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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Weekly Motor Notes. Spinning Out Petrol Mileage

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 7

Petrol economy is a subject which is near to the heart of every car owner, for it does not take much imagination to perceive how great a monetary…

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The Motor Car. Carburettor Setting

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 6

If we are striving for extreme fuel economy we must reconcile ourselves to the fact that the car cannot be expected to pull with quite the same…

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Eungai Railway

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 3

The fall of rain registered over five inches. This was extremely popular. The paddocks should now take on a verdant appearance and some growth…

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Stroud Road-Port Stephens Railway. Report Against Construction

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 8

Mr. R. S. Vineen, M.L.A., for Wards the Public Works committee's report in regard to the above as follows: -…

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A Railway Menace. Straying Stock. "Neckties" Not a Passport!

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 2

For some time past straying stock in the streets of Taree have been a nuisance that has had to be suffered in silence by the residents…

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Federal Road Policy

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 3

According to Mr. Hill, Federal Minister for Works and Railways, the hap hazard system of annual allocation for road improvement by the Federal Gov…

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Accident to Mail Train Serious Results Narrowly Averted

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 3

The Lismore mail had a somewhat belated trip last night, arriving in Kempsey at 1.40--somewhere about seven hours late. During the morning…

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Motor Car Case

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1925 · page 4

Reginald Leonard Carey was charged with failing to return expired Certificate of Registration and Number Plate of Motor Car…

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The Shire Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 4

Many portions of the Lower Macleay roads are in a shocking condition at the present time. A particularly diabolical bit, as Mr. A. C. Parker would…

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Accident to Mail Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 4

The Lismore mail, which usually arrives at Kempsey about 6.30 p.m., did not arrive in Kempsey till 1.40 Monday night or rather, Tuesday…

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Train Derailment.­ Grafton Sydney Mail

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 2

­On Monday last the Grafton Sydney mail train met with a series of mishaps. The first occurred at Leeville, where the staff system failed.­­­…

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Radio on Train. Bedstead As Aerial

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 4

Interesting tests for radio reception on trains were made Wits mouth by Messrs. F. Basil Cooke and Russell Crane while travelling,…

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The Railways. Some Interesting Comparisons

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 3

The annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30, 1925, contains, as usual, much interesting information…

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Wollun-Mt. George Railway Proposal. the Committee's Inquiry and Conclusion

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 3

­­The following is a copy of the Public Works Committee's report in regard to the above:-- The case for the construction of the…

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Adelaide to Darwin. Motor Route Urged

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 2

After a residence of 10 years in Irak, a former resident of Adelaide, E. D. A. Bagot, who played an important part in revolutionizing the transport…

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Train Fatality. Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

Alfred William Thompson, 17, was swept off the platform of a moving train at Lidcombe last night. He was picked up unconscious, then…

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Accident to Mail Train. Serious Results Narrowly Averted

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

The Lismore mail ha da somewhat belated trip on Monday night, arriving in Kempsey at 1.40--somewhere about seven hours late. During the…

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Traffic Inconvenience. at Railway Gates

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 1

Mr. Roy S. Vincent, M.L.A. for Oxley, has received the following communication from the office of the Railway Commissioners, dated Nov…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

Two men were run down by suburban train in Melbourne last night and killed, both victims being shockingly mutilated…

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The Motor Car. Wonderful Twenty-four Hours' Record

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 9

It was announced some little time ago that Captain Duff, a prominent British driver, had achieved a particularly fine record for the twenty-hours,…

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