'Prehistoric' Toongaebie Railway Gates Coroner's Comments at Inquiry. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5
Declaring that the railway gates at Toongabbie station were "prehistoric," the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. Richardson Clark, commented scathingly…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6
Notices of the termination of employment have been issued to 150 men employed on the night shift on the Sydney Harbor bridge. They take effect on…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6
The reversion to the 44-hour week in the railways will cost the Commissioners nearly £500,000 a year…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6
The Victorian Ministry to-day commenced rationing of single men in the railway service, about 2000 men being immediately affected. During the past…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sea Drama Fire And Explosions Well-known! Motor Ship Sinks Dead and Two Injured Colombo
Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6
The Norwegian motor ship, Tricolor, well known in the Australian trade, came to grief off Bentota (Ceylon), on Monday afternoon, and…
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Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1
The road race for the T. O'Brien Cup, run under the auspices of the South Grafton Club, will be decided on Saturday, commencing and finishing at McHugh's…
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Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2
Good progress is being made with the movement to secure a 'raffle bridge over Coffs Creek to Park Beach…
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The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2
Whilst driving down the Dorrigo Mountain Road on Xmas Eve in a car Mrs. S. Alters went over the embankment at about the 14 mile peg. The…
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The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3
The N.R.M.A. says that, if funds are available, the constriction of a concrete crossing over the Eucumbene River on the Monaro Highway. Cooma…
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Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2
The flat rate of 1/6 per case for bananas from Coffs Harbour to Sydney, irrespective of the number of cases sent, has been refused by the…
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Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5
The Railway Commissioners have decided to discontinue the publication of the railway magazine, "The Staff," on the score of economy…
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Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5
The latest news reveals that the motorship Tricolor, which blew up, had 49 aboard, including a baby. The captain of the steamer Burdwan,…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 2
Starting from Monday last the train leaves here at 4.10 a.m. About two months ago the Commissioners announced that the summer time-table on the line…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6
The South Grafton Cycle Club will stage a road race this afternoon, from the Post Office Hotel, South Grafton, to Ulmarra and back, a distance of 18 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yamba Road Harwood Shire Discussion Estimated Cost of Construction Time Not Opportune to Borrow
Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3
The question of raising a loan for the reconstruction of the road between Harwood ferry and Yamba, was lengthily discussed at the…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3
The registrations of motor vehicles in force at the end of December totalled 239,025, a decrease of 10,535, as compared with the previous year. Every class of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coincidences Children Born in Railway Carriages. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5
A child was born in a railway carriage at the Flinders Street Station last night. The train was delayed until the ambulance arrived and the mother and child…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marriage Contract Pope's Encyclical 'Sanctity Trampled and Derided' Birth Control Condemned. London
Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5
Lengthy extracts from the Pope's encyclical are being given prominence in the newspapers. Referring to the marriage contract, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Motor Bus Proprietors £40,000 Unpaid License Fees. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5
The Transport Trust has announced that it has power to compel the motor bus proprietors to pay the £40,000 in license fees which they so far have failed to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorry Smashed to Pieces Two Men Jump Clear of Train. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3
A lorry was smashed to pieces, but two men on it jumped clear, when it was run down by a train at a level crossing at Hawkesbury River, yesterday…
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