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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

814 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 17 of 41

Heavy Decline Motor Registrations

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 1

Motor registrations for the first four months of this year show a sharp decline compared with tho figures for the corresponding period of last-year…

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Train Fob Wauchope

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 3

Football enthusiasts who are anxious to see the Manning cup team play its first cup game, are advised in this issue that a special train has been engaged…

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Transport Bill and Private Motor Cars Views of N.r.m.a

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 4

Just how far the new Transport Bill will affect the owners of private motor cars watt discussed at a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Board of Management…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that the South Australian and West Australian Governments have decided to amend the law to enable motorists to…

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Transport Bill and Private Motor Cars

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 2

Just how far the new Transport Bill will affect the owners of private motor cars was discussed at a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Board of…

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New Alcohol Fuel Will Revolutionise Motor Transport

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 3

Negotiations are in their final stage for placing on the British market a new alcohol fuel which can be produced for from 1½d to 2d a…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 9

Diminutive taxicabs, accommodating two passengers, to be run at a fare of 6d a mile, are planned in England. It is estimated that the amount of…

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Motors and Motorists. Safety Glass in Windscreens

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 9

The increasing use of "safety" glass in automobile windscreens and windows is a move in the right direction, and there is reason for predicting that…

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Motor Notes. From the N.R.M.A. Non-paying Lines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 6

"Although described as 'developmental lines' they have not only proved a burden on the railway accounts, but they have failed to bring about…

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Motor Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 8

Motor vehicle registration on farms in the United States now totals 5,700,000. In many cases in which number…

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Motor Accident Victim

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 3

The funeral of Mr. Jim Campbell, the victim of the motor fatality on the Bullahdelah mountain last Friday, took place at the Bungwahl cemetery on…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

The N.R.M.A. reports that the South Australian and West Australian Governments have decided to amend the law to enable motorists to pay their…

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Current Topics Motor Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

On Thursday evening last a motor truck went over Invergordon cutting and landed upside down on the rocks 60 feet below. The truck was driven…

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Road Resumptions

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 7

The Engineer reported that the existing road through Longreach to Rainbow Reach was only wide enough for single traffic in places along the…

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Crashed the Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 4

Clarence Murrell, the well-known axeman from Wauchope, nearly lost his life when he attempted to board a moving train at Chatswood on March…

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The District Hospital. Board Still Bothered. About that Road Exchange

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 6

At Thursday's Hospital meeting there were present Messrs. Alb. jeffery (President), Jno. Booth, E. E. Trees, A. H. Marriott, H. Powick, A…

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Railway Losses

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 3

The N.S.W. Motor Transport Protection Committee says that Motor transport is NOT the cause of the heavy recurring losses on the railways. If the…

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Bridge Wanted

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 4

On Monday last a meeting of the Way Way Progress Association was held, at which the following were present. Messrs. J. Hunt (President),…

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Crashed the Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

Clarence Murrell, the well-known axeman from Wauchope, nearly lost his life when he attempted to board a moving train at Chatswood, on…

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Ned Kelly Recalled Guard of Train Dies

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 7

Mr. Jesse Dowsett, who was guard in the special train which took police to Glenrowan, when Ned Kelly was captured in June, 1880, died at…

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