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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Segregating High-speed Traffic

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 2

Development of motors so that 100 m.p h. would probably be a cruising speed in the quite near future was mentioned in an address on, “The…

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Motorist’s Death Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 1

Fred Berry, well-known motor writer and driver, who was injured a few days ago in a motor smash at Mandalay. North-West Victoria, died in Sydney…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 3 p.m. Road Safety Conference Recommendation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 2

The executive of the Road Safety Conference has adopted the recommendation of the subcommittee that a speed limit of 30 miles an hour be…

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Motorist Killed Car Crashes Over Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

John Andrew Leslie McNickle, 30, of Wagga, was killed instantly at 6.15 yesterday evening, when the motor car he was driving fell over the Gap Bridge…

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Our Back Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 5

"Uncle Wiseman" writes in the "Farmer and Settler":—During the past week I have travelled over a good many back roads in different…

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Campers and Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

With the summer season in full swing, holidays pending, and with a variety of week-end attractions for Royal Automobile Club of Australia…

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Road Safety for Children

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

A great campaign, aimed at inculcating road-safety principles in Children, has begun in Cheshire (England). The Chief Constable is making a…

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The Motor World News And-notes From the N.R.M.A. Road Safety for Children

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 8

A great campaign aimed at inculcating road safety principles in children, has begun in Cheshire (Eng.). The Chief Constable is making a…

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South Australia’s Best Lighting on Unley Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 4

Although comparatively isolated from the rest of the world’s major activities, it cannot be said that Australia lags when it comes to commercial or…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Another Road Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 7

John Thomas Schuback (59) was killed instantly, and Mrs. Ruby Gladys Schuback (50) and Mrs. Muriel Catterall (38) fatally injured, and…

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Motor Fatalities

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

John McNickle, a member of a Wagga firm of wheat buyers, was killed and another man was injured when a motor car struck the rail of a bridge…

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Road Safety

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 3

The Commissioner of Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddccks) writes:— "The accompanying article is commended for your perusal. After you…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Sylvania Motor Smash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 2

John Catterall (38), who died in St. George Hospital this morning, was the fourth victim of Sunday's motor car smash at Sylvania…

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Railway Excursions for Christmas and New Year Holidays

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Word has been received from the Department of Railways regarding the wide series of excursions arranged in connection with the Christmas…

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Aeroplane Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 2

A metal Moth aeroplane, piloted by Ronald Avery, 23, crashed 500 feet on Sunday morning during a training flight near the Essendon Aerodrome…

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Road Safety (Continued from [?]

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 1

Safety campaigns. pamphlets ic[?] by safety directors, sermons by police, embellished newspaper photographs, un[?] accounts of…

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Road of Access At Brindabella

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 1

At the meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council last week a letter was received from Mr. W. P. Bluett, acknowledging copy of a report by the Shire President…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Learning to Drive

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1936 · page 4

The world's first public practice driving course is being planned in Chicago (U.S.A.), according to advice received by the N.R.M.A. The…

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