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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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Miraculous Escape Lorry Run Down By Train Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

Three men had an amazing escape when a train crashed into their lorry at a level crossing at Ingleburn, near Liverpool last night. The lorry was…

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Head-on Motor Collision. Six Admitted to Hospital. Three Warialda Girls in Smash

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

When two cars crashed into one another near Rob Roy on the Warialda Inverell road on Sunday, Dec. 26th, six people were injured and…

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Hitler's Car Scheme Utility Motors at £80 Each

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

The cabled report from Berlin that Herr Hitler had completed arrangements for the mass production of a people's utility car to sell at the…

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The Open Road Notes on Motors and Motoring Warning To Campers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

Motor campers and picnickers are reminded by the N.R.M.A. that they must take care with camp fires, as they are required…

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Run Down by Train Victim's Identity Established Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

The mutilated body of a woman found alongside the ranway line in a tunnel between the Harbour Bridge and Wynyard Station yesterday was…

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German Peace Overtures Rejected Acceptance Impossible China's Reply to Herr Trautmann Hankow Aerodrome Remorselessly Bombarded Raiders Attacked From Great Height Spectacular Contest Between Japanese and Chinese Airm[?]e Hankow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

It is learned on the highest authority that the Chinese Central Government informed the German Ambassador, Herr Trautmann, who is attempting peace overtures, that peace is impossible…

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Body Identified Woman on Railway SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

The body of a [?] woman which was found al[?] the [?] line in the [?] between the harbor Bridge and wyn[?] station…

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Temperance Workers What Will Motorists Think—and Say?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

A motorist who leaves a car in a car park or other public place may find when he returns to it that a small card is under the…

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Road Accidents

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

Dorothy Stace, 17, of Surry Hills, was killed instantly, and Thomas Curyer, 20, of Paddington, had his skull and thigh fractured when the…

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Guyra-dorrigo Road

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

When Mr. R. S. Vincent M.L.A., was in Coff's Harbour in connection with the opening of the water supply he was approached by the President…

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Speed Limit Results in Fewer Road Deaths

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

During the Christmas and New Year holidays, seventeen persons were killed in road accidents in this State, compared with 22 over the cor-…

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Road Accidents Duty of Drivers Social Problem

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

In a New Year message to road users, the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neal), as executive vice-president of the Road Safety Council, said…

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Pinkett Road Country in Great Heart Promising Corn Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

The country around here is in great heart. Corn crops look wonderfully well and in places are ten feet high. Dairymen are "on…

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To-day's Court Mr. G. J. Johnstone presided at to-day's Court. Fistic Encounter In Bridge Street

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

Victor A. Goodhew and Charles S. Prince were charged with having acted in an offensive manner in Bridge Street, Uralla, on December…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

Delegates from all parts of the Raleigh Electorate who attended the Country Party's electorate conference of Bellingen, passed a motion favoring…

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Motor Horns Complaints of Nuisance May Be Restricted

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

It is likely that consideration will be given to the advisability of restricting the use of motor horns, although the imposition of…

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Moree Aeroplane Service

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

North-western Airlines will begin a daily service between Moree and Sydney on March 7, via Narrabri, Gunnedah, Tamworth, Quirindi, and…

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Train Jumpers Four Men Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

Constable C. J. Dagg apprehended four men on the 10.30 goods train from Walcha Road at the Uralla railway station on Wednesday night, and…

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Enginedriver's Fate Swept From Cab By Bridge Wellington, N.Z.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Swept from his engine as it passed under a bridge, Joseph Mosley, engine driver, was thrown into a flooded stream…

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Uralla District Damages Claimed Outcome of Road Collision Car Owners Take Argument To Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., at the Uralla Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Lilian M. Lennon proceeded against H. J. Coombers for…

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