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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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New Motor Truck

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 4

LAST week Mr. W.H.Marshall, accompanied by Mr. W.J.Bullock, paid a visit to Sydney to take delivery of a new motor truck which he had specially fitted up to…

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Motor Liner for Australia

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 3

Shipping men the world over nave their eyes on the Fairfield Yard, at Govan, Glasgow. Here lies what is fast becoming the magnificent Diesel…

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Railway Experts Inspect Northern System

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 4

The English railway exports (Sir Samuel Fay and Sir Vincent Raven) who have been engaged by the Government to report on the New…

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Kinchela Bridge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 2

Last work one of the North Coast steamers landed on Kempsey wharf a boiler, winch and quantity of other heavy gear for use in the construction…

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News in Brief Railway Experts' Visit

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 3

The English railway experts, Sir Samuel Fay and Sir Vincent Raven, who have been engaged by the Government to report on the…

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Drunken Motorists

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 2

"A man who drives a motor car while he is under the influence of drink is a menace to the public. In my opinion it is one of the most serious…

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Dungog Disaster. Three Girls Killed Shocking Motor Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 2

A shocking motoring fatality occurred at about 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at Dungog, when one girl was killed almost…

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Wingham—walcha Railway. (To the Editor)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 3

Sir,—With regard to the proposed line from Wollun to Wingham via Yarrowitch and Bulga—the distance is 94 miles or thereabouts, This…

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Telegrams. Terrible Motor Fatality. Three Still Critically Ill. Dungog

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 5

A fearful motor smash occurred on the Wangat road, near Dungog on Tuesday afternoon, about 5.30. The car ran into a wire rope which was…

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Horses Killed by Train

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 4

SAYS the "Macleay Argus": The oftrepeated warning to people not to allow their horses to stray at night, especially in the vicinity of a railway line, was…

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Motor Fatality on Wangat Road. Three Killed Four Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 4

A fearful motor smash occurred on the Wangat Road on Tuesday of afternoon about 5.30 o'clock. These in the party were Hargaret…

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Priest Killed Motor Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 4

ON Friday night, 6th inst., a motor car fatality occurred on the Bathurst-Rockley Road, resulting in the death of Father Francis Augustine Crowe, a priest of the…

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Awful Motor Accident. Three People Killed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 4

AN awful motor car accident resulting in the death of three women and in juries to three other persons, occurred near Dungog at 5 p.m. on Tuesday…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 4

THROUGH a tyre puncturing while his cycle was travelling at 60 miles an hour at Aspendale motor race meeting on Saturday last, W. Lehmann and a passenger named…

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Motor Cars v. New States. (To the Editor)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 3

Sir,— Now that motor cars have ensured the extermination of the Australian race within a generation, do you not think that the matter of…

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Dungog Disaster These Girls Killed Shocking Motor Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 2

A shocking motoring fatality occurred at about 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at Dungog. when one girl was killed almost…

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New Motor "Bike" and and Side-car

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 4

A movement was inaugurated some little time ago for the purpose of making adequate provision for I he Rector of Nabiac, Rev. C. W…

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The Dungog Motor Smash

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 June 1924 · page 2

The patients who are in Dungog hospital as a result of the recent motor smash on Wangat road, are progressing very favorably and there are…

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Motor Car Exhausts. Danger From Carbon Monoxide

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 2

Automobilists cannot be too careful about always opening the the doors windows of garages before starting the engine, Dr. W. P. Yant, of…

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Railway Farewell

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 4

Some fifty friends of Mr. Chas Fitzpatrick gathered at the Railway Refreshment Rooms on Saturday night last to say farewell to the popular…

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