Road Racing Riders Register Fast Times
Perfect cycling weather, with just that nip of frost in the air, enabled both Senior and Junior cyclists to record extremely fast times on Sunday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
491 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 25
Road Safety Is War Effort (By the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the number of road accidents due to carelessness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World News and Notes, From the N.R.M.A. Expensive White Lines
White lines in Manchester (Eng.) arc to cost £8000 this year, according to estimates recently issued. There are 90 miles of main road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoarding of Petrol Allegations by Motor Traders
The secretary of the Motor Traders' Association, Mr. H. C. Jones, said last week that petrol hoarding was a common practice throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Mobile Kerbs to New Highway
Out in Chicago they are trying a significant experiment in the building of the new 205,000,000 dollar super highway—mobile kerbs. At first only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fast Driving and Road Accidents
Not only do fast drivers use more petrol, but, on the average, they are involved in more read accidents. This fact was recently revealed by Dr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Racing Handicaps, Notes and Comment
Senior Cyclists of the Q.C.A.C. will have their stamina and condition tested fully in Sunday morning, when they will be asked to over 24…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Big Increase in Accidents
Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident figures of the State during the last two weeks. They were the care…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Increase in Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Two factors contributed substantially towards increasing the road accident figures of the state during the last two weeks. They were the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain's Flat Railway
"Is the Minister for Transport aware that considerable discontent exists in the Captain's Flat district owing to the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Prince's Highway
Motorists travelling along Prince's Highway between Sydney and Nowra are advised by the N.R.M.A. to exercise care between Gerringong and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes Quantity: Quality: Price
Petrol has assumed a three point interest for us of late—quantity, quality, and price. On the subject of Quantity, no decision has yet been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News an Notes from the N.R.M.A. American Cars to Be Bulit in Spain?
A well-known American motor car company has applied for permission to establish a motor car factory in Vizcaya Province, North Spain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Railway Traffic on
The Railway Commissioner, Mr Hartigan, announced yesterday that normal goods traffic on railways throughout the State would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Road Accidents
When a motor car left the road at French’s Forest, and struck a tree on Saturday afternoon, Stephen Best. 41, was killed and three other men were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Stock Harassed on Roads
The extreme difficulties encountered by travelling stock on highways was referred to at a meeting of the Wagga Pastures Protection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Racing Robinson First and Fastest
Bert Robinson displayed his best form to date this season when, in company with Ron Pepper, he rode through the field from actual scratch to take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Cycle Smash
Dulcie Harper (26) met her death this morning when a motor cycle crashed into a telegraph pole on the Hume Highway near Camden. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Safety Road Accidents Again Serious
At midnight on Tuesday the Road Safety Council bad been advised of 37 deaths in road accidents during May. More than three-fourths of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speciail Train to Goulburn
Group 8 officials have chartered a special train to run to Goulburn on Sunday for the Country Week elimination game—Groups 8 and 17 against…
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