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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 18

Exit the Trams

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 5

So great is the congestion from tramcars, which inconvenience motor cars in Moscow, that all tramlines are being removed from the main…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Care Needed at Deviation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

On Hume Highway, seven and a half miles south of Bargo, road work how in progress necessitates the use of a temporary deviation about 70 yards…

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Round Australia Motor Car Contest for 1938

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

It has been definitely decided to organise a Round Australia Motor Car Contest as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations in 1938. This event…

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Trespass on Railway Property Two Men Convicted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 1

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Queanbeyan Police Court yesterday, Leslie Currie was charged that on 10th July he did wilfully trespass upon railway…

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Dreadful Injuries From Fall Off Tram

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 2

After John Henry Roberts, aged 44, had stood up in a tram at Central Square last night to permit a woman to get a seat, he lost bis balance and…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 4

Owing to new cars being free of tax in Germany, the prices of used models have sunk considerably. A sound car may be purchased now for as little as…

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Slow Driving and Narrow Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

While appreciating the fact that many pleasure seeking motorists desire to proceed at a leisurely pace the Royal Automobile Club of Australia would…

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State-wide Railway Excursions Commencing August 17

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Information received from the Secretary for Railways shows the extensive arrangements made for excursion travel during the week in…

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Tyre Blow-out Motorist Gets £160 Damages

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 2

In the Melbourne County Court on Wednesday, Albert Leslie Finchett, of South Brunswick, alleged that the Dunlop-Perdria[?] Rubber Co., Ltd:,…

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Callous Motorist Leaves Injured Man on Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

Another instance of a motorist driving on after being involved in a serious accident—the tenth of its kind in less than a fortnight—was reported to the…

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Oallen Bridge Abutment Damage

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1

That practically the whole of the Nerriga abutment of the Oallen bridge had been washed away during away during recent floods was stated in a report…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Too Bad !

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 8

Gene Tunney, the famous, ex-champion boxer, had been lecturing in Connecticut (U.S.A.) on road safety and driving, with caution. A few days…

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Motor Traffic Regulations

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises that important amendments to the Motor Traffic Act, 1909-1930, have been made and…

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Motor Tragedy at Bathurst

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 7

Dorothy Walker, aged 20, died at Bathurst this morning is the result of injuries received when a car in which she was travelling crashed…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. “Horror” Campaigns

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

Leaders of American road safety movements are in some doubt as to the value of “horror” campaigns, or attempts to make drivers realise their…

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The Petrol Tax More Should be Spent on Country Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

The increasing use of motor transport definitely demands more attention to road engineering and gradual development of a highway system capable of…

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Restriction of Motor Traders' Hours

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

A questionnaire sent out by the Motor Traders' Association reveals that motor traders throughout the State are overwhelmingly in favor of…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

Following a progressive plan for the consolidation of its country services, the N.R.M.A. has recently established depots at Ardlethan, Lockhart. Finley,…

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