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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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City Council Newcastle-Toronto Road £5000 to Be Spent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

Newcastle City Council met last night, when there were present the Mayor (Ald. T. Blackall), and Ald. B. Light, C. Parker, A. C. Castleden, W. M. Shedden, W…

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Railway Engineers Basic Wage Reduction MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

This afternoon the Amalgamate Engineering Union applied to Judge Beeby for on order to restrain the Industrial Commission of New South Wales from…

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Empire Model Bean Test of New Motor Truck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

Introduced at the recent Motor Show in Sydney, the new Empire model Bean truck attracted considerable attention, principally due to the big changes that have been made in construction…

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Motors and Motorists Question Box

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

Readers are invited to write to the Motoring Editor when they are faced with any mechanical difficulties. Questions should reach this office by…

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Reopening Railway Request From Greta Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

Millfield-Greta miners, in accordance with a resolution carried on Monday, assembled at the pit-top yesterday morning, but did not start work. A meeting…

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Diamonds Used Securing Accuracy Hupmobile Motor Cars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

In the plant at Detroit, U.S.A., the Hupp. Motor Car Company has three diamond boring machines, costing approximately £1000 each. For these machines…

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Fifty Records English Motor Cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

One of the most outstanding motor cyclists in England at the present time is F. C. Hicks, who has no fewer than 50 records to his credit Hicks, who rides a…

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Motoring Motor Education Dealers Give Demonstration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

There is no commodity that is so much talked of as the motor car. In the younger generation of to-day the bent for mechanics is remarkably developed,…

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Motor Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

Thomas Jenkins pleaded "Not guilty" to a charge of having driven a motor car in a manner to the danger of the public on the Great Northern-road, on…

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Motor Cycle Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

A motor cycle owned by Mr. James White, Gordon-street, Mayfield, was taken from the Newcastle Baths last night. An A.J.S. machine, its registered…

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£10,000 CLAIMED Sequel to Motor Smash MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

Mr. Justice Lowe and a jury commenced the hearing of a claim by William Thompson, of Coburg, building contractor, for £10,000 damages against…

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Passing Trams Regulations Altered Warning for Drivers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

The position of motorists in relation to the passing of stationary trams has undergone a change in recent months, says the N.R.M.A. Originally the…

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Sweet Running ! Motor Spirit From Sugar Old Refinery

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

If the claims put forward by the Minister for Mines in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland can be substantiated. the time is at hand when,…

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MOTORS For Grace & Pace Automobile Club Bacon Point Score Competition Hoffman's Performance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

With only two more contests of the Newcastle Automobile Club on the programme the Bacon Cup Point Score competition is nearing the close. On Saturday a flexibility and…

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Motor Vehicles Registry for Newcastle Councils Agree

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 3

Waratah, Lambton, Hamilton, and Merewether councils all assured the Newcastle Council last night of their co-operation in pushing for the…

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MOTORS For Grace & Pace Fraser Park Money Voted : Crossed Off Government Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 3

Now you have it, and now you haven't! That is the financial position of the trustees of Frazer Park…

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PATIENCE Motorists' Supreme Virtue

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Patience is a virtue at any time, but it is a supreme virtue in the motorist on a crowded road, the N.R.M.A. safety department points…

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Motor Cycling News Social Run A.J.S. Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

On Sunday the A.J.S. Social Club will hold its monthly run. The destination will be Elizabeth Bay. A very fine programme of events has…

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Railway Problems City Council's Requests Deputation to Cleary

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners will receive a deputation from the Newcastle City Council at 11 a.m. on Thursday in Sydney…

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Wait If You Call N.R.M.A. to Motorists

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 3

Constant complaints are being received by N.R.M.A. headquarters from association patrol men, official contract service stations, and private…

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