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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

1,502 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 76

Electrification of Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 8

A big scheme of planned electrical development involving an expenditure of £12,000,000, spread over a period of eight or nie years and providing…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Collision With Car Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 1

Following a collision between his motor cycle and sidecar and a car at the corner of Wentworth-avenue and Elizabeth-street, City, last night, Frank…

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Railway Electrification Premier Says Loan Council Will Approve Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

Confidence that the Loan Council would support the State Government's electricity development scheme, to cost £12,000,000, was expressed…

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Will Speed Restrictions Solve Motor Safety Problem?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

Release of road accident statistics by the N.S.W. Transport Department for the twelve months ended December 31 last has once again directed attention to the price we pay for motor engineering development…

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Shooting in Sydney Elizabeth Bay Road Sensation SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 1

Two shots fired in Elizabeth Bay Road late last night roused dwellers of this select locality. Two men were seen running away…

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Colonel Bruxner Injured While Motoring

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Transport. Colonel Bruxner, appeared at Thursday's Cabinet meeting with his head in bandages. He was suffering from a gash…

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MOTORISTS And Straying Stock What the Law Provides

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 6

In answer to numerous equities, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises motorists of the peculations applying to moving and…

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Road Improvement

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

The current year promises to be one of unusual activity so far as road improvement in the Yallaroi Shire is concerned, and also in the town…

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A Leather Road

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

A road made of leather waste treated with tar has been in use at Handsworth, Birmingham, nearly twelve months, and shows…

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Main Roads Dept. Severe Shire Criticism Usurping Shires' Authority

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Severn Shire Council (Glen Innes); a letter was received from the Main Roads Board, in which it was stated that…

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Train on Fire Terrible Tragedy 100 Persons Burned to Death CANTON

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

More than a hundred are believed to have been burned to death to-day, when a fire broke out on the Kowloon-Canton…

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Train Ablaze One Hundred Lives Lost Shoeing Tragedy On Koaloon Canton Express Canton

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

More than a hundred are believed to has been burned to death to-day when a fire broke out on the…

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100 Burned on Train Fire — Ferret Sucks Boy's Blood -:- Blood-sucking Ferret Attacks Boy Missed Jugular Vein ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

Mervyn Heath, 14, of Athelstone, had a narrow escape from death in the early hours of this morning, when he awoke to find a ferret sucking blood…

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Burned to Death Three Victims of Motor Accident SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

Three men were burned to death in New Zealand when a motor car, in which they were travelling, overturned and burst into flames…

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Man Killed.: Companion Injured Motor Cycle and Car in Collision Gosford

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

Theodore Kelson was fatally injured and Edward Leslie Croft critically hurt, when a motor cycle on which they were riding became involved with a car in…

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Touring Motorists Compact and Efficient Guide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 8

A comprehensive and useful touring guide to the roads of New, South Wales and, the main interstate routes has been produced.by the Shell Oil…

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Straying Stock ResponsibiOty of Motorists Regulations Rather Contradictory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

In answer to numerous enquiries this Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises motorists of the regulations apptying to moving…

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44-Hour Week On French Railways PARIS

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

The President, M Le Brun, to-day signed a decree enforcing a forty-four hour working week on the railways as from January 25…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers Railwaymen's Protest SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

The Australian Railways Union has protested to the Government and the Commissioner for Railways against an extension of preference to returned…

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Carnarvon Aerodrome Destruction By incendiarists Retrial of Nationalists Found Guilty at Old Bailey London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 1

Seven hundred Welshmen arrived in London by a special train to-day to attend the retrial of three Welsh…

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