Timber Train Bolts
Dorrigo "Gazette" reports that there was a mild sensation at Briggsvale the other night when the locomotive attached to the timber train hauling a load of logs to the mill…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,031 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 52
Peat's Ferry Road
To-day, by way of the Pacific Highway, one descends to the Hawkesbury River in a series of intriguing curves, each fresh turn of the road bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wang Wauk Bridge. Officially Opened by Mr. C. E. Bennett, M. L. A. Another Link in Coastal Main Roads. Nabiac Bridge Remains to be Built
For weeks the good folk of Wang Wauk, some six miles beyond Nabiac, on the Taree-Bullahdelah-Newcastle main road, had been making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rough Patches. Condition of Roads
The direct road running from Bullahdelah to Gloucester by way of Upper Myall is reported to be practically untrafficable for about six miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Awful Roads. To the Editor "Wingham Chronicle."
Sir,—I notice in last Tuesday's issue of "The Wingham Chronicle" that you say: "Come Through Wingham!" Now, how can we expect any motorist—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Police Court Monday, March 23, 1936. (Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P. M.). Motor Cases
Laurence Arthur Pitt was proceeded against for having driven, it was alleged, a lorry which caused unduenoise, and with not having kept to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Air Conditioning on Australian Railways
Mr. Geo. A. Gahan, the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner, who has just returned to Melbourne after an official visit of inspection at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a
Bus design continues on unorthodox lines. London transport has ordered 202 more Diesel buses, two of which have their engines at the side…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ward's River Motor Tragedy. Coroner's Inquiry at Gloucester
In the Gloucester Court House on Monday Mr. Herbert Flett, Coroner from Taree, concluded his inquiry into the death of Mr. Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tuncurry-taree Road
Reports on the road surface between Taree and Tuncurry, received by the N.R.M.A., stale that worn mid bumpy lengths are making motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Accident
Ernest Sidney Charles Dillon, 23 years of age, was charged with that oh 22nd. February, 1936, at Wingham, he did drive a motor lorry, upon Isabella…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor World Nows and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Tapped Wine
Wine-growers oft he Rhone Valley are appealing to the authorities not to spray the [?]ds with tar, as wine made from grapes grown in adjoining vineyards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court. Wingham, Friday, March 20. Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Motor Accident
(1) Ernest Sidney Charles Dillon, 23 years of age, was charged with that on the 22nd. day of February, 1936, at Wingham, he did drive a motor vehicle,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clarence Pioneer Sees His First Train
Declaring that it was the most interesting day of his life, Mr. William Plater, a 70-year-old resident of Taloumbi, Clarence River, saw a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wingham Cycle Club. First Road Race a Success. M. Schultz The Winner
The first road race conducted under the auspices of the Wingham Cycle Club took place on Saturday last, March 29. The duties of starter were carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Ambulance Class Results
The following candidates were successful in passing various awards in the ambulance classes held by the Railway Department under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Ambulance Class
The following candidates were successful in passing various awards in the ambulance classes held by the Railway Department under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge on Western Highway
It has been reported to the touring department of the R.A.C.A. that about one mile on the Katoomba side of St. Mary's a bridge is under…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tablelands Road Route
The business of the deputation having concluded, Cr. Brunsdon said he would like to refer to a matter in which he felt sure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutal Murders in Train. Bodies in Berths. Conductor Badly Battered. Brisbane
One of the most ghastly crimes in the history of Queensland was revealed to-day on the arrival of the mail train from Rockhampton at Brisbane…
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