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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes. I Learn to Drive

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 8

When you have held clean licences in six different countries over a period of twenty years, you are apt to hang around in the offing when…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 3

Research into road accidents shows that typos of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the Stale but to the whole of…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Lights on Parked Cars

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 1

Many motorists are unfamiliar with the recant amendment of the Traffic Regulations relating to lights on parked vehicles, says the N.R.M.A. Formerly,…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon"

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1941 · page 8

I Learn to Drive.— When you have held clean licenses in six different countries over a period of twenty years, you are apt to hang around in the offing when…

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WANTED : Road From Walcha to Gloucester. To Run Into Port Stephens

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

For some years Walcha and Gloucester local governing bodies have been agitating for a road across the range from…

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Motor Registrations Drop

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

The cancellation of registrations of cars and commercial motor vehicles in Australia in 1940, owing primarily to war conditions,…

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Are Country Motorists Reckless?

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

Although there were only 2,118 accidents in country towns and rural areas last year, against 8,188 in the County of Cumberland, persons…

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Motor Accidents

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. David Sturrock, 46, was killed in a motor accident near Moorland last Sunday morning. Chris. McKay and Allan Dennes…

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Fatality Near Moorland Truck Runs Into Bridge

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

A serious accident occurred about half a mile south of Moorland at about 12.30 a.m. on Sunday when Mr. David Walter Sturrock, 16, of Jones Island, was killed…

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Motor Vehicle Mishaps

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday a car driven by Mr. chris Mckay, of Knorrit Flat, collided with a [?] truck driven by Mr. A[?]wyn Bennett…

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Motor Car Accident. One Man Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

A motor accident which, unfortunately, was attended by one death, occurred near Moorland on Sunday morning last, at about 12.80. It…

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Motor Ship Floated. a Splendid Save

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

On Wednesday week the motor vessel belonging to the N.C.S.N. Co. struck the end of the breakwater all Harrington and was eventually…

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Motor Vehicle Mishaps

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 3

Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday a car driven by Mr. Chris McKay, of Knorrit Flat, collided with a utility truck driven by Mr. Alwyn Bennett…

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British Pilots Tram In American 'Planes

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 2

Pupil pilots run to their planes during training at a Royal Air Force Centre. The long line of aircraft they are using consists of Harvard trainers, all from the United State…

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Railway Excursions In March

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6
Also in Macleay Argus

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has decided that the next general series of excursion trains will be run during the first…

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March Railway Excursions

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 5

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has decided that the next general series of excursion trains will be run during the first…

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Railway Excursions March

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has decided that the next general series of excursion trains will be run during the first…

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Railway Excursion in March

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 1

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has decided that the next general aeries of excursion trains will be run during the first week of…

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Motor Notes

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 4

Trade disturbance in the Australian motor industry in the wake of the war threatens the stability of one of the greatest and most important…

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