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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,185 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 60

Motors and Short Wave Wireless Interference. Attempt to Minimise Difficulty

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

Most motorists nowadays have radio sets in their homes, a large percentage of the outfits being capable of short-wave reception. In…

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Road Safety

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently, had published a code comprising such…

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Road Safety Campaign

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…

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Big Drive for Road Safety. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

The appalling death toll of the road during the Christmas aud New Year holidays has caused an awakening of public interest In the need for making…

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Local Government. the Level of a Road. Oeserving the Law

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

To the disinterested citizen it comes as a matter of course that roads should consist of footpaths, gutters, and roadway. It is also natural thai…

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N.S.W. Road Toll. 31 KILLED, 405 Injured. Worst Xmas Toll on Record

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

Thirty-one persons were killed and 405 injured in 480 road accidents in N.S.W. during the past Christmas- New Year holidays…

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A Freak Motor Car a Gyroscopic Model

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

A strange resurrection of an earlyday freak motor car is reported from England. While workmen were excevating in the grounds of the Wolseley…

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Railway Fare Not Paid

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

Alma G. Smith was charged with travelling in a railway carriage between Taree and Kendall on 24th November, without having paid her fare…

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The Motor World Drive with Your Knee

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 7

A knee-operated accelerator has been invented by an American; he claims a greater degree of control, as the right foot has only to attend to the brake…

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Aerodrome at Kempsey Pilots Criticise Site

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Boundary lights, ultra high frequency beam equipment and radio telephonic and telegraphic equipment, costing thousands of pounds have…

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Three Deaths In Aeroplane Crashes. Sydney, Tuesday

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

Roderick Julius, 33, son of Sir George Julius, and his passenger, Clarence Edward Stumbles, 32, Publicity Manager for Kings Theatres…

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Road Safety. Children

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3
Also in The Gloucester Advocate

School vacation will soon he drawing to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of…

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New South Wales Railways. Address Delivered By Mr. T. J. Hartigan (Commissioner)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for Railways, some time ago delivered an address at a meeting of the Institute of Sales and Business Management in…

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Motors and Bushfire Supression. Efficiency in Victorian Outbreak

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 7

The value of motor cyclists in maintaining efficient communications in time of emergency was strikingly demonstrated during the recent…

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Motor Car Somersaults

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

On Monday a Morris car containing Messrs. Mooney and Stone, of Taree, was proceeding to Crescent Head, and when traversing the stretch about…

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Kempsey Aerodrome

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

The following from its Aviation correspondent is published in Sydney Morning Herald of Monday last, January 30, and Kempsey ratepayers…

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Kempsey Aerodrome. Pilots Criticise Site

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

Boundary lights, ultra high frequency beam equipment and radio telephonic and telegraphic equipment, costing thousands of pounds, have…

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Road Safety Children

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 4

The school vacation has drawn to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State are now travelling by various means of conveyance on the…

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Britain's Toll. Road Deaths in 1938

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

The "Evening Standard" stated: During the first eleven months of 1938, according to the Ministry ol Transports return, 213,659 persons…

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