Mongarlowe and Reidsdale Roads
Regarding the Mongarlowe road, Cr. Kennedy asked if Council had £200 to spend on it. The Clerk: "We are overdrawn now by £1400." Cr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
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Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The acting engineer, Mr. T. L. Thompson, reported at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Robbery at Foxlow Police Recover Jewellery and Goods Worth £500 Arrest on Train
Goulburn police early on Sunday morning recovered jewellery and other personal property worth more than £500 which disappeared the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Parking; Restrictions Should be Revised
"Now that there has been an appreciable falling-off in city traffic and because petrol economy is of such vital importance, parking restrictions…
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The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, and the Premier of New South Wales have it clear that there must now be a maximum concentration…
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All motorists and cyclists are warned that if they Intend using their vehicles at night from now on the regulations must be strictly adhered…
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A circular letter from the Department of Supply and Development, read at the meeting last Tuesday of Yarrowlumla Shire Council stressed the vital need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Removing Road Signs
Advertising signs familiar to road and rail travellers displaying such information as distances to towns and cities, and “Welcome” and “Farewell” signs at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Private Motoring in War Time
In the House of Commons recently the question was asked whether the Government thought the time had come when private motoring should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes the N.R.M.A. March Ration Tickets
Motorists may obtain March ration tickets from the N.R.M.A., Spring Street, Sydney, until 12.30 p.m. on March 28. March issue of tickets…
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At last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was received from the Department of Air, Melbourne, asking for particulars in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-osities
Motorists pausing in Marysville (U.S.A.) when they return to their parked cars find them tagged, but smile when they read: "Hello, folks…
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The acting engineer, Mr. H. J. Thompson, reported at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire as follows:— Air Raid Trenches.—As directed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Immobilised Motor Vehicles
Motor tyres are now of such importance to the Nations War effort that the impressments of tyres on the many thousand of delicensed motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Crash
When an electric train crashed into the rear of another in a tunnel at St. James Station to-day, six people, including a railway guard, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor World News and Notes From the M.R.M.A. Charcoal Notes
Because of its effect on charcoal the first spell of wet weather has proved an unpleasant experience for motorists new to producer gas units…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concrete Sleepers For Britain's Railways
Concrete sleepers are being tried, out to replace some of the. 3,00,000 timber sleepers which railways in Great Britain need each year to maintain…
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With the restriction of the sale of motor tyres in the Commonwealth necessary to conserve Australia's stock of crude rubber for military and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decapitated by Train Young Man’s Tragic End
Within possible sight and hearing of a number of people on the departure platform of the Goulburn Railway Station, about 12.40 yesterday morning, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Acetylene Gas As Motor Fuel
Acetylene gas is being so widely used as a substitute fuel in Switzerland that at a recent motor show in Zurich seven types of generator units for this gas…
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