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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

334 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 17

Concrete Roads for Country Development. (T. W. Seaver, B.E., M.I.E., Aust.) Macadam Roads

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 1

About 13 years ago the people of the country districts of the U.S.A., realising that macadain roads were dusty, muddy and very expensive to…

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Camurra-boggabilla Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

The proposal to construct a line of railway from Camurra to Boggabilla has been approved by the Public Works Committee. The estimated…

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Prize Essay Coonamble West Narrabri Railway

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

Looking at a map of New South Wales and seeing the great stretches of unoccupied land in the West and North West of New South Wales,…

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Railway Robbery £500 Reward Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 May 1923 · page 2

A reward of five hundred sterling is offered for information leading to the conviction of persons concerned in a railway station robbery. The leather…

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An Overland Feat. Melbourne — Adelaide Road Race

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 1

On April 19th last at 5.30 a.m. Messrs. Watkins and Pederson, in a light four Overland car set out from Melbourne in an attempt to lower the…

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Motoring & Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 4

A term that has come to be used with increasing frequency with regard to the description of small cars is that of "power-weight ratio." In itself [?]…

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Motor Drops 20 Feet Driver Seriously Injured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

A motor car was proceeding along Carrington Drive near Waterfall yesterday afternoon, when the brakes failed. The car went over an…

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243,000 Motors

Manilla Express · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 3

A new production record was established by the U.S.A. motor industry in January, when 243, 000 motor cars and trucks were…

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Closing of Roads

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

The matter of the Connell having any objection to the proposed closing of certain roads in the vicinity of the Hospital was held over from last…

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Closing of Roads

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

A letter was received from the Department of Lands asking the Association if there is any objection to the proposed closing of certain roads…

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Local & General News Werris Creek-binnaway Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

The Hon. Frank A. Chaffey, M.L.A., has been advised to the effect that the Railway Commissioners anticipate that the railway line from…

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The Railway Line

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 6

The railway line was made for the trains to run on. The sleepers are to make the railway line level. Some trains are [?] and others are [?]…

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Local and Other Pars Dubbo--Werris Creek Railway

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

The Hon. Frank A. Chaffey, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister of Public Works and Railways, in reply to representations that…

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Railway from Binnaway to Werris Creek

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

The Hon. W. E. Wearne, M.L.A., has received the following from the Acting-Secretary, Railway Department, under date of the 17th inst.:--…

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Motoring & Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 4

The four-speed gearbox is at last coming into its own. It was at one time considered that small powered vehicles should have three-speeds and…

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Train Robbery

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

While Leslie Rupert Vaughan was asleep in the Temora mail train early yesterday morning. he was robbed of £245 in notes he curried in his hip…

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Car and Train Collide MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 1

A motor car collided with an electric train at the level crossing near Aspendale yesterday. Miss Ethel Jellan sustained a fractured skull and…

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Piek-pocket's Haul £245 Stolen on Train Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 1

Leslie Vaughan, who joined the Griffith mail on Tuesday, found when the train reached Sydney yesterday, morning that he had been robbed of…

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Marking Railway Tickets

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

It is not likely that the Railway Commissioners will resume the practice of marking fares on railway tickets…

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Richmond-kurrajong Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government, speaking at the turning of the first sod of the Richmond-Kurrajong railway, said he hoped that the people of…

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