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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

491 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 25

Road Safety the Sorrow of Road Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 8

In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:…

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A Wild Mustang That Roams the Valley Roads

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4

At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a letter, which provoked no little amusement, was read from Mr. W. H. Hillman, North…

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£200 Action Fails Braidwood Grazier in Motor Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 6

At a lengthy hearing at the Canberra Court on Wednesday last Francis Everard Maloney, of Reid, claimed £200 damages from John…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. India Prefers British Cars

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 8

Despite the war, British cars continue to occupy a commanding position in the Indian market. During October, 185 British cars, valued at…

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Sequel to Fatality Motor Driver Discharged by P.M

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 3

At the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, Kevin Woods, 25, Carrier, of Faithfull Street. Goulburn, was discharged on a count of having driven…

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Week- End Road Accidents Three Persons Killed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 2

A collision occurred between a motor cycle and a motor van early on Sunday morning in Liverpool Road, Canley Vale Alan Martz, 22, of Annandale, rider of…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 1

The path of road safety work in strewn with difficulties. One dangerous phase is scarcely cleaned up when another pushes its ugly head…

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The Price of Careless Loading (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 3

The path of road safety work is strewn with difficulties. One dangerous phase is scarcely cleaned up when another pushes its ugly head to…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Italy Develops Home Fuel

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 8
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The Italian oil industry has developed its hydrogenation plants very seriously during the past few years, and recently has been concentrating…

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Sequel to Collision Plaintiff Awarded £238/6/9 Right of Way on Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 1

“Though there have been efforts made to have the law altered, there is no such law in New South Wales giving the person on the…

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The Motorists' Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon." Petrol Rationing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 1

Main herald of the approach of the Silly Season is the revival of the petrol rationing scare. Possibly by the time this reaches print the…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes Petrol Rationing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

Main herald of the approach of the “silly season” is the revival of the petrol rationing s[?]are Possibly by the time this reaches print the…

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Road Safety Interviews with Death

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 4

In the file of the Road Safety Council there are some amazing stories of violent deaths, and yet all of them have explanations that are…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 4

In the file of the Road Safety Council there are some amazing stories of violent deaths, and vet all of them have explanations that are almost…

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The Motor World News and Notes Prom the N.R.M.A. Denmark on Petrol Rations

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 8

While private motorists receive their petrol rations fairly regularly, the number of cars in the streets of Copenhagen has been somewhat…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Denmark on Petrol Rations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 4

While private motorists receive their petrol rations fairly regularly, the number of cars in the streets of Copenhagen has been somewhat reduced…

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Bridge Spikes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 3

A number of complaints have been received by the N.R.M.A. that motor tyres have been damaged by spikes protruding from some of the bridges…

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Child Accidents on Roads Parents’ Responsibility

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 4

Request has been made, by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

Mr. Liddicoat reported as follows: Bungendore Road.—Scarifying, reshaping and gravelling is in progress from Doughboy bridge to…

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