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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

1,946 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 98

Front Number Plate Cars Must Carry One Motorists Fined

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 4

Any doubt as to the necessity of cars carrying a front number plate has been removed…

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Only One Light But Motorist Was Not Aware Pays Costs—no Mark

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. E. MsCulloch, P.M., Harold Cameron was charged with having driven a car on which…

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Collapsed After Motor Trip Taxi-man's Tragic Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. John Howe, of South Armidale, received the sad news on Sunday morning of the death of their eldest son Walter on Saturday night…

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Barley-Davidson Motor Bikes. Great Performance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 7

Seldom in any branch of sport has any one man had such a continued run of success in championships and records over such a long period of…

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Train Collision Express And Goods Train. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 1

The Scottish night express, on the Midland railway, ran into a goods train near Alfaeton, in Derbyshire. The engine overturned and four…

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On the Wrong Side Tingha Road Trouble

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 6

At last meeting of Inverell Municipal Council Ald. Brissett drew attention to a dangerous spot on Tingha road and the…

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North Coast Floods. Youth Drowned. Mail Train 29 Hours Late. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

The North Coast mail arrived in Sydney at 11.30 last night, 29 hours late, as the result of being held up by floods…

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Armidale City Council. More Expenditure at Gasworks. Lighting Stephens' Bridge. No Increase in Taxi Fares. Workman's Compensation Claim

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 2

The Armidale City Council met on Monday night, when there were present: Ald. W. H. Watson (Mayor), A.W. Fletcher, M. H. O'Connor,…

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Motor Taxes, Fees and Fines

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. announces that returns now made available disclose that during 1928 the motorists of New South Wales paid directly in taxes…

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Tenterfield Show and Train Arrangements

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 4

Railway arrangements made in connection with the Tenterfield Show, to be held February 19, 20, and 21, provide for the issue of return…

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Traffic Held Up Flooded Creeks on Grafton Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 4

Swollen creeks on the Glen Innes Grafton Road have made travelling on that road a most joyless venture during the past few days. Up till…

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Round the Shire Councillors Confer Main Roads Board Efficient Machinery A Uniform Ramp

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

On Tuesday last the February meeting of the Seven Shire Council was held. The president (Cr. A. J. Potter) presided and there was a full…

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North Coast Floods. Youth Drowned. Mail Train 29 Hours Late. Sydney

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 2

The North Coast mail arrived in Sydney at 11.30 last night, 29 hours late, as the result of being held up by floods…

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Motor By-Passes. Are They Rabbit-proof. Seeing Is Believing! P.P. Board Directors Sceptical

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 3

Though assured by the manufactures that the motor by-passes marketed by them are rabbit-proof, the directors of the Armidale P.P. Board want to…

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Another for the Motor

The Uralla Times · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 1

Promoters of public functions have reason to be thankful to the motor car. For instance, few country people would be tempted to face the…

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More Motors Mr. A. C. Alcock's Progress Big Building Enterprise

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 7

Mr. A. C. Alcock, local dealer for General Motors, has played a big pa[?] in bringing Meade Street definitely into the business section of the town…

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Train Collision Express And Goods Train

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

The Scottish night express, on the Midland railway, ran' into a goods train near, Alfaeton, in Derbyshire. The engine overturned and four…

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Flood Bound; But Happy. Kempsey Train 29 Hours Late

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 11

Graphic was the description given by Mr. Matthew McCormack, surveyor, of the flood at Kempsey. The mail train was held up there 29…

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Touching Top of Telegraph Poles. Deep Water on Roads Wauchope District

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 9

At Wauchope during the floods many farmers succeeded in swimmings stock safely to higher land. In one instance, men pulled boats…

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The Motor World. News and Notes

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 9

The maximum fine (£20) under the present Act was inflicted by a Sydney magistrate upon a drunken driver recently In addition the driver…

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