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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 16 of 18

Local and General the Tarago Road Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 2

It now transpires that the man who was killed near Boro on Wednesday evening was Mr. George J. Hill, a well-known Sydney architect…

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Tourist Road Canberra to Yarran-gobilly Caves

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 2

A letter was before the Queanbeyan Municipal Council last week from Mr. W. P. Bluett, of Brindabella, in which he stated he was organising to secure…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the Germany's Cars

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 4

Germany manufactured motor cars valued at over a thousand million marks in 1935, the highest figure ever attained in the Reich. Of the 243,000…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 3

The proprietors of a large store in Bristol, England, have had printed tie-on labels for motorist to attach to their cars parked outside the store, on…

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Railway Picnic Large Attendance At Queanbeyan Show Ground

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 1

Delightful spring weather favoured the annual railway picnic held on the Queanbeyan Showground yesterday. This year's outing was the third time…

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To Train Unskilled Youths

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 1

The future policy of the Government in dealing with unemployment includes provisions for setting up facilities such as now operate in the building trade…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.R.M.A. Death-trap to Go

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

"I note with immense satisfaction the decision of the Railway Department to replace the notorious Warwick Farm railway level crossing…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Death-trap to Go

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

“I note with immense satisfaction the decision of the Ra[?]way Department to replace the notorious Warwick Farm railway level crossing with…

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Photographs in Railway Trains Advertising the State’s Beauty Spots

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

Earlier in the year the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, appointed a special committee to revise the display of photographs in railway…

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Railway Annual Report Deficit Less Than £700,000 AGAINST £4,500,000 Four Years Ago

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 2

The report of last year’s operations by the Commisisoner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has been tabled in Parliament. It tells of a progressive…

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Notes and News Road Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 November 1936 · page 2

Alfred Pickett, aged 45, a resident of Bateman's Bay, died in Bega Hospital at midnight on Friday as the result of shocking injuries caused by…

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Road Courtesy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

Motorists approaching each other on a public highway, half of which is under repair often accelerate in order to reach the "right of way"…

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Killed by Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 3

Gus Doherty (60) was killed by a train at Marrickville station this morning. It is believed be jumped from the platform in order to cross the…

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Silk-made Motor Tyres

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 2

Experiments are being made in a Milan factory to replace cotton with silk and rayon in the manufacture of motor tyres. Ordinary silk has…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A, Misuse of Safety Ramp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. draws attention to the dangerous practice of motorists of parking their cars on the safety ramp at Devil’s Elbow, Bulli Pass. In…

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General Motors New Plant

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 4

On Thursday of last week the great new assembly plant and administrative buildings of General Motors-Holdens Ltd. were officially opened by the Hon…

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Aerodrome for Braidwood ? (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 6

Sir,—May I beg space in your worthy paper to commend the stand taken by "Progress" in his defensive actin regarding myself and flying…

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Straying Stock to Be Impounded Off Fenced Roads in the Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 8

"There is a little matter I would like cleared up," Bald Cr. Kennedy at last Tallaganda Shire Council meeting. "It is in connection with the…

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Tarago Road Council Asks to Have It Proclaimed a State Highway

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 8

At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council Cr. C. J. Roberts moved that a letter be written to the member for the district, Mr. W. H. Hedges,…

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The Motor World NEWs and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Took a Risk

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 4

A considerable risk was taken by a young Plymouth (Eng.) man recently when demonstrating an anti-carbon-monoxide device. He was…

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