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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Motor Notes

The Campbelltown News · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 2

Diamonds are used extensively in the manufacture of motor cars. They outlast the hardest steels for boring and grinding. One large American…

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Automobile Marvel "The Trackless Train " Coming to Picton. on Thursday, June 14

The Picton Post · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. E. A. Eagles) is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Grant Hanlon, Organising Secretary of the Picton Lakes Village…

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Automobile Marvel the Trackless Train Coming to Camden

Camden News · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 9

Due to arrive in Camden on June 14, is a remarkable achievement in automobile construction, the Trackless Train which has been touring the…

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Big Oil Merger of Interest to Motorists

Camden News · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 8

Interesting announcements have just been made of the merging of the Texas Corporation and the Californian Petroleum Corporation. The…

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Government’s New Roads Policy

The Campbelltown News · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 6

“The importance and significance of the pronouncement by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) concerning the Government’s…

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Big Oil Merger of Interest to Motorists

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 1

Interesting announcements have just been made of the merging of the Texas Corporation and the Californian Petroleum Corporation. The…

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Cawdor Road

Camden News · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 1

The Mayor of Camden, Ald. F. A. Macarthur Onslow, stated at Tuesday night's meeting of the Council, that Mr. Thom, Engineer to the Wollondilly Shire Council,…

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Of Interest to Motorists

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

Interesting announcements have just been made of the merging of the Texas Corporation and the Californian Petroleum Corporation. The…

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Motor Notes

The Campbelltown News · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 6

Trees in the [?] Boulogne, Paris, are dying. This is attributed by the Paris Municipal Council to the exhaust fumes from motor vehicles…

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Classification of Main Roads

Camden News · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 8

The Main Roads Board has communicated with the Camden Council stating that a general scheme of reclassification of Main Roads is now being…

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Classification of Main Roads

The Campbelltown News · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 8

The Main Roads Board has communicated with the Camden Council stating that a general scheme of reclassification of Main Roads is now being…

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Motor Notes

The Campbelltown News · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 6

Approximately 300,000 Australians inspected the new Ford car during the four-day advance showing in the six capital cities of Brisbane, Sydney,…

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Motoring Los Angeles to New York and Return. Record Broken

The Picton Post · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 2

Cabled advices have been received in Sydney from the Franklin Motor Co., advising that the famous racing driver, " Cannonball" Baker, drove…

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Additional Motor Taxation

The Campbelltown News · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 1

An official statement by the National Roads, and Motorists’ Association indicates that the sternest, organised opposition will be, presented to any…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A

The Campbelltown News · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 3

Due to the huge proportion of taxicabs and the bad condition of the roads, tyre consumption in Japan averages more than six tyres to each car…

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Railway A Tramway Institute Concert

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 July 1928 · page 2

On Friday week, several members of the Railway and Tramway Eistedfodd visited Picton, when they gave a concert in the Town Hall, to…

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Motor Notes Franklin Car. Los Angeles to New York and Return. Record Broken

The Campbelltown News · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 6

Cabled advices have been received in Sydney from the Franklin Motor Co., advising that the famous racing driver, Cannonball Baker, drove a…

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The Motor World. at Home and Abroad. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Campbelltown News · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 3

A sum of £2,015 will be spent on the reconstruction of the Burragorang Mountain. Road by the Main Roads Board and Wollondilly Shire Council…

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Motor Notes

The Campbelltown News · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. reports that in reply to a request that the main road between Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale should be classified as a State…

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The Oaks Road. to Be Repaired

Camden News · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 1

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night, last, the Mayor, Ald. F. A. Macarthur Onslow stated that he had received a draft estimate from Mr. N. G. Thom, Wollondilly Shire…

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