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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

229 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 12

Motorists Miss Their Ration

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 3

The N.R.M.A reports that hundreds of motorists missed collecting their petrol ratio tickets for June owing to ignorance of the closing date…

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Telegraphic News Another Aerodrome Lost by Taps

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

After two days' fighting American troops at 3 p.m. on Tuesday occupied Kornasoren aerodrome at Noemfoor, in Dutch New Guinea. This was…

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Landing Strip or Aerodrome? Possibilities at Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 3

A well—attended meeting of the committee of the Braidwood branch of the Braidwood branch of the National safety council of Australia was held on Friday night…

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Timber Train Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

MELBOURNE.—Claude Charles Marendaz (32), mill hand, was killed instantly and three other men injured when a timber mill train crashed…

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Little Things Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 1

"Oh, I'm too busy—I can't be bothered with little things like that." Like what? Little things which cause road accidents…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Motorists Miss their Ration

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 4

Tine N.R.M.A. reports that hundreds of motorists missed collecting their petrol ration tickets for June, owing to ignorance of the closing date…

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Shot in Sydney Train

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

After a hunt by police, three men were arrested following the shooting of a man in a carriage of a train between Liverpool and Casula last…

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Faulty Brakes and Lights (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

Motor vehicles are getting older and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected until the war has ended…

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Britain’s Motor Industry Post-war Export

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 3

In view of the fact that before the war Australia was Great Britain’s best customer for new cars, the latest developments as regards the…

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Faulty Brakes and Lights. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

Motor vehicles are getting older I and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be ex-pected until the war has ended. In…

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Telegraphic News Improving the Railway Service

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

one electrification of the main lines to Newcastle and Lithgew, and possibly to Goulburn are among the vast plans envisaged by the N. S. W…

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The Motor World News'and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Bad Driving Wastes Rubber

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

Blunt official warnings about the' parlous condition of Australia's rubber stocks ere [?] Ignored by many motorists, who continue to drive at…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Pedestrian Crossings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. considers that, in present conditions, owing to lack of police supervision, pedestilan crossings in the city and suburbs are so…

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Short Serial Story Blue Coast (Continued). Express Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 4

SHE had made no plans. Her instinct was to rush on and on, intrains, boats, motor cars, rush on through the sunlight, watching things…

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Ace Train-Buster Reopens Account (By Cable from London)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 2

Top-scoring R.A.A.F. train-buster during 1943, Wing Commander Peter Panitz, D.F.C., of Southport, Queensland who took command a few days…

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Remarkable Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 2

The Bailey bridge, named after Donald Coleman Bailey, of Britain’s Ministry of Supply, who pioneered its design, is one of the engineering…

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Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 1

The acting—engineer, Mr. T. L. Thompson, reported at last meeting of the Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:—…

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Jerricknora Bridge Repairs Waste of Money

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 1

At. Thursday's meeting of ganda Shire Council a letter was received from the Department of Main Roads informing Council that the…

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That Disputed Right-of-way. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 4

There are some motor drivers who scrupulously observe the traffic laws just as they observe all other laws, states the secretary of the Road…

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