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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,393 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 70

Railway Regulations Breaches at Glen Innes

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 1

Several cases involving alleged breaches of the railway regulations were heard in Glen Innes Police Court. Lewis Albert Hogno, taxi-driver, was…

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P.p. Board and Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 4

At last meeting of Grafton P.P. Board a letter was received asking support for the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Grafton. The Board…

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Guyra-coff's Harbour Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

The meeting of delegates re the meeting at Coff's Harbour at 11 a.m. on Friday. Guyra delegates to be Messrs. G. Jones, President; W. A…

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42 Million Motor Vehicles

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

A preliminary survey of the world's motor vehicle registrations at the close of 1937 reveals a total of 42,400,000, according to statistics issued by…

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Two Killed Motor Accident Six Seriously Injured SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

When a car travelling from Gosford to Woy Woy, skidded on the gravel and overturned over an embankment last night, Kenneth…

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Fat Cattle by Motor

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Special trucks to hold 10 or 12 cattle are being constructed for one of the Brisbane-Toowoomba motor transport proprietors and will be used to…

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[?] Good Classes for Motor Engineering

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 6

About [?] young man gathered [?] to [?] Mr. [?] the…

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Glen Innes the Scene of Memorable East-West Railway Demonstration North-west, Tablelands and North Coast Unite to Present Petition to the Deputy-premier of New South Wales Remarkable Enthusiasm Exhibited by Assemblage of Five Thousand Northern Residents

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

Never has any country town in New South Wales witnessed a greater display of enthusiasm than that in evidence in the King George V. Memorial Park this afternoon, when a gathering estimated at 5000 supported the presentation to Col. the Hon. M. F. Bruxner, D.S.O., M.L.A,, of a petition for the linking of the North-West with the Coast by rail and road…

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EAST-WEST (Continued from page 4) the Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 1

Dealing with the position in regard to the railway. Col. Bruxner said that rightly so railways to-day still constituted the backbone of the transport…

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The Railway West When the Line Was Sanctioned Glen Innes Jubilations

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 8

Apropos of the revival of the agitation for the construction of the Invereil-Glen Innes-Grafton railway, old hands recall the time when the…

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Alert Guard Train "Jumpers" Caught Four Men Plead Guilty

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

At the Armidale Police Court this morning, before Messrs. A. H. MeArthur and R. L. Blake, J.'sP., Ronald Victor Bennett (19), George Edwards…

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East-west Col. Bruxner Replies to North's Representation Road Scheme Adopted Another Survey of Glen Innes-grafton Line

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 7

The presentation of the petition by the Mayor of Inverell, Ald. Taylor, was the signal for an outburst of sustained cheering and applause, m[?]ts (and there were at this stage some 300 cars on the ground) adding their share to the general acclaim by a vigorous…

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Fatal Injury Motor Cycle Collision SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 1

Jack Palmer was fatally injured when a motor cycle he was riding and a taxi collided in Parramatta road. Haberfield, early this morning…

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[?] on the Railway to Grafton

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

[?] must be felt by the large section of progressive people in the [?] at the very unsatisfactory reply given by the [?] for [?] to the very representative deputation at Glen, [?] on the [?] of the railway to Grafton. After so…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision With Taxi Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 1

Jack Palmer (26), was fatally injured when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a taxi in Parramatta Road, Haberfield, early this…

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N.S.W. RAILWAYS Government's Policy Defended Mr. Drummond Praises Employees

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

Nowhere else in the railway systems of the world had he come across train-drivers who handled their trains with such ease and…

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Child Killed Run Over by Train SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

While crossing the line at Loftus Station yesterday afternoon, Lorna Weigant, aged 10, was killed instantly…

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Plans Astray Found at Railway Station Entry for £500,000 Proposal Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

Two sets of plans sent from Melbourne for entry in St. Andrew's rebuilding competition, never reached the adjudicators because…

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Motor Cyclists Glen Innes Races Intrepid Riders Thrilling Entertainment

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 2

There was a good attendance, including quite a number on "Scotsman's Hill," at the motor cycle sports on the racecourse,…

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Chips Will Drive Motor Cars

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 6

Gas from wood to drive petrol engines, fibre from wood to make clothes, glycerine from wood for high explosives…

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