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

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

402 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 21

Road Through Klori

Manilla Express · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

In reply to a question from Cr Ratliff at Monday's meeting of the Shire Council as to progress of affairs concerning the road…

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Police Court Tuesday, Febraury 21, 1928. (Before Mr. A. E. Chapman, P.M.) Using a Motor Car

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5

Ronald Bruce Christie (20) was charged that at Moree he took and used a motor car, the property of Kenneth Charles Carter, without the…

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Motor Licenses

Manilla Express · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

At the Police Court on Tuesday, A. McGr[?]r was charged with driving [?] vehicle without being p[?]ssed of a…

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The Better Farming Train Practical Value to the Producer Manilla 19th March

Manilla Express · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

Farmers, stockowners and those engaged in every branch of primary production will find the Better Farming Train of…

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Road. Courtesy Maxims and Rules

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 6

Let us drive our cars as we would have others drive theirs. Let us not pretend, like Monte Cristo, that the world and all its…

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Hints to the Motorist Hydrometer Readings

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 6

When current is taken from a battery, a certain part of the solution combines with the plates, leaving the solution weaker. When current is put…

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Railway Commissioner

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 2

We understand that the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Fraser, and the Northern Area Commissioner, Mr. w. C. Quinton, will visit Moree early…

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The Better Farming Train

Manilla Express · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

Mr C. E. Houghton, Manager of the Better Farming Train, dropped in on us and paid us the compliment of saying we had…

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Jumped Prom Train

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 2

Peggy Williams, aged fourteen, who attends a school at Chatswood, boarded a through tram at Lindfield by mistake. When it did not stop at…

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Hints to the Motorist A Cause of Slow Seaks in Tyres

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 6

Many cases of tyre trouble are due to the fact that the tube ha snot been properly inserted. Before a tube is placed in a cover the not above the…

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Motor Car Bandits. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 2

Motor car bandits attempted to [?] a woman of her handbag at Coogee last night, but she struggled with her assailants who became frightened and…

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Noisy Motor Cycles

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

The annoyance created by the discordant noises made by motor cycles was brought forward at Monday night's meeting of the Moree Municipal…

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Motor Bandits

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 1

Motor car bandits appeared at Coogee last night and attempted to rob a woman of her handbag, the woman, however, struggled with an…

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The Better Farming Train How it Helps the Producer Manilla March 19th

Manilla Express · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 6

In every branch of farm work and stock raising, there is a wealth of valuable information on the Better Farming Train for…

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Aeroplane Flights

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

Lieut. H. T. Hammond, New South Wales agent for Moth aeroplane, will visit Moree on Saturday next and will remain for a week. During his stay in…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Adelaide

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

Flight lieutenant Mclnryre, official instructor to the South Australian section of the Australian Aero Club, crashed at Parrafield Aerodrome…

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Latest Cables. French Aeroplane Wrecked. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

A big French aeroplane on its way to Croydon fell into the Channel three-miles from Grisnez. The pilot and mechanic were picked up in the…

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Motor Fatality. Melbourne

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

Miss Violet De Leslie (25) was killed and two others seriously injured when a motor car collided with a motor cycle and side car at Brighton…

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Motor Car and Taxi Cab. Melbourne

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 2

John Fraser Firth (22) were killed, and four others more or less seriously injurd in a head-on collision between a motor car…

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Hints to the Motorist Handbrake Position

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 6

Motorists who are going from their first car to another with the hand-brake on the opposite side, should learn to rely on steering on the hand…

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