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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Motor Notes Tightening Loose Shackles

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

After a spring shackle bolt has been in use for some time wear takes place and allows some play between the parts. The result is rattling…

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Motoring Maxims

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 5

Here are a few practical motoring maxims by the N.R.M.A Safety Department:-- Be completely master of your car…

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Motor Notes. Two Road Pests

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 11

There are, according to the N.R.M.A., two road pests each of whom scores 100 per cent, as a double-barrelled, altogether awful weariness of the flesh…

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Traffic on Kempsey Bridge

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Ald. J. B. McElhone, at the last Kempsey Municipal Council meeting, said he understood that there was a law in existence which debarred…

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Auction Bridge. (No. 4)

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 13

The object of the bidding is to arrive at the best declaration suitable to the two hands. Three over in No Trumps, 4 over in Spades or Hearts,…

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Safety on the Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 11

"There is a wonderfully human appeal in the doctrine of the road safety movement -- unselfish and universal," says the Acting Chairman of the…

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The Dog on the Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

The legal advisers of the N.R.M.A. disagree with the opinion expressed by a suburban magistrate recently when he held that a dog has no right to be…

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News of the Day Firefly Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Several inquiries have been made into the Firefly Road contract, and it is expected that three or four tenders for the work will be lodged…

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The Other Fellow on the Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

You all know him, that ''other fellow." He causes all the accidents. He pulls away from the kerb without looking. He shoots into a main…

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Road Tests Reveal Striking Value Points of Excellence in Whippet 6

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

One of the main features which the Superior Whippet Fours and Sixes introduced is that of FingerTip Control. It has proved an…

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World's Motor Record for Ten Miles

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Norman ("Wizard") Smith broke the world's ten-mile motoring record on the Ninety-Mile Beach (N.Z) on Friday last, averaging 148.637…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. reports that extensive maintenance work during the last twelve months has brought into good order the length of the North…

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Motor Registration

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 15

Robert Bindley, charged with failing to renew a motor registration, pleaded guilty, through Mr. H. J. Stewart, and was fined 5 with 8 costs of court…

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The Armidale Motor Tragedy

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

The tragic death of Henry Reed, a young British migrant, as the result of an accident on the Kelly's Plains Road last Saturday night, was the…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

For the convenience and pleasure of all who were unable to take advantage of the cheap excursion trains arranged by the Railway Department during…

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Motors and Motorists. Dunlop Rubber Plantations

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 10

An aditional two million young rubber trees are now being planted in the Malayan plantations of the Dunlop Rubber Co. (England), and in ten years'…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that the bush fire season is now with us, and that particular care is necessary when breaking motor camps to see that…

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Growth of Motoring

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 10

The seventh annual motor transport show just concluded in Sydney, surpassed in general excellence of exhibits anything that has gone before…

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Motoring Maxims

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

Here are a few practical motoring maxims by the N.R.M.A. Safety Department : -- Be completely master of your car…

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The Road to Ruin

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 7

An Englishman on holiday in a small Scottish village was filling In a wet afternoon by chatting to Mr. Johnnie Awthing, the local storekeeper. It…

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