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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 18

Proposed Concentration Camp for Returned Soldiers on the Tramp

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

The president of the Moss Vale subbranch of the Returned Soldiers League (Dr. Alcorn) declared last week thai it was the responsibility…

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Stop Lights on Trams

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

The only vehicle on the road to-day that is not required by law to indicate the intention of the driver to stop is the tram. The recent…

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Chevrolet Dealers Say, Thank You, General Motors"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

This year Chevrolet dealers have two very good reasons for saying. "Thank you, General Motors," says the "Daily News," Detroit. One…

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Two Men Killed Lorry and Motor Cycle Collide

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

Two men were killed and 19 others injured early on Wednesday morning when a motor truck transporting a gang of relief workers to work collided…

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Motorist’s Death Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

Gregory Lyall Gwynne, who was critically injured when his car collided with a motor bus at Narrabeen last night, died in Manly Hospital this…

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Railway Instruction Car Visit to Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

The Railway Safe Working Instruction Car arrived at Queanbeyan on Tuesday, and all the employees were given refresher courses by the…

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Motor ’Bus Ascendency Displacing Electric Tramcars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

The City of New York is in the midst of a sweeping replacement of its electric tramcars by motor buses. The conversion of ten street car lines will…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Care of School Crossings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 3

Now that the children have returned to school from their long holiday, the N.R.M.A. is making an appeal to motor vehicle drivers to exercise particular…

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Aeroplane Burnt Pilot and passenger Escape

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

When an aeroplane in which they were flying crashed and burst into flames at Mascot aerodrome on Wednesday afternoon, two men had…

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Struck by Motor Car Man’s Skull Fractured Dies in Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

As Mr. Frank Harriott, a railway employee, of Federal Street, was proceeding along Crawford St. on Wednesday night, a car, driven by Mr. Rawley…

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Fatal Motor Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE.—Henry Pye, aged SO, was killed and his wife, Alice Pye (30) critically injured in a collision between two cars 12 miles…

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Man Killed on Tram

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 7

Alan Mclnnes, aged 38, was fatally injured when he was struck by a tram in George-street, Sydney. He was standing on the footboard of a…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.r.m.a

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

Car. Speed and Acceleration. That the world's car manufacturers should come to a gentlemen's agreement not to strive against each…

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Use of Motor Horn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

The indiscriminate use of the horn by some drivers causes them to become a menace to the public and to the general flow of traffic. At no…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 4

A total of 87,071 motor vehicles and over 90,000 tractors were turned out in the Soviet Union in the first 11 months of last year; 17,600 units were…

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Road Work In France

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

France is fully alive to the needs of modern traffic conditions, although nor wonderful road system of tes Nationales han proved adequate…

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Gigantic Bridge Project Radio Plays Important Part

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Across San Francisco Bay to Oakland is being constructed one the world’s biggest bridges. The work has been in hand for more than a year now, and the pictures convey a splendid impression of the progress made and the gigantic nature of the project…

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Road Sign Posts Need for Re-lettering

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 2

The Yarrowlumla Shire Council, at its meeting held in Queanbeyan yesterday, received the following letter from the Divisional Engineer, Goulburn…

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Visiting Motorists' Permits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Important amendments to the regulations governing interstate motoring tourists are to be sought by the N.R.M.A. in co-operation with other…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Output Records Broxen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

For the first time in history, the output of the British motor industry, in 935, exceeded 400,000 cars and commercial vehicles…

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