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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

197 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10

Shire Roads Engineer's Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 4

Mr. J. Baker, Shire Engineer, reported to Friday's meeting of Tallaganda Council as follows:— MAIN ROADS PROGRAMME…

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Unregistered Motor Vehicle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

David L. Turnbull pleaded guilty through Mr. H. C. Deane to a charge of driving a motor vehicle, unregistered, on March 24, in…

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Cement By Road

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr W. Sheehan, writing with reference to personal representations by Mr. Seiffert on behalf of the…

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Road Deaths Increase

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 4

Despite all the road safety [?] road accidents are on the increase. This was revealed by Mr. R. Winsor, Director of Transport…

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Canberra Cooma Road Responsibility of the State Government

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 4

The Federal Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, has declined to entertain a request for a direct Commonwealth subsidy to maintain the…

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Income Tax Deductions for Motorists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 4

All motoring expenses incurred producing assessable income are allowable deductions for income tax purposes, says the N.R.M.A. Expenses…

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Two Kilted When Car. Hits Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

On Sunday night a motor car van into the railings of the Byrnes Creek bridge, Great Western Highway, at St. Mary’s. The driver of the car,…

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Deaths on Road Highesst Ever Recorded

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

In New South Wales during 1351 the number of accidents persons killed and persons injured were the…

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Jerricknora Bridge Further Delay by Main Roads Department

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 2

The matter of the above bridge, which has been the cause of endless inconvenience and expense Sot some eight or nine years, was again brought…

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Shire Roads Many Needing Attention

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

Following the report of the Engineer (Mr. Baker, ah last Tallaganda Shire meeting, Cr. Pasfield moved that a flood grant be applied for. At…

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Local and General Timber Tender for Jerricknora Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Transport as follows:—"I refer again to your representations on behalf of the…

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Hints to Motorists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 3

Collection of raindrops on motor vehicle headlights causes loss of vision, says the N.R.M.A. If the glass is wiped with a rag moistened with…

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Motor Cyclist Killed At Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 2

A motor fatality occurred at Captain’s Flat on Saturday last when William A Kerr, 21-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Renshaw Kerr,…

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Motor Trip with Patient Over Flooded Roads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 2

It has often been stressed that the hold-up of traffic on the Nerriga road would sooner or later result In loss of life, end a forcible reminder was again…

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Man Killed Instantly Hit by Express Train

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 3

Late on Wednesday afternoon, Gordon Rupert Ross 52 was killed instantly when struck by the Riverina Express, about six miles from…

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Practical Advice to Motorists

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 4
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Here is some practical road safely advice to motorists from the N.R.M.A. Use speed that is always safe and reasonable in the circumstances…

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Etiquette of the Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 1

There are rules of etiquette for the road just as there are for the drawing room, according to an official of the Road Safely Council of N.S.W…

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“Can Road Accidents Be Reduced?”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 2

Of general public interest in view of the rising casualty rate from road accidents, the Australian Broadcasting Commission are two…

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£75,000 Claim on the Railways

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 4

A writ claiming £75,000 damages has been served out of the Supreme Court In Sydney on the Commissioner stoner for Railways on behalf of…

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