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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

367 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 19

Rail Chief’s Northern Inspection Public Appreciation of Railway Staff

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 3

Interviewed on his return from an inspection bf the Main Northern Line extending from Hornsby to the Queensland border at Wallangarra, the…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. has agreed to co-operate with the Motor Mechanics’ Advisory Committee of the Technical College in an appeal to the public for…

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Australians Train in Britain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 4

Soldiers of the Australian forces have proved in the Western Desert that they are masters of modern mechanised warfare. These men showed, when training in Britain, that they could adapt themselves with equal readiness to European conditions…

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Road Cycling Marked Decline in Starters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 1

Sunday morning’s roll-up of riders showed a marked decline in the number of road riders, so much that it has been decided to abandon the Sunday…

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Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Weather Changes Accident Causes

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 5

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by the seasons, and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign…

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That Should "Learn" Him! Tale Op an English Road Hog

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 3

This is a story in circulation in England, and they say it's a true one:—A motorist was driving along when he heard a loud impatient…

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Weather Chances Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales )

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 2

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons, and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a “drought,”…

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The Motor World News and Notes, From the N.R.M.A. Training Motor Mechanics

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. has agreed to co-operate with the Motor Mechanics' Advisory Committee of the Technical College in an appeal to the public for…

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Hampshire £10,000,000 Still Under the Sea German Tramp Got £10,000

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 1

It is yours for the taking if you can raise it from the bed of the Pentland Firth, where it lies buried in the wreck of H.M.S. Hampshire—the…

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Britain’s Motor Industry The Light Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4

A question that is receiving Press attention in Great Britain, despite the nation's “all-in” war efforts, is “How will the British motor industry—and…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes PETROL

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 3

It's a pity that I'm not a woman . . otherwise this would be appearing under a five or six column banner headline “ I Told You So.” Since…

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70,000 Aeroplane Models

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 1

The biggest swarm of model aeroplanes which have ever gone out to South America are now on their way from Britain to Argentina. There are…

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Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Those Conceited Drivers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 5

There is a type of young man, particularly in the country, who rushes off to dances in nearby villages and who has the habit of thinking he still…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 4

There is a type of young man, particularly in the country, who rushes off to dances in nearby villages and who has the habit of thinking he still is…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Salvaging Waste

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 1

Making a virtue out of wartime necessity, some country garages are retrieving worn parts, which were discarded in past days, and are…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 5

It's a pity that I'm not a woman. otherwise this would be appearing under a five or six-column banner headline, "I Told You So." Since…

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World’s Highest Railway New Oil-Burning Locomotives Ordered From Britain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 4

Locomotives to cross the Andes over the highest railway line in the world are to be made in Great .Britain. They are for the Central Railway of…

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Railway Excursions for July

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 2
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In addition to the excursion tickets issued every week-end for travel between any two stations within the tourist area, there will be an…

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Road Safety Police Patrols Find Many Faults

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 5

Returns of the mobile police truck patrols and of other traffic officers show that during the month of May an abnormally high number of…

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