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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Main Road Maintenance Programme

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

The Main Roads programme for 1936 as submitted by the Engineer was approved on the motion of Crs. Turner and Higgins…

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Care Urged. Road Work in North

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

Motorists using the Pacific High-way, are advised by the N.R.M.A. touring department to exercise care at several places where major road…

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Fell From Train Cattle Dealer Injured ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

Harold Cameron, 49, a cattle dealer, residing at the Club Hotel, Glen Innes, was travelling by the Brisbane Mall to Uralla to inspect cattle, and while…

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School Motor Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

A public meeting in connection with the motor service for children from Aberdeen attending the Muswellbrook school, was held on Tuesday evening…

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An Old Charge. Theft of Motor Car. Man Sent to Gaol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

An old charge was mentioned at the Muswellbrook Police Court this morning, when Thomas Joseph Newman was charged with having on about…

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Toll of Gale at Antiene. £200 Worth of Damage. Railway Disorganised

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

The small settlement of Antiene appeared to have received the full force of yesterday's gale. Damage was caused to the extent of over £200,…

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Trampled on When Shoeing Horse LITHGOW

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

When shoeing a horse at Edith, near Lithgow, Mr. T. H. Rawson was injured in a remarkable accident. Mr. Rawson was holding one of the…

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Loose Gravel Menace to Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

Motorists who have returned from holiday lours in the country are complaining to the N.R.M.A. of the danger of loose gravel on many miles of road…

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Railway Trespassers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

At the local Police Court this Thursday morning before Messrs Williams and Quarmby, two offenders who were found in a railway truck…

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Big Railway Revenue Remarkable Figures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

During the recent holiday season, from December 18 to January 1 inclusive, a total of 2,629,559 . railway tickets were sold by the Railway…

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English Railway Smash Thirty Persons Injured London

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

At least 30 persons were injured when the Penzance to London Express crashed into part of a goods train near Swindon Junction, Wiltshire…

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Motoring Accident

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

While Mr W. R. Schofield, of Sydney, accompanied by a lady, was driving a Willys "77" ear from Tamworth to Sydney yesterday, about 1.30 p.m., a…

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Motor Car Fog Hire W.h.pearge View Street Cessnock Phone 104

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Do you appreciate Comfort and Safety in travelling? If so, Ring Cessnock 104 for my Latest Model 8 Cylinder Bulck…

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Tower Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 3

Although by no means large, the Tower Bridge, which spans the Pool of London below London Bridge is one of the most famous in the world…

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The Friendly Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 8

"Keep moving," on the lips of a constable directing pedestrian truffle in a busy city street, are two words designed by the…

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Motor Race 1937 Project SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

A request has been made to leading motorists in New South Wales to co-operate in holding an international motor car race early in 1937 from…

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RECOVERED! Missing Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 6

A single-seater Morris Minor motor car, belonging to Mr. E. B. Scoble, of Roxburgh-street, Lorn, which was reported stolen from Ballard-street,…

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Motor World Reducing Running Costs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 10

Although many private motorists might not think it worth while to effect small economies in running costs and upkeep by specially considerate…

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Highway Work Warning to Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 10

Motorists using the New England Highway, the main inland route to Brisbane, are warned by the N.R.M.A. touring department that road work is…

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