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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

537 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 27

Road Cycling Queanbeyan v. Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

Blues and Reds, traditional rivals of the football sphere, will meet on Sunday morning to decide cycling supremacy…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 3

The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention during the 12 months ended 30th June, 1933, was 1,819 in which 115 persons were…

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Durran Durra Bridge Will Not Be Built This Year

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

At Tuesday's meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was read from Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.H.R. regarding a grant towards the…

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“Deplorable” Condition of Tharwa Road Shire Council Inspects

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

“This Branch of the Graziers’ Association of N.S.W. emphatically protests against the deplorable state of the Tharwa Road,” wrote…

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Council Unanimous Purchase of Road Grader Work For Roller

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Only Alderman F. L. Williams was added to the number of the aldermen who had attended the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council last…

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Loss on Railways

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

A reported loss of £1,000,000 is likely to be incurred by the N.S.W. railways for the year ending June next. The surplus on working…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 1

The number of accidents attributable to carelessness and inattention during the 12 months ended 30th June, 1938, was 1,319, in which 115…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Comprehensive Report Danger Signs Removed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 5

The engineer, Mr. C. N. Boult, reported at last meeting as under:— "Before commencing my monthly report. I have to call the Council's…

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Braidwood - Captain's Flat Road Something Definite at Last

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 3

After many months of weary waiting and agitating it seems that at last the Government is going to honour its promise made some years…

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Motorists Note!

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 3

A case of considerable interest to motor owners was decided at Bateman's Hay Small Debts Court recently when J. G. Veitch proceeded…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Shy of National Service

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 8
Also in Queanbeyan Age

National Service authorities in Liverpool (Eng.) are perturbed at the shyness or unwillingness of women motorists to enrol as ambulance…

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Irrigation Area Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 3

An inspector of the N.R.M.A. who recently traversed the road from Narrandera through Griffith to Temora reports that from Narrandera…

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Molasses for Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

Of the main materials experimented with in road construction, probably the most unusual is molasses yet a trial section of road built in…

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Captain’s Flat Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

It is reported that a grant of £300 has been made to Tallagandra Shire Council for the construction of causeways and pipe drains on the…

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Road Safety Accidents at Corners

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the…

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Just Received Tharwa Road Protest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

The Queanbeyan branch of the Graziers’ Association recently adopted a resolution protesting in unmeasured terms against the condition of the…

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Notes and News Grant for Captain's Flat Road

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

We understand that the Tallaganda Shire Council bas received a grant of £300 for the construction of causeways and pipe drains on the…

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Captain's Flat Railway

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

It is authoritatively stated that the railway line between Bungendore and Captain's Flat will be completed and opened for traffic early in…

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Motorist's Nice Manners

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

When asked by a constable for his name and address, a motorist, who had just been involved in an accident, addressed himself in the…

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