Motor Cycle News
Preparations are well in hand for the organising of the gala dayâs racing on Sunday next, October 2. Leading metropolitan and country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1949
204 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 11
To Meet Shire Road Expenditure Higher Rating Suggested
With a big mileage of main and byroads to cope with, Yarrowlumla Shire is hard put to in order to meet requests for attention to roads…
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That motor cycle racing has caught the public's fancy was evidenced by the large number of spectators who attended the races…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Healing Railway
Electric trains, so people are apt to consider, are a fairly new method of transport but Ursula Eason in the BBC's "In Britain Now" programme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fees
Decision of the State Cabinet to raise motor registration and driving licence fees is described by the N:R.M.A. as an "unwarranted move…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fees
Decision of the State Cabinet to r[?] motor registration and driving h[?] fees in described by the N.R.M.A.[?] "an unwarranted move in the v[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Long Distance Motoring
Danger of continuing to drive a motor vehicle while physically fatigued or drowsy is stressed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. More accidents than are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aluminium Funnel for British Railways Steamer
An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition which opened recently at Olympia, London, was an aluminium alloy funnel. Made by William Denny & Brothers of Dumbarton, it is on show for the first time in this country. The funnel is fabricated for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deteriorating Roads
Deterioration of roads throughout N.S.W. was deplored by the N.R.M.A. President (Mr. C.R. Davidson) at the annual general meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grants for Roads
Mr. Allan Fraser, M.H.R., has obtained a statement of Commonwealth allocated for road works to Local Government authorities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Better Roads Councils Need More Petrol Tax Money
"Forty-five million pounds is needed in New South Wales to bring Council roads to a proper standard," said Aid. R. T. C. Storey, president…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Road? Plan to Abolish Nelligen Ferry
Eurobodalla Shire Council is considering abolishing the Nelligen ferry and substituting in its place a bridge across Runnyford Creek, bringing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harrison's Road Council Votes £12 for Three Days' Work
A letter read from Mr. Peter Harrison, of North Araluen, at last Shire meeting, in regard to a road of access to his orchard, stated that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Illegally Used Motor Car Two Men Sent to Gaol
‘This particular offence, is rife. Several motor cars have lately been used in this way in this district. The position in my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Shortage of Railway Trucks "Searching Investigation" Asked for
Complaints of a serious shortage of railway trucks were made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. S. D. Dickson (C.P., Temora)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Witt's Creek Bridge Repair Work Carried Out
In his report to Friday's meeting of Tallaganda shire council the Engineer, Mr. Frode Leathley, said that due to the heavy traffic on the Ballalada to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Motor Registration Fees
Opposing the Bill to increase motor registration fees from £1 to £1/10/- and the fee for drivers' licences from 10/- to 15/-, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deterioration of Roads Commonwealth! Government Blamed
Unless there was a continuous stream of money from the overloaded coffers of the Federal Government, the condition of main and other roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A Frightful Road" Bitter Complaints by Bombay People
For a long time now the state of the Bombay road has been the subject or repeated complaints to the Shire Council, but beyond a little work about…
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