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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Hursley Bridge Officially Opened Monday by Cr. John Downes. Misses Grace Cooper and Olga Fowler Cut Ribbon

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

The recently completed' foot suspension bridge, giving Hursley residents access to Rawdon Island, was officially opened by Cr. John…

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

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 3

Plans for a huge garage, to hold 1000 cara, under a large war memorial park in Birmingham, England, are under consideration by that city's…

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Underwater Motoring

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 7

The new tunnel under the Thames, linking Dartford with Purfleet, has been designed with a carriage-way twenty feet wide, situated about eighty feet…

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No. 4 Railway District. Annual Smoko

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 3

The annual smoko in connection, wilt the No. 4 Railway Picnic District, extending from Dungog to Wauchope, was held in the Railway Institute…

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Railway Fatality. the Inquest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 6

The Coroner (Mr. Hubert Flett) held at the Taree Courthouse on Wednesday an inquest touching the death of William Joseph Hudson…

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Main Roads Maintenance

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

In his report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, the engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery) reported thus:—…

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Proposed Loan Expenditure. Bridge Over Cattai. Construction of Wharves

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

To the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Feb. 8th., the Shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery) reported as follows:—Proposed Loan…

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Road to the Tops. Engineer's Report on Mr. Carleton's Visit

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

The Shire Engineer (Mr. Fordyce) reported as follows at last Friday's meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council:—…

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Dr. Page Keeps Faith. 15 Miles on a Railway Tricycle. Flood Rain Cannot Break His Itinerary

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Dr. Earle Page, did not reach Grafton on Friday night to address a referendum campaign meeting without a…

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A Motor Case

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

Allan John May made application under Section 10 of the Motor Traffic Act for a permit to drive a motor car daily from his place of business in…

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Police Court. Taree Monday, February 15. (Before Mr. F. Selling P.m.) Motor Case

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

Francis G. Pereira was proceeded against for having it was alleged failed to deliver up an expires driver's license…

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Industrial Court. Taree, Monday, February 15. (Before Mr. R. Selling P.m.) Railway Case

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

The Australian Railways Union proceeded against the Commissioner for Railways on an alleged breach of the Arbitration Act…

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Decapitated by Train. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

Arthur Christopher O'Brien, 54, was decapitated by an electric train at Newtown this morning. He was seen to fall from the platform in front of…

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Road Safety. Well-informed Public Opinion Vital. (1)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

The public may go through life in safety and happiness comparatively uniformed on a great variety of subjects, but under modern traffic…

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Railway Fatality. The Inquest

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

The Coroner (Mr. Hubert Flett) held at the Taree Courthouse on February 10 an inquest touching the death of William Joseph Hudson,…

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Taree Police Court. Monday, February 15, 1937. (Before Mr. F. Soiling. P.m.). Motor Case

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

Francis G. Pereira was proceeded against for having, it was alleged, failed to deliver up an expired driver's license…

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Industrial Court. Monday, February 15, 1937. (Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.m.). Railway Case

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

The Australian Railways Union proceeded against the Commissioner for Railways on an alleged breach of the Arbitration Act…

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Auto Items News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Motor Horns Must Purr

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

Motor, horns must in future conform to an official standard in Buenos Aires. This standard is said to be of a "soft purring sound." Any…

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

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 10

Traffic was held up recently in Warsaw when a man climbed a pole carrying overhead wires for trams and there did acrobatic turns. At first…

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Another Motor Fatality. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

Bessie Dorothy Caffey, 74, was knocked down by a motor car and fatally injured on the Pacific Highway at Gore Hill last night. It is alleged…

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