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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

1,882 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 95

Pea-rifle Menace. Motorist Killed at George's River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 9

Motorists who camped during the holidays have complained to the N.R.M.A. of the careless use of penrifles by irresponsible youths. It is…

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Learning to Drive. Finishing Course for Motorists

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

An innovation is being introduced by Ike N.R.M.A. in the form of a finishing course of instruction for motor drivers. Recognising that road accidents and…

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Railway Picnic. West End Park To-morrow Week

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

The railway employees' picnic which was to have been held on January 25 at Guyra, but which was postponed owing to adverse weather…

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Motor Camps. Insanitary Conditions at Seaside Resorts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 9

The N.R.M. A. directs attention to the insanitary conditions at some of the seaside places to which motorists gravitate on holidays and at…

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The Motor World Notes and News From All Quarters. Street Danger. The Motorist's Viewpoint "Give and Take' Necessary

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 8

The street danger problem has been receiving a considerable amount of publicity in Armidale lately, as a result of Dr. Brydon's…

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Local Men for Local Work The Main Roads Contracts

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 6

The local Shire Council is unanimously of opinion that in local road contracts there should be reference to local labor, to the…

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Seven Killed in Motoring Fatalities.: Toll of the Road. Four Deaths at Level Crossing Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

Four persons were killed and five injured when a motor car in which they were travelling was struck by a train at a level…

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Council's Co-operate. to Repair Sanitary Depot Road

The Uralla Times · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 3

At a recent meeting of Uralla Municipal Council it was decided that the Mayor (Ald. A. Cameron) and Town Clerk (Mr. M…

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Attempted Robbery Normanhurst Railway Station SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the office at the Normanhurst railway station early yesterday morning. A junior porter who…

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Fatal Wedding. Guest Killed in Motor Smash. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

On the way to a wedding at which, his son was to be best man, Gordon Olsen (47), merchant, sustained dreadsful injuries, to which he succumbed…

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Sulky and Motor Cycle Collide Two Men Killed. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

John Seckold and Henry Lawrence were shockingly injured in a collision between a sulky motor cycle, and died several hours later…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway. Affected by Financial Stringency. MR D. H. Drummond's Efforts to Help Men

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Education (the Hon. D. H. Drummond) spent a busy week-end in Armidale…

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Facts and Fancies. Clant Wind Motor

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 4

A wind motor claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world, is in use at Harlingen, Friesland, for draining a tract of lowland redeemed from the…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 7

Eighteen strikes in three and a half years The Sydney Harbor Bridge workmen may not hold the world's record for striking, but they would…

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Pigs on Road But Not Unlawfully Claim for Damages Fail '

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 8

A Bribbaree, near Yass, butcher allowed his pig to Wander on a pubic road. They frightened a horse attached to a sulky and as a result the…

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Motorist Fined

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 4

At the Police Court this morning, Kelth Haidle was fined £1 and 8 costs, for failing to return an expired motor driver's license and a further…

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No Money. for Suburban Railway. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 1

The Premier told a deputation that no undertaking could be given concerning the Eastwood-St. Leonards railway, simply because no money was…

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Kingstown Bridge

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 2

As Kingstown residents will have read in our report on the Shire Council discussion on the above matter, the Minister is to be asked to…

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"Infernal Motor Hurricanes." Damage to Roads. Gostwyck Shire Ratepayers Complaint

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 2

An amusing interlude was provided at the Goatwyck Shire Council meeting on Wednesday last by a lively letter from a ratepayer with regard…

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The Road to Success

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1930 · page 6

The next time you feel a sense of failure, go to the piano and strike "B natural"! It will have the effect of bringing you down from your…

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