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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

209 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 11

Sandholes Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

The Shire council at last meeting was asked by Mr. Kennedy to have the Sandholes road regraded. He had fully maintained the road during the…

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Local and General Major's Creek Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 2

Reporting at last Shire meeting, the Engineer said that the work of grading on the Braidwood-Major's Creek road would be proceeded with from funds…

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Motor Mechanics’ Responsibility

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. makes an appeal to motor mechanics for the greatest care in attending to the safety equipment of motor vehicles, particularly…

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British Motor Industry Leading In Vehicle Exports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

The British meter Industry, already the world’s biggest exporter of mote cars, has now become the [?]argest single supplier of both cars…

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New Development In Motor Cycling Suspension

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

A new type of front and rear rubber suspension for motor cycles which gives an improved damping, [?]rective effort and braking was…

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Dirty Doings in Dark at the Railway Station

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

Alleging unlawful assault against James J. O'Brien, T. R. Gillis told a strange story of an eventful night in the mining village of Captain's…

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Picnic Party Unfortunate Motor Car Overturns

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

Disastar overtook a picnic party on Wednesday morning last when the motor car in which they were travelling skidded off the road and went…

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Motor Cycle Races

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Last Sunday the Southern Tablelands Motor Cycle Club held a race meeting on the East Queanbeyan Citcuit. The entries turned out to…

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Dangerous Rail Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. charges the Railway: Department with indifference to the safety of motorists who use a railway-built bridge across the main Northern…

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Jembaicumbene Bridge Expensive Problem for Shire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

In his report upon this bridge, presented at last Shire meeting, the Engineer, Mr. Forde Leathley, painted rather a disturbing picture and one…

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Major's Creek Road "Worse Than It Has Ever Been"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

At last Shire meeting the President (Cr. Erie Byrne) said he had asked to have Mme of the pot-holes attended to on the Major's Creek road. After…

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A Hectic Day Horsebreaker and Police Put on Show in the Main Street. "If I Could Get You Down the Bone Would Trample You to Death!"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

A WILD STORY was related to Mr. Stipendiary Magistrate Paton at the Court of Petty Sessions at Braidwood on Thursday, which took one's…

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Bridge Over Bombay Creek

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

The President, Cr. Erie Byrne, at last Shire meeting, said that Messrs. Ffrench and Daniel had offered to supply the timber for a bridge over…

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Residents Protest Against Road Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

A petition signed by about 60 residents, protesting against the Council’s Plan for a 27-feet carriage way between curbs in Hayes Street,…

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Clyde Road Smash

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

The Clyde road was the scene of another motor collision during last week, when a small car being driven from Canberra towards Bateman's Bay and…

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Police and Road Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

Delay by the Government in appointing additional police to the safety Bureau for the prevention of road accidents is unpardonable,…

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Making Road Crossings More Conspicuous

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

Experiments are being carried out in London by the Road Research Laboratory to test whether more conspicuous road crossings would…

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Our Story Ette All rights Reserved ) the Banshee of Hillstock Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

Hillstock-road was about the last place in the world that a self respecting banshee pr other supernatural visitant might be expected to…

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State Railways Summary of Annual Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside, has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the operations of the Department…

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Police and Road Safety

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

Delay by the Government in appointing additional police to the Safety Bureau for the prevention of road accidents is unpardonable, according…

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