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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Main Roads Board Over £10,000,000 Expended SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The Main Roads Board's annual report shows that in five years £4,000,000 had been expended in the Country of Cumberland and…

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Motor Victim Recovers

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. R Lyons, who was severely injured in a motor car smash on the Guyra road two months ago was discharged from the Armidale and New…

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Railway Employee Seriously Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

William Williams, an employee at the Armidale railway yards, was the victim of a painful and serious accident yesterday afternoon. Williams…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Following upon representations made by the Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., in regard to the original staff employed on the Guyra-Dorrigo…

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Wanted-an Owner a Stray Motor Cycle Found Behind the Racecourse

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Mystery surrounds a Horley-Davidson motor cycle with side-car, which was found behind the local…

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Traffic Breaches Missing Licenses Car Owners and Car Drivers Fined Motor Cyclists, too

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M., Percival R. Brazier was charged with having failed to return or…

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Motor Cyclists Appear

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Charles John Thomas Hawkins was charted with that he did drive a motor cycle in Grey Street on December 22, he not then being the…

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Sixteen Deaths Aeroplane Crash

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 8

News comes from San Clemente (California) that a furious squall from the Pacific, which arose so suddenly that the pilots had no chance…

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Motor Offences

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Two local residents, Arthur Duff and Cedric S. Campbell, were each fined £1 and 8 costs at the Police Court this morning for not having…

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Train Sensation Man Branches Revolver SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

While travelling on the mountain train last night a middle aged man pulled out a [?] after brandishing it in the [?] statement…

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Motors & Motoring. Tightening Loose Shackles

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 3

After a spring shackle bolt has been in use for some time, wear takes place and allows some play between the parts. The result is…

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Boy Jumps From One Tram Fatally Injured By Another SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

William Dugdale (13), a school boy. alighted from a tram at Randwick yesterday, only to be knocked down by a tram coming from the…

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Northern Railway-mens Picnic Gathering of 2000 Expected

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 7

The great Northern Railway Employees annual picnic and re-union will be held at Guyra showground, on Saturday, January 25, 1930. Special…

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The Motor World News and Notes FROM N.R.M.A.

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. reports that extensive maintenance work during the last 12 months has brought into good order the length of the North Coast…

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Shot Fired From Train. Man [?] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. reports that extensive maintenance work during the last 12 months has brought into good order the length of the North Coast…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

Following upon representations made by the Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., in regard to the original staff employed on the Guyra-Dorrigo…

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Chean Railway Excursions

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

For the convenience and pleasure of all who were unable to take advantage of the cheap excursion trains arranged by the Railway Department…

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The Motor World Notes and News From All Quarters. Rower Alcohol Running a Car on Sugar. Big Development Promised

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 9

If the claims put forward by the Minister for Mines in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland can be…

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The Motor World. (News and Notes From the N.r.m.a.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 10

The N.R.M.A. reports that the repair work on the main western highway over the Blue Mountains, which has been in progress for some months, is…

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