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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,446 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 73

Aeroplane Fatalities

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

An appalling tragedy occurred at Maryborough (Q.) aerodrome on Tuesday afternoon when the monoplane Star of Cairns, which was…

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Our New Serial. [?]hed by [?]al Arrangements The Road That Led Home

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

"Considering all the circumstances, it would. Remember that we've been meeting each other pretty regularly of late in out-of-the-way…

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Constable Injured Motorist Arrested SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

While directing traffic at the corner of Belgrave Street and Sydney road, Manly, last night, Constable Robert Scott was struck by a car and…

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Motor Smash Nine Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Nine people, including a 12 months old infant, were injured last night when a car crashed into a telegraph pole at Crow's Nest, as the driver of…

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The Road That Led Home Our New Serial

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

''Now'' he said I am likely to have any further trouble with you? I just want to know, that's all because Happen to taw to my possession a…

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Oxley Highway Interesting Trip to the Coast. Road Engineering of High Standard

The Uralla Times · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The high standard of modern road engineering is well exemplified on the Oxley Highway, connecting Port Macquarie with the…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m. A.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

Stoke-on-Trent- has adopted a new traffic regulation. Buses are now not allowed to step promiscuously for passengers within 500 yards of the centre…

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Railway Rumours! More Men to be Transferred? Three Went This Week

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Persistent rumours are going the rounds of the town that a further batch of railway man are to be removed from Annidale as a…

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Tramway Lottery

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

Tickets issued by the City of Mexico Electric Tramways Company are valuable. At one time, the company was defrauded by employees,…

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£10—Two Months Driving at Dangerous Pace Motor Owner Fined Christmas Eve Incident In Grey Street

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

After listening to the rest of the court business all day Walter Augustus Doyle was called at the end of the list in answer to a charge of…

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Keep Away From the Kerb! Warning to Motorists Batch of Offenders in Police Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Prior to charges of having parked their ears in a prohibited parking area in Grey Street being read to eight defendants in yesterday…

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406 Miles Walk Girl's Adventure with Touring Company Stranded In N.S.W. A Motor Ride Through Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

An extraordinary adventure recently befor 17-year-old Brisbane girl, who has jut returned to her home at Mitchelton after an…

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Fell in Front of Train. Unknown Man Killed. Albury

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

As the A bury frain was entering Wondonga Station, yesterday afternoon, an unknown man fell in front of the engine, and was killed instantly…

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Our New Serial. (Published by Special Arrangement.) The Road That Led Home

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

He had indeed, been "lucky," Everything he had possessed was gone or in progress of going. He had half willed it to go, for it seemed to…

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Development of Newcastle Railway Department's views No Public Demand

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

The following letter un party was read at the meeting or the town counell last night from the secretary of railway commissioners…

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The Motor World News and Notes

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

Based on reports for the first six months of the year, it is estimated that deaths from motor accidents in the United States this year will reach…

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Huge Decline. In Victorian Railway Revenue. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

The financial statement of railways for the last six months shows that revenue declined £1,081.000 compared with the corresponding period of last…

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Motor Fuel. Petrol and Alcohol. Suggestion From Cairns

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

The compulsory adoption throughout Australia of motor fuel, consisting of petrol and 5 per cent. anhydrous alcohol distilled from sugarcane and the…

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1/ Wage Tax. Resented by Railwaymen. Imposition too Heavy. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. J. Lynch, secretary of the Railway Workers' Industry Branch of the A.W.U., states that his members resent very much the 1/ tax in the £…

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The Road to Port Macquarie

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

One's earliest thoughts of the Port Macquarie road were evoked by the written description of a trip thence and back made by Mr. Pat O'Connor…

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