembly against the "wanton destruction" of trees and native flora along highways for…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. “Car for the People”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 2

When Herr Hitler opened the Berlin Motor Show he stated that preliminary plants for “a car for the people” had already been produced and that…

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Racing Motor Chashes Into Crowd

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 6

PARIS.—Three people were killed and 12 injured when a five-litre "Stat" car, driven by an Italian named Cattaneo in a bill-climbing race…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 2

The Governor of Italian Libya, Marshall Balbo, has been given instructions by Mussolini to build new coast roads to join Tunis and Egypt…

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Motor Cycle Racing Queanbeyan Park Wanted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 3

Queanbeyan Motor Cycle Club desires to conduct racing in the Queanbeyan Park, but the Municipal Council, after receiving the…

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Aeroplane Wrecked

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 3

The beach patrol plane, used to look out for sharks, crashed into the scrub at Harbord on Sunday morning, after the engine cut out, and was wrecked…

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Road Accident Toll

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

"That 86 persons were killed in road accidents in this State during last quarter is sn alarming condition of affairs when it is remembered that…

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Special Train to Queanbeyan Griffith’s Visit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

A special train bearing two football teams, a hockey team, and a number OF tennis players, the Griffith town band, and a crowd of supporters and…

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When Was the Clyde Road Opened?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 5

We have before us an interesting relic of the past in the form of a letter dated Xmas Day, 1857, written to the late Mrs. Gordon on the death…

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Notes and News Oallen Ford Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 2

Apart from the fact that an officer of the Main Roads Department is to inspect the surveyed crossing at Oallen Ford, nothing further has been…

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A Road Grant £1500 to Yarrowhimla Shire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 1

A grant of £1500 for special road work in Yarrowlumla Shire will be made available by the Local Government Department provided that…

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