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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

884 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 45

Aeroplane Tragedy Two Young Sydneyites Among Victims

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

Bursting into flames in mid-air, the Imperial Airways 'plane City' of Liverpool, which was flying from Cologne and Brussels to Croydon…

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Destruction of Roads. Kyogle's Troubles

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

At the Kyogle Shire meeting, Councillor Johnston referred to Mr. Bruxner's statement that if shire councillors did not take steps to prevent the…

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Motor Car Catches Fire. Excitement in Isabella Street

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

A blazing motor provided excitement for a crowd of over 200 people in Isabella Street, Wingham, on "Wednesday night last, at about 7.30 o'clock…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

A time when pedestrians will cross busy streets only at mechanically controlled crossings was forecast at a meeting of the Leeds…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

Racing car streamlining helped a petrol-driven rail coach to attain 96.3 m.p.h. in Germany. Automatic dimming of automobile…

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Butter Section. Judge: Mr. O. E. Dagleish. Steward: Mr. S. A. Bridge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

Salted butter, manufactured and packed for export: M. R. D. Society, 95pts. 1 Wingham Rural Co-op. Society, 94[?] 2; Hastings District…

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Motor Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

Entries in the decorated cars section of the big pageant to bo held in Sydney in April are coming in steadily, says the N.R.M.A.., which is…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 2

Racing car streamlining helped a petrol-driven rail coach to attain 96.3 m.p.h. in Germany. Automatic dimming of autori[?]…

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Sale of Railways Favored by Graziers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 4

The Graziers' Conference on Thursday carried a motion that the railways and tramways be sold, failing which they should be removed from political…

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A Low Road

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 6

From B. H. Swan, W. R. Uren, D. Cheers, A Woodley V. H. Kesby, J. Delaforce, and A. C. Sutherland, asking that portion of Kemp-Street be…

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A Railway Matter

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 6

From the Secretary for Railways, re the proposal to construct a concrete or brick drain to take the septic tank effluent and general drainage from the…

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Ministerial Visit Roads and Bridge Matters Discussed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 2

About 4 o'clock last Sunday afternoon Hon. J. M. Dunningham, Minister for Labor and Industry, accompanied by his private secretary and…

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Easter Holiday Train Trips

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 2
Also in The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer, Macleay Argus

In addition to the cheap excursion trains already advertised, the Railway Department announces to-day an extra excursion train trip during…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 6

Success has been achieved by the N.R.M.A. in its representations to the Federal Government for the removal of the tariff on British-made…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 8

On parts of the Brighton Road (England) white lines, arrows and directional instructions are in white rubber instead of white paint…

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Easter Holiday Train Trips

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 8
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

In addition to the cheap excursion trains already advertised, the Railway Department announces to-day extra excursion train trips during the actual…

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Rubber Roads. Cheap and Non Skid

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

Mr. H. Parry Davis, who has arrived in Sydney from Singapore, claims to be the inventor of rubber roads, which he says, are cheap and…

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