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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,031 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 52

The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. and It Was Free!

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 6

An army of painters in Copenhagen was sent out into the streets and public squares with orders to offer to paint white, free of charge, the rear…

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Railway Freight on Bricks

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 8

A resolution carried at the December meeting of the Central Executive asking for a reduction of the rail freight rates on new and second-hand…

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Motor Accident. Wingham, Monday, Feb. 24. 1936. (Before Messrs E. W. Moxey and F. A. Fitzpatrick, J's.P

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 3

(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,…

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Correspondence. A Road Matter. To the Editor "Wingham Chronicle."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

Sir,—I have sent the following letter to the Manning Shire Clerk, and I would like you to publish it. As a ratepayer of the Manning…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Shareholders' Meeting. Breeze Over Stroud Road Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Efforts to reduce the number of directors of the Bowthorne Butter Factory from nine to six and to give Stroud Road the right to always have…

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Sad Fatality. Light Horse Sergeant Dies From Injuries. Thrown From Motor Lorry

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Sergeant Leonard Noel Conrad Adami, attached to the Denman troop of the 16th Light Horse Regiment which was in camp at Dungog…

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Taree-Forster Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

To the Editor, "M. R. Tim[?] Dear Sir,—The following is a [?] of a letter to the Manning [?] clerk and is of interest to [?]…

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Our Awful Shire Roads. To the Editor "M.R. Times."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 3

Sir,—A visitor to Tuncurry last week said he had travelled from Melbourne through Sydney to Rockhampton in Queensland and back here, and…

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Serious Motor Accident. Mr. S. T. Lean Sustains Broken Leg

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 2

The many friends in Taree and throughout the Manning River district, where he has lived practically the whole of his life, will hear with…

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Motor Traffic Cases

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

John Keith Anderson, for whom Mr. Butterworth appeared, pleaded guilty, to having allowed an unregistered motor vehicle to [?]e driven on a…

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Silent Motorcycles

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 6

London news says that at the twentieth International Bicycle and Motorcycle Show held there recently, claimed to be the largest of its kind…

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Dangerous Road Formation

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

Loose gravel on roads, and particularly on curved sections of the highways, is a source of danger not fully realised by motorists. Several…

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Our Awful Shire Roads. to the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

A visitor to Tuncurry last week said he has travelled from Melbourne through Sydney to Rockhampton, in Queensland, and back here, and that…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Lorry Overturns. Mr. P. Donnelly Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. P. Donnelly (Manager of the Melinga Sawmill), was killed instantly, and Mr. Joe Cicolini and another man (whose name we have been unable to…

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Motor Traffic Cases

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

John Keith Anderson, for whom Mr. Butterworth appeared, pleaded guilty, to having allowed an unregistered motor vehicle to be driven on a…

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Robbery at Railway

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. Thompson, a member of a railway repair gang at present camped in the railway yards at Mack[?]ville, was the victim of a mean…

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New Railways

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

The State Cabinet has decided to proceed with the construction of a railway from Sutherland to Cronulla, and of a railway from Sand…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

The network of motor roads through Germany was energetically pushed forward last year, and more than £40,000,000 expended on them. Over…

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Motor Accidents. Limitation of Speed

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. McKell directed the attention of the Government to the increasing number of deaths and injuries from…

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Trespass on Railway Property

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

Lyle Joseph Hosey, Arthur James Larkin and Percy George Freeman were charged with trespass on railway property, and each pleaded guilty…

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