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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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

New Railway Bungendore to Captain’s Flat Momentous Decision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

A decision of much importance this portion of the State was decided upon by the State Parliament on Wednesday, when the immediate'…

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Road Safety the Pedestrian

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Road safety is a problem that win confront the pedestrian throughout his life, and, without exaggerating the position, the length of his life…

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Views of R.a.c.a. on Road Safety

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 5

For some time past the Royal Automobile Club of Australia has Leen forcibly stressing in the Press that if the current traffic regulations…

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Captain's Flat Mines Railway to Be Built Big Mining Revival

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said last week that, under an agreement which the State Government had decided to make with the Lake George…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Should be in Uniform

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. has suggested to the Department of Road Transport that inspectors employed under the Transport Co-ordination Act in the…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Trolley Buses in Fog

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

At some corners in London suburbs a string of lamps on the overhead wires for trolley buses is lit up when fog ocurs. These prove most valuable to…

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Motor Accident Three Men Taken to Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Three men we[?]e admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital shortly after midnight on Saturday as the result of a motor car…

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Show Week for Country Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

Country motorists who will be in Sydney for the Easter vacation and the Royal Show, will perhaps find the roads overcrowded and the traffic…

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Captain’s Flat Roads, Railways and Closer Settlement

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 2

Most prominent in the minds of our district population at the moment is the development of the Lake, George mining leases, or better known as…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. New York’s Car “Minders”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 2

New York police are turning their attention, to a nuisance, which is not unknown in this country. They will eliminate unauthorised persons who…

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Car and Tram Collide

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

William Patrick Keileher (74) was killed instantly and Mrs. Ellen Crawford (64) died later from her injuries as the result of a collision between…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. All States Motor Passes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

The introduction by Queensland, South Australia ' and Tasmania of compulsory (third party) motor vehicle insurance legislation has…

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Stolen Motor Cars Recovered One Found near Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

Late on Monday, night a sedan car, owned by Mr. J. W. Cartwright, of Mowatt Street, Queanbeyan, was stolen from in front of the Triumph Theatre,…

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Road Safety Iv

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 8

Hope for the solution of the road accident problem lies largely with the rising generation. It is proverbially difficult to teach an old dog…

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Better Road Wanted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space to say a few words about the condition of the road known as University Avenue at Canberra which connects…

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Health the Road to Winter Health

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 3

Be sure of plenty of fresh air when you are asleep. Only sleep with your windows closed when the doctor orders it, which he will only do in the case of…

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Railway Agitation Revived

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

While in Sydney recently Mr. R. T. Hassall had an interview with Mr. W. V. Hedges. M.L.A., in connection with Government assistance to…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. All States Motor Passes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 4

The introduction by Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania of Compulso[?]y (Third Party) Motor Vehicle Insurance legislation has destroyed the…

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Death of Boy Jury Acquits Two Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

At the close of the Grown case in Sydney yesterday the jury returned a verdict of “not guilty” in the ca[?]e in which Maude Avis Craft, aged 20, and…

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