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

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Hints to the Motorist Removing the Cylinder Head

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

In nine cases out of ten no difficulty is experienced in lifting a cylinder head by jerkins the starling handle sharpy against compression when air…

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Wheat Harvest. Quick Handling by Railways

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

Up to the beginning of last week nearly 15½ million business of wheat had been despatched from country stations. Of that quantity almost…

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Motor Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

Stanley Hannal, need 36, was badly injured when a motor lorry struck his motor cycle and sidecar near Casula on Saturday night. The lorry…

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Road Hog

Manilla Express · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

On Saturday night a motor lorry ran into a motor cycle, on the Great Southern Road near Liverpool, smashed the rider and…

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Railway Siding

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Wearne, M.L.A., has been informed by the Secretary for Railways that the Commissioners have authorised provision of a siding and…

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Moree to Inverell Motor Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 2

Messrs. Willbott and Newborn have started a motor service between Moree and Invorell. Leaving Moroo at 8.45 a.m., passengers will arrive at…

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Struck by Motor Car. Two Children Killed. SYDNEY

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 2

Alien Williams (4) and Kalhleen William; (2) met with shocking deatirs at Willougby last night. They were crossing a road near their…

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Coast Railway. Tenterfield to Bonalbo

North West Champion · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 5

The question of the extension of the Bunalbo-Tenterfield railway was given further consideration at the quarterly meeting of the Tenterfield Chamber of…

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£6,000,00 for Mexphlate Roads Recent Contract for Grecian Government

Manilla Express · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

Greece, a country essentially agricultural, with a population of over six million, has in the past cultivated but 11.35 per cent…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Manilla Express · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

A further notification is given regarding the cheap excursions to be run during the second week in Februaryy. Intending…

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Hints to the Motorist Easily Made Socket Wrenches

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

Sections of Seamless steel tubing, cut from the frame of a discarded bicycle, can be made into strong, serviceable socket wrenches, which will…

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Local & General News Improvements at Railway Station

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

The work or improving the conditions at the local railway station is proceeding. Already the new signal box has been completed, while this…

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A Dwarf Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

A great deal has been heard since the war about railway amalgamation in England and elsewhere, but not all the little railway companies have…

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Motor Cycle Traders. Against Betting

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3

At a representative meeting of the motor cycle trade of Victoria held under the auspices of the motor cycle sectio nof the Australian Association…

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Motor Car Somersaults. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

While travelling from Port Kembla to Wollongong a motor car turned two complete somersaults, pinning the three occupants under the wreckage…

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Somersaulting Motor Car. Port, Kembla

North West Champion · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

A motor car turned two complete somersaults on the outskirts of the town yesterday afternoon the driver Henry williams (49) was…

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The Motor World. The Border Garage

North West Champion · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

In an interview with the "Champion" representative on Thursday, Mr. B. H. Maher, of the Border Garage, Mungindi, stated that increased…

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Record Aeroplane Engine Run

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 3

The monthly bulletin for December, issued by Queensland and Northern. Territory Aerial Services Ltd., reports what probably constitutes a…

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"Reso" Train

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 3

The first tour in which the munificently equipped "Reso" train recently constructed by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners will…

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Train and Motor Cycle Collide. Adelaide

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

When a train crashed into a motor cycle on the railway level crossing at Morpethville last night, John Roberts (21), the rider of the motor cycle, was…

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