Long Motor Contest
In view of the proposed 10,000 miles motor car race around Australia for £10,000 in prizes, which the New South Wales centenary authorities have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1936
358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 18
Russia's Marble Motor Tunnel
A concrete tunnel, lined with marble, and polished granite, and decorated with sculptures by famous artists, will form part of the new 79…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Traffic Signals Ignored
The Chief Constable of Glasgow stated recently that since the installation of automatic traffic signals in the centre of the city drivers at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Pott Office
A mobile post office is now under construction in England as an experiment. It will consist of a trailer caravan towed by a motor tractor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring Lunacy
Despite the rigorous safety campaign being conducted in New South Wales, examples of sheer motoring lunacy are still prevalent, says the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gunning-Queanbeyan Road
At the last meeting of the Gunning Shire Council, Cr. Morgan said that there was a move at the Queanbeyan end to have the road from the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight in Train Window Broken
A fight involving three men is stated to have been responsible for the breaking of a gIass window in the corridor partition of a carriage on the Missy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident Statements
At a meeting of the, N.R.M.A. Council the Association's solicitors called attention to the practice of the police obtaining statements from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Lunacy
Despite the rigorous safety campaign being conducted in New South Wales, examples of sheer motoring lunacy are still prevalent, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. South Pole by Tractor
An American expedition is planning a dash to the South Pole by giant Diesel-engined caterpillar tracters, carrying some ten men apiece. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Smash on Goulburn Road
When a single-seater car driven by Mrs. Pockley, wife of Dr. Guy Pockley, owner of Pylara Station, near Tarago, skidded, struck a post,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Slaughter in New Zealand
During the past six weeks 60 persons have been killed in motor accidents in New Zealand. The Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swiss Aid for Motorists
By an arrangement which has just been concluded between the Swiss Touring Club, the Garage Owners' Associations and the Swiss Post…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Driver Committed for Trial
Albert John Yeardye, 35, fitter, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Court on Tuesday on a charge of having feloniously Sain Colin Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fired on Jerusalem
A hundred and seventy-nine passengers were either killed or injured when a train traversing the Jewish settlement at Telaviv was subjected to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Suitcase From Train at Queanbeyan
At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday, James Calder was sentenced to six months’ goal for unlawfully using a car at Yarra on August 13, and to three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Broadbent Road Map “Easy-Folding” for Easy Reference
The latest edition of the Official Broadbent Man and Guide of Victoria and Riverina (40th year of issue) reveals a high standard of production…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Motor Bus Crashes Over Embankment
Elizabeth Hope McGavin, aged 19, was killed and more than 20 persons injured, none seriously, when a motor 'bus fell 20 feet over an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Four-cylinder Revival?
Close observers of the American motor industry, who have been devoting attention to the still mystery-shrouded 1937 models, predict a possible swing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicles Big Increase in Output
The prediction made towards the end of last year that over 5,000 000 new cars and commercial motor vehicles would be produced in the motor…
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