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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

814 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 41

That Main Road Work

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

At the Kempsey Municipal Council meeting on Monday night a letter was received from the Main Roads Board with reference to the financial side of…

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Motors and Motorists. French Airmen Recover World's Endurance Records

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 9

The Shell Company has received advice by cable that the French airmen, La Louette and Reginensi, have established two new world's endurance…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 9

It has been suggested in England that persons who allow dogs to stray on the high road should be liable to prosecution…

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Killed by Train Man Slips Under Wheels

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 4

While apparently attempting to board a pick up train near Binnaway a young man, Thomas Mills, slipped and fell under the wheels which passed over his…

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Motor Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. Board of Management has decided to request the Government to introduce legislation to prevent the sale af adulterated…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 6

The N.H.M.A. has learned that the declaration of a number of important traffic thoroughfares in Sydney as "through" streets is being officially considered. The…

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Successful Railway Picnic. Held at Taree

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 6

The Traffic Loco and Perway picnic (No. 3 North Coast district) was held on the Taree showground on Monday last, the weather conditions being…

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Lower Macleay Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 4

Nothing is so retardative of progress on the Lower Macleay right bank as the wretched condition of the principal roads there. The road from Gladstone…

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Motor Taxes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 6

"Good roads existed before the motor vehicle, but it was not suggested that the road users of those days should pay licence duties amounting to the…

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The Bridge

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 5

Commendable progress is being made with the construction of the fine Macksville traffic bridge, Easter being celebrated by the completion…

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Stealing From Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Foster was further charged with stealing from the Railway Department of N.S.W. one screw-driver and one file, valued at 12/-…

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Remarkable Invention. Will Decrease Number of Railway Accidents

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

An engine that whistles when the signals are at danger, and that stops of its own accord if the driver does not stop it, is being tried by the…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 8

The view taken by the N.R.M.A. that the convenience of the traffic of the travelling public is often a secondary consideration--sometimes…

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Motors and Motorists. Adjusting Tappets

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 9

Sometimes a metallic clicking which conies from under the bonnet is due only to a loose tappet. When there is too much clearance the tappet and the…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 9

In 1921 almost 30 per cent, of the commercial vehicle tyres used in the United States were of solid rubber. In 1929 this had decreased to about 5 per…

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Motor Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 8

Notwithstanding the inability of many "visit/001ors to find sufficient ready cash to register their vehicles, the Government has declined to make…

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Electrify Railways £200,000,000 Scheme Gigantic British Proposal Recommendation of Lord Weir's Committee

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 3

The electrification of the entire railway system of Great Britain, the gigantic scheme on which a body of experts has been working for the past seventeen…

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Road Rudeness

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 6

The Engineer suggested informing the Lands Department when applications were made for purchase of roads. The President said the roads should…

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A Road Matter. Shire Councillors Inspect

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 4

On Tuesday morning last, the following Shire Councillors inspected the road known, as Robinson's-Middlebrook's Road: Councillors H. Machin,…

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Six Months for Stealing From Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 2

Two men, Roy Delaney and John Sweeney, who had been committed for trial for the Dungog robbery, pleaded, guilty to a charge of…

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