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

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

569 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 13 of 29

Australian Roads Is Bitumen Best?

North West Champion · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 6

In view of the attention being given to expensive forms of road making, the following article from the "Bulletin" is of interest:—…

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Tram Smash

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

As the result of a cession between two trams in Lygon Street, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, 27 people were injured. Both cars were football…

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Motoring Notes Electricity Applied to Cars

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 4

To the amateur motorist of modern times a complete knowledge and understanding of the principles of operation of the various parts of his car and…

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Tableland to Coast Railway

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

Mr. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., advises that the Public Works Committee, for the purpose of taking evidence incidental to the railway…

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Kyogle-beaudesert Railway Bridge

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 3

Two tenders for the construction of the Grafton bridge, over which ia to run the railway linking Kyogle with Beaudesert, were announced…

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Permanent Roads

North West Champion · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 5

Motorists in America will have about 5900 more miles of concrete road to travel over during 1926 than they had in 1925. Added to the 31,700 miles…

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Aberdeen Train Smash

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 4

The Muswellbrook coroner (Mr. A. W. Swaddling) opened the inquest on Monday on the four persons who were killed on the night of June 10, when…

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Motor Accident. Orange

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 2

The third motor accident since Sunday occurred on the name stretch of the Molong road last night when a car skidded, somersaulted three times,…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 2

Captain F. A. Chaffey, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, and he states…

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Motor Accident Third at Orange in Five Days Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

The third motor accident at Orange since last Sunday, occurred, on the same stretch of the Molong road last night, when a car skidded and…

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Supreme Court Before His Honor. Justice Ferguson A. M. COUSINS v. Railway Commissioners

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

His Honor, Justice Ferguson, presided over a sitting of the Supreme Court at the Court House on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only one…

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Brisbane Mail Crashes Into Railway Gates

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 1

The Brisbane mail train on Wednesday night crashed through the Liverpool St., Scone gates, breaking both Gets. The train pulled up and…

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"Riddled with Ants" Aberdeen Bridge Smash

Manilla Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 6

"To my mind, the timber in the viaduct was in a very decayed and rotten condition," said Sergeant J. M. Grady, of Scone, giving…

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A Marathon Motor Tour

Manilla Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 6

Although in these days motor journeys by adventurous drivers into remote corners of the earth are not exactly uncommon, 'it is…

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Ford Motor Company

Manilla Express · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 3

Speaking on "Ideals in Business" recently, Mr. H. C. French, general manager in Australia for the Ford Motor Company…

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Where Four Roads Meet

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 4

And it arose in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six that a great strike was declared in the land. There were neither trains nor trams, [?]…

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Aberdeen Train Smash Inquest Concluded

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

The inquest into the four deaths caused when the Brisbane express was wrecked at Aberdeen on the night of June 10 was concluded on Friday…

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Latest Cables. French Train Smash. Paris

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

Twenty persons were killed and 60 injured through the derailment of a train near Acores (France.) A later message states that 17 were killed and…

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French Train Smash. Foul Play Suspected. PARIS

North West Champion · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 4

Seventeen were killed and 79 injured, through the derailment of a train near Anchores, in France. The damage is estimated at 4,000,000…

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Railway Matters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 1

The following business transacted at the local railway station for the month of May last was supplied us by the local stationmaster (Mr. G. Greaces):…

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