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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

1,147 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 58

Stroud Shire Buys Road Plant

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 7

For some time the Stroud Shire Council have been considering the purchase of road making machinery, and on Monday, the councillors,…

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Motor Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 8

A German inventor is experimenting with a "rochet" car, in which, instead of the exploding rocket, he employs a liquefied gas. Three cylinders…

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Motor Notes Rattles in Spark and Throttle Connections

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

Spark and throttle rods and joints may wear sufficiently after a year or two to produce rattles that detract from the tightness aud quietness of…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

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

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A Tramp to the Tops

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Leaving Gloucester in sweltering weather I took the Bowman Farm road crossing, and admired the fine bridge over the Barrington…

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Thoughtless Motorists

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

The practice of some motorists in driving at a smart pace through puddle-holes in close proximity to footpaths and to pedestrians crossing streets will…

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Dorrigo Timber for Motor Bodies

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Contracts for the building of motor bodies to the total of £1,010,750 for the next twelve months have been placed in Australia, 90 per cent, of which will…

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Fatal Train Smash Two Engines and Brake Van Off Line. Driver and Fireman Killed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 2

Two engines and the brake van of an excursion train from Mount Victorian to Sydney left the line near Warrimoo last night. The loading engine was overturn…

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

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that extensive maintenance work during the last 12 months has brought into good order the length of the North Coast highway…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 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 the…

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Extra Train Wanted

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

A Wingham message states that efforts are being made to secure the running of a train from Sydney each Saturday night for the Manning…

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Firefly Road Tenders

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Gloucester Shire Council held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to consider tenders received for the construction of the remaining…

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General Items. Barnett's Bridge Closed

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 5

Elsewhere in the advertising columns, the public are notified by the Macleay Shire Council that Barnett's Bridge, on the road East Kempsey…

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Cars Collide on Kempsey-armidale Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 4

A man was injured when two motor cars came into collision on Tuesday on the Armidale-Kempsey Road, near George's Creek, about 45 miles from…

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"Arts, Crafts and Hobbies." Auction Bridge. Easy Lessons in the Game. No. 4

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 9

The requirement of 2 quick tricks for dealer and second hand, 2½ for third, and 3 for fourth hand to make to initial bid must not be departed…

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Dorrigo Timber for Motor Bodies

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 4

Contracts for the building of motor bodies to the total of £1,010,750 for the next twelve months have been placed in Australia, 90 per cent, of…

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Tragic Railway Accident

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

A serious derailment, causing the death of an enginedriver and a fireman, and injury to a junior porter and one passenger, occurred on the…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus

The N.R.M.A. reports that a considerable length of tar surfacing has been carried out on the Mid-western Highway within the municipality of…

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Motor Cars Cheaper

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

In comparing the price of everything before the war and now, how many of us realise or appreciate the remarkable fact that motor cars are far cheaper…

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