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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Motor Cycle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 4

Eric J. Clarke, for whom Mr. Hawkins appeared, pleaded guilty to having failed to give notice of disposal of a motor cycle…

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N.S.W. Railways. Will They Ever Pay? Some Reasons Why They Do Not

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 6

The Railway System in New South Wales has grown to huge proportions during the past thirty years, and to-day we have quite a number of branch…

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

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 5

According to the N.R.M.A., during the last six years the motorists of New South Wales paid to the State and Commonwealth…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 8

In Connecticut a horse that had been frightened sprang into the air, and landed--on top of a small car. There is an acute shortage of fuel in…

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Cycling 10-Mile Road Race

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 4

The Taree Cycle Club held a 10-mile road race in Saturday last, with the following results: A' Duncan 1st, R. Wright 2nd I. Werth 3rd. Reg. Wright did…

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On the Right Road. Australia Forging Ahead

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 5

"Australia is doing better to- day than any other part of the world judged by any standard, whether it be production, employment or…

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Will Train 1400 BOYS. Committee Moves to Reduce Idleness

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 8

One thousand four hundred boys will be placed in technical colleges and trade schools throughout the State on February 20…

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Dairying Lands. to Be Developed. £300,000 for Roads and Clearing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 8

Relief work, costing more than £300,000 and to be carried out during the next 18 months, will be undertaken to develop an area of nearly…

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

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

Microphones and loud speakers are being fitted, to double-deck buses, in Leeds (England) so that the conductors can announce the various…

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Test Cricket in Sydney Concession Ground Tickets. Obtainable at Railway Stations

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 6

Excursion train arrangements are generally well known, and, it in not necessary to emphasise, are greatly appreciated To-day, however, we have to…

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

There is an acute shortage of petrol in Chile. As a research, it has been discovered that a new substitute can be extracted from nitrates. It is…

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Police Car Crashes Into Motor Waggon Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 4

Four members of the Police wireless, patrol had a remarkable escape from death last night when the high powered Studebaker car in which they were…

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Motor Notes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 10

How little the average motorist knows about the battery of his car. He appreciates that on pressing a button, the battery starts up the engine, will…

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Fell From Train. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

Thomas Hardy, aged 35, fell from a fast-moving train near Banksia railway station last night and sustained a fractured skull and concussion. He is now…

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Wingham's First School, Schoolhouse Gully, near Dingo Creek Road, Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

The above represents a photograph of the first school at Wingham. It stood near the Dingo Road, at what is known to this day as "School House…

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Rabbit Pest. Board's Notice to Railway Department. Scone

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

The Upper Hunter Pastures Protection Board decided that the Railway Department be given six weeks to eradicate rabbits on certain sections…

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Belbora Road Trouble Over Bridge

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

At Monday's meeting of the Manning shire council a letter was read from Mr. R. M. Easton re the bridge placed near the Belbora-Bundook road the bridge…

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Dyer's Crossing. Bridge and Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 3

The Minister for Justice Mr. L. O. Martin) forwarded to the meetings of the Manning Shire Council on Monday the following letter the…

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Road Graders. B Riding by Roads

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

Cr. Machin moved at the meeting Si" of the Manning Shire Council on Monday that the council get a grader for people to use on the side roads of B…

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Fall From Train Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 2

Thomas Hardy, 35, fell from a fast moving train near Banksia railway station last night and sustained a fractured skull and concussion He is now in…

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