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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Railway Smash Passengers Dazed with Shock. Miraculous Escape. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

The first relief train from the scene of the Mountains railway accident arrived at the Central Station at 2.15 this morning…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

For the convenience and pleasure of all who were unable to take advantage of the cheap excursion trains arranged by the Railway…

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World's Motor Record for Ten Mile's

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Norman ("Wizard") Smith, broke the world's tenmile motoring record on the Ninety-Mile Beach (N.Z.) on Friday last, averaging 148.637…

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Telegraphic News Railway Disaster. Between Mount Victoria and Sydney. Two Engines Leave Line. One Crew Killed. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Two engines and a brakevan of an excursion train from Mount Victoria to Sydney left the line near Warrimoo last night. The leading engine…

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Motor Car Fatality Weston Boy Killed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

As a result of being knocked down by a motor car at Liverpool last night, John Robinson, aged eight, of Fort-street, Weston, received…

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Struck by Train. Car Hurled Into Fence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 7

The express train running from Hobart to Launceston on Tuesday crashed into a motor car containing three adults and three children at…

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Railway Alterations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn. M.L.A., referring to-day to the question of the alterations that may be affected on the railway said that he understood…

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Main Roads Board Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, recently, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., asked the following quotation: "In view of the urgent necessity for the…

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Motor Drive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 4

The motor drive from Miller's Forest to Speer's Point, which took place on Thursday last, under the auspices of the Miller's Forest Progress…

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WALKED 20 Miles. Lady Motorist. Then Was First Home. Monte Carlo, Jan, 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 5

Mrs. Bruce, the famous lady motorist, was the first home in the International Motor trial. Over fifty arrived at the zero hour…

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Easy Auction Bridge Lesson. No. 3

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 10

The object of the bidding is to arrive at the best declaration suitable to the two hands. Three over in No Trumps, 4 over in Spades or Hearts,…

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Wonderful Story faithfully Told "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 5

"The Bridge of San Luis Rey," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's much-heralded filmisation of Thornton Wilder's celebrated novel, is the attraction…

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The Motor World

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 9

A scheme to instal police boxes on main roads out of London, each equipped with mechanical devices for stopping cars, is contemplated…

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Plugs of Gelignite. Found on Railway Line. West Maitland

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Two plugs of gelignite were found by railway employees on the railway line under the Elgin-street footbridge. The gelignite is stated to be similar to…

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Heavy Loss. on Japanese Railways. Tokio, Jan. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 4

Owing to retrenchment and business depression, the decrease in the income of the Government railways is the biggest in the history of the…

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Railways Bill £95,000 Extra. Shorter Worming Week

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

The recent quarterly adjustment of the Federal basic wage, which affects most of the railway and tramway unions, will increase the wages bill…

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Motor Wins. Famous Express Beaten. Race Across France. Calais, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

Two Englishmen, Messrs. D. Noble and M. F. Bennett, in a British car, a Rover light six, have beaten the Blue Train in a race across Franco…

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Motor Car Education Ford Method

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

There is no commodity that is so much talked of as the motor car. In the younger generation of to-day. the bent for mechanics is…

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Breach of Motor Traffic Act

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

Police v. Bruce Howard Buchanan, for failing to deliver up an expired., certificate of registration and number plate…

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Federal Basic Wage Increase Affects State Railways

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

The recent increase in the Federal basic wage will have a serious effect on the administration of the State railways…

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