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

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Motor Notes Tea Gardens and Hawke's Nest

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 6

The Myall River crossing, which is now made possible by a modern vehicular ferry, should give motorists little difficulty in reaching…

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Gwabegar-pilliga Railway Early Consideration Likely

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 1

The Premier of New South Wales, the Hon. B. S. B. Stevens, has advised Mr. Colin A. Sinclair, M.L.A., Member for Namoi, that the matter…

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Road Work in France

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 3

France is fully alive to the needs of modern truffle conditions, although her wonderful road system of Routes Nationales has proved adequate for so…

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Railway Time Table. Through Services

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 5

The 2.30 p.m. Mall from Moree to Sydney, week-days, will start at 2.40 p.m. and be due to arrive at Sydney at 6.5. a.m. week days and 6.30 a.m. on…

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Visiting Motorists' Permits

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 3

Important amendments to the regulations governing interstate motoring tourists are to be sought by the N.R.M.A. in co-operation with other…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Output Records Broken

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 3

For the first time in history, the output of the British motor industry, in 1935, exceeded 400,000 cars and commercial vehicles…

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Motor Collision. Claim for Damages

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

In the Small Debts Court, before Mr. C. F. Denton, P.M., John Edward Gall, of Moree, grazier, sued A. E. Mitchell, of Moree, carrier, for damages resulting…

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Railway Time Table. Through Services

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 3

The 2.30 p.m. Mall from Moree to Sydney, week-days, will start at 2.40 p.m. and be due to arrive at Sydney at 6.5 a.m. week days and 6.30 a.m. on…

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Motor Driver Acquitted

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 1

When Mervyn Harrington Moore, 43, traveller, stepped from the dock at the Quarter Sessions to-day after being acquitted on a charge of…

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Motor Car Test

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 3

The suggestion made by Mr. H. B. James of the Dunlop Perdriau Co., that a Trans-Australian motor car contest should be held next year…

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Railway Excursion

Manilla Express · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Manilla Railway station was crowded on Tuesday night when 55 passengers joined the train. Of these 42 travelled by the…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and It Was Free!

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

An army of painters in Copenhagen was sent out into the streets and public squares with orders to offer to paint white, free of charge, the rear…

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Motor Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Two men W. L. Burden and J. Hatton were injured when their motor ear collided with another car on the Hume Highway near Yass…

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Railways Deficit This Year's Estimate No Deficit Next Year

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 2

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) stated that the estimated railways deficit for this year was not expected to exceed £560,000, and that…

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Next Excursion Train

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Manilla station master, Mr. Parsons, advises that the next excursion train will be run on April 1. It will leave Barraba at 3 p.m. in…

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Holiday by Motor

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Maunder, accompanied by Miss Maunder, returned last week from a motor tour of the coastal districts of…

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Hitler's Motor Roads

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

The network of motor roads through Germany was energetically pushed forward last year, and more than £40,000,000 expended on them. Over 1,100 miles…

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Madman Steals and Wrecks Train Frantic Call to Clear Line

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 2

A maniac stole a train, drove it at full speed down the main line, crashed into a shed and, after a series of terrific fights, was taken into…

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Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 2

James Wilson pleaded guilty to-having failed to return 3 number plate and also an expired license, ind was fined 2/6, with 8/- costs of court, in…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From N.r.m.a. Spare Wheel Thieves

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

Edinburgh (Scotland) motorists are complaining it is almost impossible to leave a car in the streets there for any length of time without the danger of…

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