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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

It is claimed by the Soviet Government that they are the largest producers of oil in the world, contributing 30 per cent. to 35 per…

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Motors and Motorists. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

It is proposed to open one of the biggest garages in Paris as a pawnshop for motor cars. In the ten months of this year…

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Another Bridge Suicide Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

The Harbour Bridge claimed another victim last night when an unknown woman hurled herself over the railing into the water. The police found her…

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Coopernook Bridge. Mr. L. O. Martin, Minister for

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Justice, is in receipt of a letter from the Transport Commissioner Main Roads, stating that fresh tenders have been called for the approaches to the…

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The Harbor Bridge. Claims Another Victim. SYDNEY

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

The Harbour Bridge claimed an other victim last night when an unknown woman hurled herself over the railing into the water…

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The Motor World

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 3

Au invisible speed trap, operated by an electrical "eye," is bringing summonses to motorists who drive too fast along the Boston (Massachusetts) post…

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Motor Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 10

On the Tuesday morning after Christmas, Mr. F. Lyndon, who was accompanied by his brother (Mr. E Lyndon, of Sydney), Mr. M. McDermid…

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Motor Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

A serious accident befell the Rev. Neil MacLeod, M.A., and Misses Ray and McDermid on the Monday To[?]lowing Christmas Day. They were…

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

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

From January 1, N.R.M.A. Insurance Ltd. instituted a plan for the payment of insurance premiums in quarterly instalments. Any member who so…

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Dodging a Wallaby. Motor Car Overturns

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

The driver of a car, containing a party of five persons returning to Queensland from Sydney, whilst endeavoring to avoid a wallaby which…

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Eliminating Waste in the Railways

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

The new administration to take charge of the State's railway activities will lose no time, it is believed, in investigating the working of the various…

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Train Jumpers

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 4

George Simpson, 23, Stanley Ronald Smith, 22, Edward Ryan, 18, John Price, 21, George Wray, 22, Ronald Ward, 25, Roy Jones, 22, were each…

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Weeds on Roads

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

From M. H. Booth, Timagog, asking the Council to take prompt steps for the eradication of noxious weeds generally, particularly Noorooga burr…

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Crescent Head Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

A. A. Somerville wrote thanking the Shire Engineer for recent attention to Crescent Head road over Dulconghi and beyond the mountain. The…

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"Perfect Illusion" Psychological Tests for Drivers Dummy Car and Pictured Road

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 4

The National Institute of Industrial Psychology, which has just received a further grant of £5000 from the Rockefeller Foundation for research work, is…

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Eliminating Waste in the Railways

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

The new administration to take charge of the State's railway activities will lose no time, it is believed, in investigating the working of the…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the U.R.M.A.

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

About 250 tents were erected for the accommodation of over 1,000 persons on the N.R.M.A. camping ground at Lake Illawarra South…

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Railway Business Brightens

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

Business on the Railway, as disclosed by the figures made available at Kempsey, shows pleasing advancement. The passenger traffic for December, 1932,…

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Motor Notes. "Running In" of New Cars

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 8

The "running in" usually associated with new motor vehicles is a tedious task and for that reason much of the pleasure of handling a new car is lost…

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Motors and Motorists. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 8

It is estimated that in America there are 9,000,000 passenger cars which have been in use for five years or more, and some 13,000,000 more than four years…

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