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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Week-end Train Service Brisbane Limited Express to Stop at Gloucester

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce recently applied to have the Brisbane Express stop at Gloucester to pick up passengers for Sydney on…

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Three Drowned Tragedy on Wallis Lake Motor Boat Sinks

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Three well known residents of Tuncurry and Forster, Arthur Prior, aged 67; Geoffrey Prior, 25; and Stanley Hart, 27, were drowned on…

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Woman on Railway Line

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

Mrs. C. Pitts (46) was found on the railway line, near Mt. Colah, last night suffering from a fractured skull and severely fractured left arm. She…

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Trespassing on Railway

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Arthur Whatson was charged with trespassing on the railway premises at Taree on 4th January. Whatson asked to be allowed to see…

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Home Road

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer

It's nothin' much to look at, just a burnt-red, dusty road, An' the ruts are deep and crooked, where the teams have strained…

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N. S. W. Government Railways. Items of Particular Interest to Stock Owners and to Country Residents Concessions to those travelling with Live-stock

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

Persons to whom Drovers' Passes have been issued to enable them to travel by rail in charge of consignments of Live-stock, who desire to…

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Police Court. Taree, Monday, January 6. (Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.m.) Trespassed on Railway Premises

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

Arthur Watson was charged with having willfully trespassed on the premiser of the N. S. 1W. Government Railways on January 4…

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Late Wires. Sydney, Friday. Railway Administration

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

A Bill which will revolutionise the Railway, Tramway, and Road Administration in New south Wales, will be introduced to Parliament shortly. The…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. says that, if funds are available, the construction of a concrete crossing over the Eucumbene River on the Monaro Highway,…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 10

Closed cars' now constitute more than 89 per cent, of all models, according to automotive industry figures received by the California State…

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Motor Skidding and Its Causes

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

The matter of skidding is of vital interest to motorists, and is a subject in which expert advice should never be disregarded. Much can be done to…

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Motor Car Life

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

The accepted average life of a motor vehicle, car or truck, overseas is about seven years, and the same term of useful service applies to the majority of…

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Motor Notes. Lubricating Oil and Sludge

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

Few motorists realise what an amount of sludge and abrasive matter is collected in the lubricating oil of their engine. The use of an oil filter soon…

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Transport Administration. Rail, Tram and Road to Be Under One Department Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 4

A Bill which will revolutionise railway, tramway and road administration is to be submitted to Parliament shortly. The measure will provide for the…

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Restricted Train Service. From Taree North [?] Reply to Taree Chamber

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

Following on the last meeting of the Taree Chamber of Commerce, when the members warmly criticised the Railway Commissioner for failing to give a…

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Unique Railway. Travel in North Australia. "The Jumping Pig."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3

There is only one railway in North Australia—and there is no other railway like it in all the Commonwealth (writes a correspondent from Darwin to…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. is keeping its head to the front as strongly as ever, maintaining its not membership total despite the difficult times. and the extra burdens…

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Cost to Railways Nearly £500,000

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 4

It is estinated that the additional cost of running the railways as the result of the introduction of a 44-hour week will be in the vicinity of £500,000…

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The Aerodrome

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

[?]cleay Shire Council meet[?] the President was de[?] the Mayor (Ald. Lacey) [?]e proposed aerodrome…

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