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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

367 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 19

Ambulance Girls Train for British Empire Duty

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

A long pu[?]l and a strong pull by girls of the Women’s Mechanised Transport Corps in Britain; members of a party of 58, training for Ambulance duties in Kenya…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

A skilful driver has been defined by the Road Safety Council is the driver who could take advantage of the speeds built into the…

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Railway Chief Inspection T[?]ur Mr. Hartigan in North-West

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, on his return to Sydney after an extensive tour of the north-western portion of the State,…

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

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 5

A skilful driver has been defined by the Road Safety Council as the driver who could take advantage of the speeds built into the car of to-day,…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Parking on Built Pass

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 8

The Safety Department of the N.R.M.A. has received reports from members that during several recent week-ends some motorists have…

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 4

Concerned with the difficult problem of evacuating the civilian population of Newcastle to less vulnerable points should this be necessary in the…

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Goods Stolen From Motor Car Insurance Liability

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 4

Judge Holt, in a judgment in Sydney District Court on Friday, held that goods stolen from a motor car in an hotel parking-place were covered by…

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Goods Stolen From Motor Car Insurance Liability

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

Judge Holt, in a judgment in Sydney District Court, held that goods stolen from a motor car on an hotel parking-place were covered by an…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Service to Producer Gas Units

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

There should be no fear in the minds of motor owners who contemplate the installation of producer gas outfits that there will be trouble in…

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How Many More? Clerk of Works at Durban Durra Bridge and His Pay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 3

At last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was read from Mr. T. "McEvoy, superintending officer at Durran Durra bridge,…

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Sleepwalking Is Safer (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South. Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 4

Competent authorities estimate that one person in every hundred has been subject to sleep-walking at some time. Many of these are afflicted by the…

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The Motorists' Corner Official R.A.C.A. Note by "Carbon." "Carbon" Appointed Royal Empire Show Commentator Show Memories

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 5

The Royal Empire Show, from 7th to 15th April, will be outstanding in many respects chief of which is the fact that the Royal Agricultural…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Service to Producer Gas Units

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 1

There should be no fear in the minds of motor owners who contemplate the installation of producers outfits that there will be trouble in…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

Mr. Liddicoat reported at last meeting of the Shire Council as follows:— "1941 Main Roads' Maintenance Programme.—Captain's Flat Road:…

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“Night Train to Munich”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

Deftly blending romance, laughter and excitement, “Night Train to Munich” opens Saturday at the Star and Triumph Theatres. Margaret…

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Road Safety Sleep-walking Is Safer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Competent authorities estimate that one person in every hundred has been subject to sleep-walking at some time. Many of these are afflicted by the…

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Where Men Are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

More people are killed, on the roads of the country than in the whole of the city of Sydney and its suburbs, even though only one-third of the…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes “Carbon” Appointed Royal Empire Show Commentator Show Memories

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The Royal Empire Show from 7th to 15th April will be outstanding in many respects, chief of which is the fact that the Royal Agricultural…

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School Patrols and Motorists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. issues a reminder to motorists that the law will deal severely with any driver who ignores the warning given by the flags of the…

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Woman Killed on Cooma Road Car and Motor Cycle Collide

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 1

On Saturday afternoon, about 5.30, a motor car driven by John Francis Lawler, jun., of Michelago, and a motorcycle ridden by Sidney Browne, aged 26,…

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