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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

367 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 19

No Accident Resolution (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales, despite some…

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Motorists’ Ordeal Car Trapped by Flood

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

Five Goulburn people narrowly escaped drowning when they were forced to sit for three hours on the roof of their small car after it had been…

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Road Safety No Accident Resolution

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales,…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is taking steps to obtain figures and information from reliable source regarding the effect of rationing upon the consumption of…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Petrol Rationing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. is taking steps to obtain figures and information from reliable sources regarding the effects of rationing upon the consumption of…

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The Motorists' Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon." "Carbon" Goes Bush

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Well, to the intense surprise of everybody, including illustrious self, I am back in comparative civilisation, more or less intact. Sundry people are…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.CA. Notes “Carbon” Goes Bush

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

Well, to the intense surprise of everybody, including illustrious self, I am back in comparative civilisation, more or less intact. Sunday people…

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Motorists to Face New Test Question? on Traffic Laws

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Applicants for a motor driver’s or rider's licence will be required, in future, to answer 12 questions on motor traffic law before being granted…

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Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Low Level in Road Accidents

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

There were fewer fatal road accidents during the month of December than there were for the Christmas New Year holidays of 1939-40. The…

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Low Level In Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 4

There were, fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas-New Year, holidays…

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Motorists to Face New Test Questions on Traffic Laws

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

Applicants for a motor driver's or rider's licence will be required, in future, to answer 12 questions on motor traffic law before being granted a…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Safety for the Family

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 8
Also in Queanbeyan Age

If the road safety, lessons being instilled in school children are to bear fruit, parents will have to take a greater interest in the subject, and be…

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COAL Railways’ Huge Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of this amount is spent locally on such…

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Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Pedestrians Who Are Killed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2

Pedestrians who were lulled in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167, and of these nearly four-fifths were either over the age of…

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Pedestrians Who—are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 3

[?]edestrians who were killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167, and of these nearly four-fifths were either over the age…

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Motor Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 1

This morning about 8.45 a collision took place at the intersection of Cooma Road, Lowe and Rutledge Streets, near, Harris Park. The vehicles…

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Women Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

According to a survey covering some thousands of American motor drivers, made by Dr. H. Silva. director of the Research Bureau of Yale University,…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 5

Mr. S. H. Liddicoat reported at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:— "Ordinary Shire works were closed…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. State Motor Taxation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 5

The State Government, in response to N.R.M.A. representations,, says that it is not possible to consider any reduction in motor vehicle taxation at…

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