Big Motor Contest Round Australia Proposal
The fact that Mr. Norman Smith, the well-known New South Wales motorist, is at present engaged in making a trip around the proposed course of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 18
Colored Roads
The dividing of su'tab'y wide road into traffic lanes by means of painted lines has proved an asset to road sa[?]ty, but the maintenance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recording Road Shocks
One of many interesting experiments examined by a large number of victors to the British National Physical Laboratory recently was an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. When Cars Break Down
It is unusual to see car engines being started by means of the crank-handle these days, but dicing last month N.R.MA. patrols were called…
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At the Albury Court of Petty Sessions, Thomas Thomson, of 37 Lydia-street, East Brunswick, Melbourne was charged with (1) moving stock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News and Notes Rom the N.R.M.A. When Cars Break Down
It is unusual to see car engines being started by means of the crank handle these days, but during last month N.R.M.A. patrols were…
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Francis Creeney, 15, was. killed by a motor car while walking near his home at Pendle Hill on Sunday. His skull was fractured. The body was taken to…
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At the monthly meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council yesterday Cr. Hardy presented a petition, signed by 135 business people and residents…
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Messrs. Hedges and Tully, Ms. L. A., forwarded resolution sent to them from Bungendore, Captain’s Flat, and Hoskinstown-Rossi Progress Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Welfare Linked to Railways Could Use £5,000,000 GOULBURN
Declaring that the State’s welfare is wrapped up with the prosperity of the railways, the chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) speaking at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Trailers and Caravans
Judging by recent publicity in the American press, the use of trailers and caravans by motor car owners in that country, has created quite a boom in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Business Diverted to Canberra Bad State of Tharwa Road
“What is Mr. Spooner going to do about it?” asked Alderman F. Williams at last meeting of the Municipal Council. He was referring to Tharwa Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cooma Road Footpaths in Shocking Condition Works Committee to Report
Drawing attention to the state of Cooma Road, at the Municipal Council meeting last week, Alderman Taylor expressed the fear that there would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Tired Drivers
The Dutch authorities having come to the conclusion that to many-accidents are due to overtired and [?] being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Britain’s Car Increase
There were 1,505,019 private cars in use in Great Britain and Northern Ireland last year: The estimate for 1936 is the huge figure of 1,680,000. New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Traffic State’s Population % Within 25 Miles of Sydney Town Hall
The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) told the Rotary Club in Sydney that the time might come when it would be necessary to provide for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Petrol Selling Hours
A large number of protests against the proposals to limit the petrol selling hours in the country districts have been received by the N.R.M.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Five Million Vehicles Per Year
Over 5,000,000 motor vehicles were manufactured last year according to the League of Nations’ monthly bulletin of statistics. The exact figure is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Lighting Along Cooma Road Footpaths To Be Made Trafficable
As the result of an inspection by the Works Committee of the Municipal Council, and recommendations made at the meeting held last night, Cooma…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Railway Excursions
A reminder that the holiday season is with us agrain comes from the Department of Railways in the shape of the announcement of cheap excursions…
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