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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,185 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 60

Lake Illawarra Entrance. Road

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

Motorists travelling along Prince's Highway between Wollongong and kiama may be interested in the suggestion advanced by the N.R.M.A. touring…

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Cattai Bridge Hold-up of Approaches

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 3

The engineer, Mr. R. J. Montgomery, reported as follows at Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council in connection with the Cattai bridge:…

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Road Safety. Proud of It

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 1

The driver of a trucking unit in almost any commercial fleet is always proud of his safe driving record. And proud of the fleet record as a whole…

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Bullahdelah to Taree Road Conditions

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 4

A country inspector of the National Roads and Motorists Association,who recently travelled over the coastal route from Bullahdelah to Taree by…

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Trees As Road Safety Aids

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

The judicious planting of trees and shrubs on American highways has bad a marked effect on road safety, according to a report received by the…

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Main Road Maintenance. Shire Programme

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 6

The Shire Engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, wrote as follows: --…

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Mail Train Collision. One Killed; Three Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 2

One man was killed and three others were injured, two seriously, when the Toowoomba -Brisbane mail train collided with shunting engine…

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Bridge Across the Manning. Steam Hammer Added to Plant

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 2

Construction work is proceeding satisfactorily in connection with the erection of a bridge across the Manning at Taree, Up till this week the…

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Dangerous Motor Cycles

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

Several cases of motor cyclists overtaking and passing other vehicles on the wrong side have been reported to the N.R.M.A. recently. It is pointed out…

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World's Motor Vehicles

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

According to the latest figures received from America by the N.R.M.A. it is estimated that the world registration of motor vehicles reached 42,900,000 at the end of last year. Of…

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Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Pan -American Highway

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

Another section of the Fan -American highway has just been opened. It consists of 100 miles of concrete and asphalt roadway in Peru, and apart…

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Cattai Creek Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 9

The shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in his report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, stated:—…

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Road Construction in Russia

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 10

Construction of roads for fast motor traffic is now being pushed forward in Russia. One of the first to he constructed is that from Moscow to…

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Main Road Maintenance Shire Programme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 5

The Shire Engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, wrote as follows:—…

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Road Safety. Vital Need for Care

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 6

Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads, and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…

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Burnt Bridge Baby Health Centre. Progress Report for January

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 6

The following particulars relating to the work of the abovementioned Baby Health Centre during the past month have been kindly furnished by…

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Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Bombay Bans Horns

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 10

Electric horns have been banned in Bombay. This drastic measure designed to eliminate the racuous tones with which the city is familiar, is…

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Road Safety. Education and Enforcement

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 5

This month the flying motor patrol of the State highways by the new traffic police corps will be in operation. The motor trucks which…

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Trees As Road Safety Aids

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 1

The judicious planting of trees and shrubs on American highways has had a marked effect on road safety, according to a report received by the N.R.M.A…

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Road Safety Campaign. Proud of It

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 6

The driver of a trucking unit in almost any commercial fleet is always proud of his safe driving record. And proud of the fleet record…

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