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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

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Compulsory Motor Insurance. Costs Must Be Nominal

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

Now that the wisdom of introducing legislation to make it compulsory for all registered owners of automobiles in this country to take out insurance…

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Day Train

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have decided to restore the day train service between Taree and Kempsey, which was suspended some two…

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Road Money. How Shall It Be Spent? Main and Minor Roads. Article 1

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 8

The Councils throughout the State have been circularised recently by the Shires Association, Sydney, in an apparent effort to gather support for…

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Oxley Highway. Interesting Trip to the Coast. Road Engineering of High Standard

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

The high standard of modern road engineering is well exemplified on the Oxley Highway, connecting Port Macquarie with the hinterland. High…

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Midsummer Railway Excursions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

The N.R.M.A.'s brunch at Orange has been withdrawn, and a District Depot appointed in its stead. Members who require service in this area should ring…

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Rail Motor Service Taree to Kempsey the Time-table

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

Commencing on Monday next, 2nd February, The rail motor will leave Taree for Kempsey on week-days at 6.55 p.m., call at all intermediate places and…

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Day Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided to restore the day train service between Taree and Kempsey, which was suspended some two…

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Mr. Trees' Road

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

In question time at the Kempsey Municipal Council last night (Monday) Ald. W. J. Caldwell said he had been approached by Mr. Trees with regard…

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Big Riot and Plot to Wreck Train Striking Shearers Fire on Police, Baton Charges BRISBANE

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

In an attempt to get at a train at Emerald Railway Station, and put pressure on a big body of southern shearers arriving to take work, sixty…

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Railway Union Favors General Strike

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 2

A mass meeting of the members of the Australian Railways' Union on Sunday night decided in favor of a general strike as a protest against the 10…

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Motor Car Certificate

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

McRae Smith was charged with failing to return a certificate of registration of a motor car. Defendant did not appear…

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Road Money. How Shall It Be Spent ? Main or Minor Roads

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

The suggestion by the Shires' Association of N.S.W., contained in a circular sent to the various Councils throughout the country, that "a…

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Traffic Bridge Repairs. Stolen Car Recovered

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

The extensive repairs to the Kempsey traffic bridge are progressing satisfactorily, though it will be some considerable time yet before the task is On Tuesday afternoon last Mr. Lawrence P. Devine, of Macksville, reported that his Wasp Austin car had been stolen from outside Laverty's boarding…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

During 1930, according to Police Department returns made available to the N.R.M.A., 1990 motor vehicles of all types and 417 motor…

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General Strike? Railwaymen's Decision

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

A mass meeting of members of the Australian Railways Union decided in favor of a general strike as a protest against the ten per…

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Retired. Railway Commissioners' Action

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

It will be remembered that a few weeks ago Mr. Lang demanded that Mr. C. J. Goode, the Southern Area Railway Commissioner at Goulburn,…

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Expired Motor Licenses

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

Donald F. Gillies, for failure to deliver up an expired motor driver's license, was fined 5, costs of court 8, in default two days' hard labor…

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Motor Registration Refunds

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

For some time past, the motorists of Queensland have had the benefit of an equitable law, that ensured a refund of automobile registration fees in the…

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Motors and Motorists. Another Mountain Record Scored by Studebaker

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Pike's Peak, Mt. Washington and Mt. Mansfield records are already held by the Studebaker President, and now news comes that the difficult twisting…

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