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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Day and Night Road Signs

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 7

Following the lead taken by the Automobile Association of Great Britain, the N.R.M.A. is interesting itself further in the erection of read signs,…

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Ford Motor Profits

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 7

On Tuesday the Canadian Government opened a suit for the purpose of collecting £6,000,000, alleged to be overdue profit taxes from nine…

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The Motor Car. Goodyear Australian Factory

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 7

Vice-President of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., who with engineers from the Goodyear Company in America has for…

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Motors and Motorists Danger in Brake Efficiency

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

Few components of a motor car have been developed with such intensity and success during the last few years as the brakes. Whereas just prior to the war it…

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Railway Parcels Office

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night the President (Mr. A. C. Parker) stated that he had been approached by Mr. Herb Dodds,…

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Bottles and Rubbish on Roads

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 5

THE practice now very largely followed by motorists of throwing empty bottles, tins, paper and rubbish on the roads they traverse has grown to such a degree that the…

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Tramcar Chasers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 7

Running after a tramcar is a business that puts most people in a bad temper, especially if they fail to catch up with it…

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Better Farming Train. Mr. Dunn's Comments

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

Asked to express his views upon the proposed better farming train, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn, M.L.A.) stated that in dealing with…

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Bullets Fly Four Injured at Railway Camp Seven Arrests

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

In approval Tom Mix fashion, the tunnel railway camp near Kyogle was shot up on Friday night. Three men and a woman were…

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Sydney Motor Show. Dr. Earle Page's Speech

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

Prior to declaring the motor exhibition in Sydney open the Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) said that probably no other modern invention had…

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Serious Shooting Affray Night Attack. at Railway Camp. Four Persons Wounded

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

A message from Casino on Saturday states:--A serious shooting affray occurred at the railway construction works on…

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Better Farming Train New Use for Great White Train

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. Lang, has decided to use the Great White Train as a travelling instructional institution in the interests of primary producers…

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Railway Stealing Charge

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 2

George Clarence Chapman Lambourne pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing 2 lobsters at the Taree railway station on 1st November…

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Some Motors

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 4

Mr. Phil Hand, of West Kempsey, has been appointed Central North Coast agent for Fiat, Chandler, Pugeot, Stutz, and Jowett cars, his main depot…

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Sporting. Motor Cycling

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 2

Mr. "Jim" Sladden at Newcastle on Saturday night ran second in the heats of the [?]avitation Scratch Race and the A Grade Scratch Race. He…

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Monday, January 17. (Before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.m.) a Railway Fare

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 2

Patrick Ryan, Railway Traffic Inspector, proceeded against Frederick Ford for having travelled in a railway carriage between Taree and…

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Road Works

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 3

In order to complete the secondary road programme by the end of the year, the gangs were taken from the main roads for the month of…

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Road Purchases by Augustus Hoffman

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 3

As per sketch and application for the closing of certain roads in Parish of Missabotti, County Raleigh, I can see no objection to the closing of…

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The Proposed Road. Cr. Connors' Action

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

At last Friday's meeting of the Nombucca Shire Council, Cr. Connors introduced the subject of the Proposed Road to the…

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Deviation of Macksville Bowra Road at Nobby's

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 3

The proposed deviation of this road, about three miles from Macksville, would traverse the old original road which has very even grades and…

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