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

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

442 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 14 of 23

Offences Against Motor Traffic Acts

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 2

Charles Belford pleaded guilty to driving a motor car without being licensed to do so, in Balo Street, Moree, on July 1. Mr. Cole appeared for…

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Railway Strikers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Lang) announcer, that he had been in communication with the Railway Commissioners, and he had now been notified that [?]…

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Motoring and Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 3

The success of the pioneering heavy motor truck overlanding trip from Adelaide to Darwin (1960 miles) is practically assured, inasmuch as the…

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Railway Strikes Labor Premier's Sympathy

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 6

The Premier (Mr. Lang) said last night that in the dissolution of super fiuous board established by the late Government to find billets for its…

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Sign Posts On Main Roads

Manilla Express · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 2

At last Shire Council meeting the Main Roads Board of N.S.W. wrote regarding road direction signs and stating that the Board…

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Fatal Collision. Goods Train Crashes Into Car. Father Killed; Son Injured TENTERFIELD

Manilla Express · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 1

Andrew Austin, a farmer of Clif, ton, was killed late yesterday afternoon. He, with his son, had driven a load…

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The Premier And the Roads Board

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 4

Mr. Lang's threa[?] that he will cut the councils out of the Roads Boards operations altogether is one which, if he attempts to carry it into effect,…

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Motoring Notes Eliminating Incompetent Mechanics

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 4

It is not unnatural that in view of the extraordinarily rapid growth of the motor industry and motoring in Australia an undesirable element…

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To-day's Wires. Found Dead in Motor Bus. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 2

An unknown man, about 30, was found dead in the disused body of a motor bus at Hurlstone Park last night. His skull was fractured, his…

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Gravesend Bridge Site

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 7

In reply to his representations respecting the viewing of a site for a bridge over the Gwydir river at Gravesend. Mr. W. J. Scully, M.L.A.,…

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Motor Rims and Covers Found

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 2
Also in North West Champion

The Moree police have in their possession a motor vehicle rim with tube and a Fisk non-skid cover 30 x 3½ attached; also a motor vehicle rim,…

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Nationalising Motor Bus Traffic. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 2

It is possible that the State Government will nationalise the motor bus traffic throughout the State. The Railway Commissioners will be authorised…

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Road Board Office Blown Up. Attempt on Secretary's Life Fails

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 2

A telegram from Meekatharra (W.A.), states that an attempt was made to blow up the Road Board Secretary (Mr. J. S. Dalton) with a large…

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Motor Car Number Plates

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 2

All those who have thready procured the front number plates for their cars required under the Motor Traffic Act. and who have not yet applied for an…

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Motoring Notes Frequency of the Overhaul. Solution in the Owner's Hands

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 4

From time to time one meets motorists who point proudly to cars which have run for two or three years without any overhauling of their…

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Killed by Motor Lorry. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 2

Harry Cooper Day was out walking with his wife yesterday at Vaucluse when he was killed by a motor lorry before his wife's eyes. He was a…

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Main Western Road

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 4

Substantial grants have been made by the Main Roads Board for the improvement of the Main Western Road over the Blue Mountains…

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Woman Brutally Assaulted. in Railway Carriage

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 2

It was reported to the police yesterday that a married woman, while travelling in a train' between Sydney and Newcastle on Tuesday was…

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Police Court Offences Against Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 4

At the Moree Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. E. Chapman, P.M., Cecil W. Fins, of Pallamailawa, pleaded guilty to having failed to…

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