This Is How They Die (Issued by the Road’ Safety Council of New South Wales)
These are extracts from reports on road accidents hi country towns and rural areas of New South Wales: When the driver of a car, who had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
229 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 12
The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Motorists' Losses
The N.R.M.A, has received reports from motorists—of their loss, either by theft or misadventure, of tyres, tubes and spare parts from their cars…
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On the Queanbeyan-Canberra Road, near Mill Creek Bridge, a truck, driven by Ronald Hourigan, postal employee, collided with a…
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Money cannot win wars— that can only be done by personal sacrifice, by the courage and suffering of the individual fighting man…
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The Town Clerk (Mr. Turner) in his report to the last meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council stated that the following work had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Vised Car Pegged Prices
The N.R.M.A. declares that there is considerable confusion in the public's mind over the question of pegged maximum prices of early model…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Varying Speeds Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Reports on road accidents in which pedestrians have been injured are revealing a new hazard. More and more victims are stating “I was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicle Taxation Change Sought in Britain
A widespread effort is being made in Great Britain for a variation of the present basis of taxation of motor vehicles in that country, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foodstuffs Delivered By Motor in Britain
The extent to which motor transport is assisting to feed the people of Great Britain is shown by the fact that the Ministry of war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The acting—engineer, Mr. T. L. Thompson, reported to last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Danger to pedestrians
Many accidents are narrowly being avoided by pedestrians who walk on the roadway at night even when footpaths are provided, says the N.R.M.A…
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Reviewing the recent fighting on Biak Island in the Hollandia area of Dutch New Guinea, Gordon Williams, Department of Information war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclists’ Pranks Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
When it was reported last week that a schoolboy rode his bicycle along a track, on the edge of a 300-ft. cliff in Sydney and fell to his death,…
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There, is little doubt that, most of the 153,819 delicensed motor vehicles in Australia, embracing 129,668 cars and 24,151 commercial vehicles have…
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Now that jet propulsion of aircraft and robot aerial torpedoes is so much in the news, it is of interest to recall ,that in 1928 a car designed and built…
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Reviewing the recent fighting on Biak Island, in the Hollandia area of Dutch New Guinea, Gordon Williams, Department of Information war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restricted Train Services Mr. Hartigan’s Explanation
In a statement issued to the “Age” this week, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said that for many months past he had noticed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That Road (To the Editor of the "Dispatch")
Sir,-I, amongst other Jembaicumbene, residents, am still wondering when this road is to be repaired. It's a wonder councillors can't hear the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. New Traffic Regulations
The N.R.M.A. draws employers' attention to the gazettal of a new regulation under the Motor Traffic Act designed to protect both employee and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Little Things Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
“Oh, I'm too busy—I can’t, be bothered with little things like that.” Like what? Little tilings which cause accident’s. When making a survey of public…
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