Twentieth Century Railway Racing
In a B.B.C. broadcast Cecil J. Allen, a journalist who has written several books about railways, told the story of the twentiest-century railway races…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
201 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11
Strengthening Canberra’s Principal Bridge
First s[?]age of the work of streng hening Commonwealth Avenue bridge at Canberra has been almost completed. In this picture Foreman W. I. Roberts directs the lifting of a steel girder to reinforce decking of the southern span of the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urges Drought Moves Train, Truck Plans
The Cahill Government was urged last week to prepare for drought by lifting much of its heavy taxes on diesel semi-trailer trucks, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Judge Awards £45,000 Damages Order to Railways Over Bushfire
Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court last week awarded the Australian Woolbrokers and Produce Co., Ltd., £45,000 damages against the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road From Canberra to the Coast
No fewer than seven deputations are planned from various parts of Eden-Monaro to wait on Ministers at Canberra as soon as Parliament re-opens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gates on Public Roads (To the Editor, "Dispatch")
Sir,—The discussion at last Council meeting, as reported in the columns of your journal on the 11th inst., regarding the matter of public gates on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Goods Delay No Extra Siding Here
The Railway Department is unable at present to provide an additional goods siding at Queanbeyan, but it will consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Action on Bridge Over Tinderry Ck
Yarrowlumla Shire Council has received a letter from Monaro Shire Council, advising that complaints had been received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dangerous Bridge Shire Urged to Widen It 8Ft
In a letter to Yarrowlumla Shire Council, which was dealt with on Wednesday, Captain’s Flat Chamber of Commerce wrote urging…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Matters Discussed by the Shire Council
Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors, at the conclusion of Wednesday’s meeting, accompanied the Shire Engineer (Mr. J. M. Firth) on an inspection of the [?] through Talesin serving the properties of E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Mishaps in ACT Five Qbn, Men in Accidents
Five Queanbeyan men were involved in three separate accidents at Canberra this week. The first two accidents took place within a few minutes of each other on the same intersection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Liability, says Shire Council Tyre Wrecked by Spike on Bridge, Driver Claims
A claim has been made on Yarrowlumla Shire Council for the value of a tyre and tube which, it is alleged, were completely wrecked by a 6 inch dog spike on a small timber bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Producers [?] Country Bears Railway Burden
Speaking in the Legislative Council Mr. H. V. Budd (Country Party) said it was wrong that the primary industries and the country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike Paralyses Railway Station In Paris
St. Lazare railway station in Paris was a deserted scene last we ek when two million French workers went on strike in protest against the French Government’s proposed economy measures…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Jerricknora Bridge
There's many a slip—.After many disappointments the famous—or infamous — Jerricknora bridge was as good as built when a tender was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Politics and the Railways Labour Policies Condemned
Mr. G. R. Crawford (C.P., Barwon) declared in the Legislative Assembly that if politics could be divorced from the administration of the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defective Motor Vehicles
Motorists should, have their safety equipment inspected more frequently, in the N.R.M.A.s opinion. Mr. H. E. Richards, general secretary, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awarded Damages Against Shire Motorist Gains Verdict for £91
For damages to his car when it was involved in a collision with a Council truck in September last year, Charles Albert Genge was awarded £91/7/6 from Yarrowlumla Shire Council at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Are We to Get Electricity or Costly Aerodrome
A Durran Durra correspondent writes:—"It is gratifying to know that even if our Shire Council has no money it still has a sense of humour. At last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolgirls Train for Anniversary Sports
GIRLS of the Telopea Park School, Canberra, practised hard this week for the sporting events to be held as part of the 30th anniversary of the school tomorrow…
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