The Road to Victory
Not since the beginning of the war have the United Nations been able to face a New Year with more confidence and conviction of eventual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1943
169 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 9
The Araluen Creek Bridge Over the Crossing at Foot of Mountain
At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a lengthy debate took place upon Mr. Engineer Thompson's report in reference to the crossing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Producer Gas Comes Into Its Own
"Latest figures of N.S.W. motor vehicles operating on producer gas, quoted by the Commissioner of Road Transport, prove that motorists have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Fined Failed to Affix Motor Registration Label to Windscreen
At the Canberra Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. J. Ryan, P.M., Christian Banks, contractor, of Flinders Way, Griffith, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Dead on Train
Seaman Jack Shearer, a naval rating, was found lying dead in a corridor of the second division of the Melbourne Express at 6.45 yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. N.R.M.A. Transport Auxiliary
A remarkable record of voluntary wartime service by motorists is revealed by the report of the activities for 1942 of the N.R.M.A. Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. T. J. Hartigan Completion of Fifty Years Railway Service
Entering the Railway Service as a junior clerk in January, 1893, Mr. Hartigan has completed 50 years of service with the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Motor Camping
Forced by petrol rationing to stay close to home, motor campers gave extensive patronage to popular grounds near Sydney over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Rusting; Producer Gas Unite
The N.R.M.A. engineers report that owing to the wet season, unprotected gas units are being attacked by rust, spoiling the appearance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desert Railway Completed
Across the scorching Iraq desert, with daily sandstorms and occasional tropical downpours, the Indian Army has built a new railway of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Proposed New Speed Limit
Discussing the Federal proposal to institute a 30 m.p.h. speed limit for motor vehicles throughout Australia with a view to conserving rubber, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Araluon Greek Bridge
Cr. Kennedy said he would like to have a rough estimate of the cost of the bridge over the creek at the foot of the mountain and also a plan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The acting engineer, Mr. T. L Thompson, reported at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire as follows:— Trunk and Main Roads.—Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Women Road Sweepers at Work
Women road-sweepers have been employed by the Hendon, London, Borough Council to replace men, and, wearing this neat blue uniform, have started work. Mrs. C. Miles, one of the women road-sweepers, who formerly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Missed Petrol
The commencement of the February the issue of petrol ration its last Monday produced more ther the average number of cases who of motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth’s Epic Fight Motor Truck on Fire
A large truck leaded with, three and a half tons of lucerne, while on its way from Ingalara to Michelago, caught fire a few days ago, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Builders of Britain's Army
One of the major problems cont routing an advancing army is the crossing of rivers whose bridges have been destroyed by the retreating enemy. The Royal Engineers of Britain's Army have made a special…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Motorists' Change of Residence
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists that the petrol rationing authorities will give consideration to applications for special petrol allowances in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quarterly Motor Registrations
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who contemplate registering their care quarterly instead of yearly to investigate the position from all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wear of Motor Tyres
The N.R.M.A. engineers declare that motorists would be doing a Good Samaritan act for their fellow road-users if they stopped them on the road…
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