Mid-Summer Motoring
The N.R.M.A. chief engineer, Mr. H. C. Napthali, offers some advice to motorists to overcome engine overheating…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
201 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 11
Holiday Toll of the Road
Mr. T. G. Paterson, Chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council, said in Melbourne last night, that Australia’s toll of the road in the Christmas…
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Sir. The latest (figures issued by the Road Safety Council in regard to the road toll are alarming, and yet thousands of people are unconcerned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Government Railways Summary of Annual 1951-1952
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport, the Hon. G. Weir, LL.B., M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worst American Road Would Be Better Than Our Best Says Goulburn Returned Traveller
The cost of living in America is much higher than in Australia, according to Dr. Justin McCarthy, who has returned to Goulburn after a five months" tour…
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At Bathurst Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, on a charge of illegally using a motor cycle, Herbert William Bettles, 18. was sentenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Fatality Coroner’s Inquest
The District Coroner Mr. A. M. Hall conducted an inquest at Queanbeyan Court House oh Wednesday, into the circumstances surrounding the death…
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The N.R.M.A. engineers say that spark plugs should be checked for wear every thousand miles. High engine compression with increased…
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Mr. R. E. Guy, the Municipal Council’s Engineer, stated at the meeting last week, that although the Main Roads programme for 1953 tor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General the Clyde Road
A hurried dash over the Clyde road yesterday morning caused the "Review" editor to wonder if his ears had not deceived him recently in the Shire…
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The N.R.M.A. engineers say that park plugs should be checked for every thousand miles. High [?] compression with increased heat…
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At Bathurst Court of Petty Sessions last week on a charge of illegally using motor cycle, Herbert William Beet[?], 18, was sentenced to six months…
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The above matter was referred to by Cr. Tom Pasfield at a Shire meeting recently. He said he and Mulwarree Shire Engineer had had a look…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents Motor-cyclist’s Leg Broken
When a motor cycle, ridden by Joseph Chalker, of The Crescent, Queanbeyan, came into collision with a motor car, last Thursday, the cyclist…
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Shire Council everywhere are vigorously protesting against the reduced State vote for Trunk and Main Roads. The cuts for 1953 are in the vicinity…
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"Shire Councils everywhere are vigorously protesting against the reduced State vote for Trunk and Main Roads. The cuts for 1953 are in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maryvale-sandy Hollow Railway the Joke of the Election Campaign But People Wide Awake
Talk of the State Government completing the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow railway has caused a bit of amusement among western district people…
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Motorists expect state political candidates to declare where they stand on the abolition of Sydney Harbour Bridge toll, said Mr., H. E. Richards,…
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When his motor car overturned on the Kitchener Road, Milton Goowin, 59, married, sustained serious injuries and died yesterday afternoon in…
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The above was again the subject of discussion at the meeting last Thursday of the Queanbeyan-Canberra Branch of the Graziers’…
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