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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

204 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11

Road Safety Campaign

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

N.R.M.A. efforts to secure an assurance from the Government that more police would be appointed to road patrol duty, in order to save…

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Upkeep of Roads More Money Needed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

Mr. W. G. Turnbull (C.P., Vic.). crease the allocation to the States House of Representatives yesterday to discuss the need for an…

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Road to the Coast Queanbeyan’s Position

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4

The following letter has been received by . Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., from the Minister for Transport (Mr. M.O’Sullivan):—…

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Road of Access Track Through Stock Reserve Suggested

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

A letter was read at last shire meeting from. Mr. Peter Harrison, asking for a road ol access to his propety at North Araluen. He said he had been…

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Britain’s First Motor Rickshaw for Export

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4

Britain first motor rickshaw designed for export to India, Burma, Siam and China, has been built by W. R. Passhley Ltd., of Birmingham It is a three-Wheeled machine driven by a 250 c.c. two- stroke engine mounted under the passenger’s seat, and reaches…

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Killed by Train

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 2

Struck by an electric train near Lidcombe Railway Station last night Reuben Henry Joel, 40, of Cabramatta was killed…

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Roads of All Colours New Research Achievement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

Reads coloured cream, yellow, red, green, blue or in fact any shale are now a near possibility as the result of experimental work carried out by…

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Woman Killed by Motor Truck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

Miss Helen May McLeod, 64, of Camperdown, was killed instantly yesterday when knocked down by a motor truck as she was boarding a tram in…

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Motor Driver Fined £10

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 2

At the local Court of Petty Sessions ON Friday last/ before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., Albert Ernest Hildred pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while…

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BRITISH 350 c.c. Motor Cycle Does 205 Miles on a Gallon of Petrol

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

Mr. John Dale, a well-known racing motor-cyclist in New Zealand, recently created a new record by covering 451.1 miles between Auckland and Wellington on a Standard British 350 Matchless motor cycle and using only 2 gallons 1.7 pints of…

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To Pay More Taxation Deisel Motored Vehicles

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Approval by State Cabinet of a Bill which would double the taxation on all diesel-driven motor vehicles was announced by the…

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Motoring Through Snow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

Australian motorists have, as a rule little experience of during through snow, which demands additional precautions, hence some accidents after…

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More Money For Country Roads From Petrol Tax Good Roads Are Vital To Producers And Consumers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Unless more good roads, especially what are termed “feeder roads” are available and maintained in the country districts of Australia we…

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Motoring Through Snow

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

Australian motorists have as a rule little experience of driving through, snow, which demands additional precautions, hence some accidents after…

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More Money for Country Roads From Petrol Tax Good Roads Are Vital to Producers and Consumers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

Unless more good roads, especially what are termed "feeder, roads," are available and maintained in the country districts of Australia we shall not…

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Motor Cycle News

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

The club's activity ever the past month has teen confined mainly to the preparation of the track for the opening of the new T.T., season…

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Road Surfacing Proposed Loan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

In a report to Queanbeyan Municipal Council at its meeting last week, Town Clerk (Mr. A. C.Turner) stated:—…

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Roads and Shire Councils (To the Editor)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 2

Sir,—We read in all newspapers complaints of the Shires and the bad state of the roads in general. Personally, do not think there is much between [?]…

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Fatal Road Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

District residents will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary Agnes Gallagher, formerly of Bungendore, which took place on…

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