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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,446 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 73

Guyra's Unemployed Construction of Road to Dorrigo

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

At a largely attended meeting of unemployed and citizens of Guyra, it was decided to ask the Government for £10,000 towards the construction…

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On the Road to Ruin. Misfiring Cause of Many Ills

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 6

Misfiring in a motor will cause costly damage if hot corrected in time, Every time there is a "miss" the…

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Time-table Issued For Curtailed Train Service The Warwick-Tenterfield Break Warwick

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

Despite vigorous protests,.. a new timetable has been issued, and it is almost certain that the curtailed train…

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Severn Council Fixes Rate Down a Penny "Ratepayers Will Help With Roads" Promise of No Appeals on U.C.V.

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

In reducing the rate from 2½d. to 1½d, the Severn Shire Council, at its meeting on Tuesday, received the assurance that…

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Brisbane Mail Train

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

Commencing on Monday, February 2, express trains between Sydney and Brisbane via Wallangarra, known as the Brisbane mail will leave the…

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Teamsters on Roads a Nullamanna Complaint

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. Norman S. C. Crook, of Nullamanna, writes to the "Times":-- "In the absence of the usual courtesy of reply, might I be allowed to…

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Malcolm Campbell Motor Speed Test . New York

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Captain Malcolm Campbell arrived to-day en route for Daytona Beach where financial difficulties between the beach authorities and the American…

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Wage Reduction £700,000 for Railways SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

Commenting on the basic wage reduction Mr. Lang said it appeared to him that the state railways would have between £600,000 and £700,000 less…

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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 23 January 1931 · page 7

Returns relating to motor accidents in New South Wales in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 cases of injury as compared with 1929,…

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Main Roads Board Standards Too Elaborate?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 4

Urana Shire Council wrote to last meeting of the Macintyre Shire Council, suggesting that the Main Roads Board, in its specifications,…

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Severn Shire The Councillors Meet Road Maintenance

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the Severn Shire Council, Cr. Farlow asked for urgent attention to the road about the nine mile peg on the…

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Glen Innes-inverell Road Only Half the Traffic?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

The Department of Local Government wrote to last meeting of the Macintyre Shire Council notifying that the endowment for the next…

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To the Pole by Motor Cycle

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 6

Major Tryggve Gran, who accompanied Scot to the South Pole, is now preparing a new expedition to the South Pole, writes the Oslo…

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The Wage Cut Big Railway Saving N.S. Wales' Attitude

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 7

The pronouncement of a reduction of 10 per cent. in the Federal basic wage by the Full Arbitration Court has been hailed…

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

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 3

Pictures slating in motor [?]…

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Byron Street Collision Motor Cycle Hits Car Cyclist's Face Cut

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

When proceeding down Byron street from the direction of the railway on his new Impeial motor cycle, Mr. Frank Baldwin collided forcibly with Mr…

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Railway Robbery Booking Office Entered Thief's "'Magnificent" Haul

The Inverell Times · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 4

On Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday morning, a forced entry was made into the booking office of the local railway station and…

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Railways and Tramways Drifting

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Speaking at a civic reception at Forbes, the Premier, Mr. J. T. Lang, made lengthy reference to the position of railways and tramways, which…

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Motor 'Buses Competing With Railways Fees to be Increased in Queensland

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

Motor 'buses which ply over routes which are in direct competition with either trains or trams for the whole of their routes are to…

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Midsummer Railway Excursions

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Country people are given opportunity for cheap railway travel in a series of excursion trains which will run during the second week of…

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