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

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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Watch Motor Car Tyres

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

With the advent of autumn and the possibility of wet weather, the N.R.M.A. technical department advises motorists to give close attention to the tyres of…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Car Parks for Cathedral

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

The new cathedral which is being built near Guildford Surrey (England) will be provided with large car parks extending along [?]s north and south…

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Young Motorists Bitten with Wanderlust

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

Last September, two young motorists, J. C. Cameron, an Australian, and T. Kidd, a Canadian journalist, who both happened to be on a visit to…

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Snow Sports for Motorists

North West Champion · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

Members of the N.R.M.A. Ski Club will visit Mount Kosciusko for a week from July 9. This will be the club's [?] to the snow country…

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"Sanctuary" Plea Urged by Motorist. Drunk in Cathedral Close. Salisbury Magistrates Unmoved

North West Champion · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

Found drunk at the wheel of his car in Salisbury Cathedral Close, a motorist put forward the ancient plea of "Sanctuary" in the Police Court…

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Motor Notes. Car Parks for Cathedral

North West Champion · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

The new cathedral which is built near [?] will [?] [?]…

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Motoring. Engine Tuning for Performance

North West Champion · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

Many times you hear the complaint from the owner-driver that his motor has not the same "punch" it had when new, and in" almost every instance the…

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Moree Municipal Council. Aerodrome Site

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 8

At last Monday night's meeting of the Moree Municipal Council several letters were received regarding the aeroplane landing…

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Tuesday's Excursion Train

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

The cheap excursion train which left Moree on Tuesday afternoon was well patronised, there being 250 passengers aboard. Of these 52 travelled first class…

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Police Court. Tuesday, April 5. (Before Mr. V. H. Wells, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

G. A. T. Welsh pleaded guilty to having failed to return a traffic license and was fined 2-6, with 5-6 costs…

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Trespassing on Railway Property

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

William Miller, William Moore. Victor Anderson and Reg. Banks were proceeded against on a charge of having trespassed on railway property. The…

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Motor Ship Ablaze. London

North West Champion · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

The Swedish motor ship, Tisnaren, bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo, is blazing fiercely in the Thames. She carries a cargo of copra and wheat…

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Our Roads

The North Western Courier · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

"OBSERVER" has a few words to say about our roads:- I think it is quite time our Council employed someone with some…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. U.K. Vehicle Production

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 4

[?] of [?] for the [?] by [?]4 per cent. [?] Of [?]…

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Stationmaster Killed. Strange Railway Accident. Molong

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 2

Joseph Aloysius Gough, 48, station-master at Molong, was killed while engaged in shunting operations at the local railway yard on Saturday night…

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Motor Notes. "Running In" of New Cars

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

The question of whether new cars to-day require the same careful "running in" period demanded by earlier vehicles has recently agitated the minds of many…

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Motoring. the Life of Your New Car

North West Champion · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 5

The manufacturer of an automobile has built a car that he has tested out under conditions that is more strenuous and severe than the average…

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Excursion Train

Manilla Express · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

Only 22 tickets were issued for the special excursion train to Sydney last week from Manilla. This is considerably below last…

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Road Congress [?]An [?]

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 6

The [?] of [?] of Austra[?] the [?]…

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Dorrigo Mountain Road

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 6

After [?] of the [?] N.R.M.A. [?] the [?]…

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