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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
6
The N R M L A plans an intensive Safety on the Road campaign. An executive report outlines three areas: engineering measures to remove hazards and widen corners. traffic administration including penalties and traffic laws revision. and road user education with literature posters displays and propaganda. The council funded the effort and preparations proceed.
A Sydney magistrate imposed a fine of £60 or six months in prison plus a two year disqualification on a youth motorist for reckless driving in heavy traffic. The magistrate condemned the driver as a terror on the roads, saying such individuals threaten public safety and should be imprisoned to deter dangerous speeding.
An NRMA case highlights motorists ignorance of car operation with a Sydney to Wise Men’s Ferry patrol misstep over extra air and ignition. It details braking advances from servo mechanisms to vacuum cylinders, friction reduction, and how external contracting hand brakes influence drum pressure for full retardation.
A dense list outlines broadcasting blocks with music, news, talks, and performances across many times. Entries include orchestra and vocal items from diverse artists, concerts at Government House, and market reports alongside sports and weather mentions.
Archaeologists led by Mr. T. Papé uncover a Roman villa with rooms corridors and a verandah at Hales near Market Drayton Shion. They argue the site may be Mediolanium locating between Uriconium and Chester with near Ramian road proximity. Excavations by Papé and schoolboys followed crop drainage discovery revealing villa remains bricks bronze brooch and evidence of burning and looting.
A quirky note ponders chemists removing odors from petrol to ease pedestrians. It imagines scented fuels and service stations advertising perfume tones like valley or heliotrope motor oils.
An ambitious Norwegian mountain road from Vik in Eidfjord to Haugastøl railway station traverses Mare Dangervidda, once deemed impossible to build. The route offers dramatic gorges, waterfalls, and plateaus, highlighting Norway’s rugged scenery and historic bridle paths used since old Norse times.
Local shop lists men s footwear including black patent leather shoes and tan boots with full welted soles. Sale prices cut blankets from 29/6 to 25/ and bed blankets to 39/6 and 47/6. Wool blankets and flannels offered with reduced rates and assorted overcoats priced down from 63/ to 42/ with waterproof features.
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