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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

537 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 27

Road Safety The Highway Code (Issued by the Road Safety council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently published a code comprising such information…

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Laws of the Road Rigid Enforcement Needed Mr. Bruxner’s Views

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

The Minister for Transport, Mr. M. Bruxner, says that the chief causes of road accidents and irritations to the public are lack of courtesy, impatience,…

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Exciting Serial Two on the Road Chapter Xxvii Shep Gets a Shock, But Carries On

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

Smith, or rather, as we now know him, Jack, went up to his room to tell Shep to stop packing up in the meantime. He…

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Growing Popularity of the Motor Grid

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 1

The increasing use of motor transport, particularly the farm lorry and utility truck, in rural areas has hastened the popularity of motor grids…

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Average American Motorists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

The American Petroleum institute in a statistical survey of the average motorist, has discovered that the average American car over is a…

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Motor Car Steel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

The Armco Mills at Port Kembla on Tuesday rolled the first sheet of steel for motor car bodies. Full production is expected to begin within…

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Road Safety the Highway Code (Issued by the Road Safety council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such…

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Motor Vehicles in N.S.W. Big Increase

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Figures made available yesterday by the Commissioner for Road Transport Mr. Neale, show that there is one motor vehicle for every eight people in New…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A France Increases Petrol Tax

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

M. Reynaud’s “rehabilitation” decrees—about which there has been labour I rouble in France—include a tax increase on motor spirit of 12 centimes…

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Sensational Explosions at Captain’s Flat Railway Camp Efforts Made to Wreck Works Dastardly Attempt on Ganger’s Life

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

One of the most sensational happenings in the district in recent years, and one that is happily rare in the industrial life of Australia, occurred at a camp on the Captain’s Flat-Bungendore railway line early yesterday morning, when attempts were made to wreck, with…

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Attempt to Blow Up Bridge on Captain's Flat Railway Attempt on Ganger's Life

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

One of the most sensational happenings in the district in recent years occurred at a camp on the Captain's Flat-Bungendore railway…

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Road Safety Children (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

School vacation will soon be drawing to a close and many thousands children throughout the State will b[?] travelling by various means of…

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The Motor World News ANd Notes From the N.R.M.A. N.R.M.A. has 6, 146 Members

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

A nett increase of 773 members during the month of December brought the strength of the N.R.M.A. to 64,146. Of this number 38,124 are…

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Many Motor Vehicles

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

There is one motor vehicle for every eight people in New South Wales, and every sixth person is a licensed motor driver. For every 17 persons…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Drive with Your Knee

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

A knee-operated accelorator has been invented, by an American; he claims a greater degree of control, as the right foot has only to attend to the brake…

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A Mystery Railway Camp Explosions No Arrest Made

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

The explosions at the railway camp on the Bungendore-Captain’s Flat railway line last Monday morning remain a mystery for extensive police enquiries…

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Opening of Moruya Aerodrome

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

The official opening of Moruya's fine new aerodrome will take place on Saturday, 11th February, at 2.15 p.m., the Hon M. F. Bruxner…

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Road Safety Children

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

School vacation will soon be drawing to a close, and many thousands of children throughout the Stats will te travelling by various means of…

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Main Roads Municipal Programme Council’s

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

The Municipal engineer (Mr. Holmes) submitted to last week’s meeting of the Municipal Council a detailed programme of works on main and trunk…

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Lucky Escape From Death Travellers on the Nowra-nerriga Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

A party of 13 (six men and Seven ladies) travelling from Braidwood to Nowra, had a narrow escape from being burnt to death in the recent…

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