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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

358 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 18

Car Smash on Tarago Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 2

A car smash which occurred late on Saturday night on early on Sunday morning is surrounded with mystery. Yesterday no particulars…

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Motor Drivers Third Party Risks

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 5

The Deputy Premier, Mr. Bruxner, referring to the absence of legislation to provide for third-party insurance, said the Government was…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. 16 Cars a Year

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

An almost incredible order—16 cars in a year. This, however, is the sum of the orders placed with English car manufacturing companies…

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Main and Trunk Roads Discussion at Council Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

Last night the Municipal Council received a letter from the Department of Main Roads, re trunk and main roads maintenance, and. surfacing with…

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Reconditioning of Tharwa Road Question of a Loan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

Recently the Queanbeyan Municipal Council made application to the Department of Local Government and Works for a grant for the purpose of…

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Motorist Fined £5

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 3

At the Canberra Police Court on Tuesday, Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., imposed a fine of £5 with costs, in default two months’ imprisonment, on…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. and It Was Free!

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

An army of painters in Copenhagen was sent out into the streets and public squares with orders to offer to paint white, free of charge, the rear…

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Stock on Roads

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

At last Tallaganda Shire meeting Cr. Keys asked, how the Council stood in connection with an accident which might be caused through stock…

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Queanbeyan-cooma Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Sir,—The state of the main road from the Monaro Shire boundary via Williamsdale into Queanbeyan is the cause of constant bitter complaints by…

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Grazier Charged With Manslaughter Two Men Die After Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Following an accident on Friday night on the Hume Highway, about two miles from Yass, Bernard Edward Ross Ryan, 26, grazier, was charged…

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Railway Accident Sixteen Killed VANCOUVER

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

Sixteen Canadian Pacific Railway workers were killed to-day when the tender of a locomotive was derailed in the night time at Revelstoke, British…

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Bridge Over Beulah River

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

Clyde Shire Council is renewing the agitation for the construction of a bridge over the Beulah or Endrick River, on the Braidwood-Nowra road,…

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Magistrate Warns Motorists

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

Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Traffic Court in Sydney on Monday, made it clear that breaches of the Traffic Act would in future be more severely…

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Cooma-canberra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

At the meeting last week of the Cooma Municipal Council, a letter Was received from Mr. W. Hedges, M.L.A., advising that Mr. Perkins, M.H.R., had…

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Motor Cycling Queanbeyan M.C.C. Forms Up Again

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

At a meeting held on 26th February, the Queanbeyan Motor Cycle Club was formed up again. Quite a number of enthusiasts came along and…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Spare Wheel Thieves

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 4

Edinburgh (Scotland) motorists are complaining that it is almost impossible to leave a car in the streets there for any length of time without the…

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The Oallen Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2

Good news for Nerriga. At yesterday's Shire Council meeting it was decided to spend up to £100 on the Oallen road, which is in a bad…

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Railway Excursions for Easter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

As will be seen by the advertisement in this issue, the Easter arrangements made by the Department of Railways provide for travel at…

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Motoring on Marble Roads

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

There is such a glut of white marble in Northern Italy, owing to the stoppage of exports, that several miles of a new motor road in the…

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