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

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

140 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 7 of 7

Results of Railway Cuts. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 1

The cuts made in railway goods services since October 17 have resulted in a considerable holdup of wheat, timber, and iron ore…

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Lag in Motor Industry Urge For Replanning

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 4

The "Autocar," one of Great Britain's leading motor journals is advocating that the Nation's automobile industry should now…

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Alcohol As Motor Fuel

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. engineers recently conducted a test at the request of a member of a 50-50 mixture of alcohol and…

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Railway Concert. Full House Applauds Local Artists

North West Champion · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 2

The concert organised by the Railway employees and presented in the Memorial Hall on Friday evening last was a wonderful…

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Motor Train For Narrabri

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 4

The District Superintendent of Railways, Mr. Kimber, to-day advised that commencing on Tuesday next (Decem. 7)…

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Aerodrome Prospects Chamber of Commerce Discussion

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 4

A proposal that the public bodies in Narrabri should combine now With the object of seeming a first class…

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Coal Saved in Railway Consumption Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 1

The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) said yesterday that the State Railway Department was now saving about 4000 tons of coal a week…

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Hobart Bridge Damaged by Storm. Hobart

North West Champion · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 1

The £400,000 Hobart bridge, in its first test by a storm, found itself too weak to resist the force and strain in a 50 m.p.h. gale…

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In Allied Hands Heights Overlooking Naples-Rome Road LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 1

Reutet's correspondent with the Fifth Army on the Camino Range, in a despatch to-night, says that Mount…

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Proposed Aerodrome for Moree

North West Champion · Thursday 9 December 1943 · page 2

A very comprehensive list of correspondence in regard to an aerodrome at Moree, dating as far back as July 2, 1935, was…

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Inland-coast Railway

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 December 1943 · page 6

A conference convened by the United North and North-West Better Communication League, and thoroughly representative of the…

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Proposal Aerodrome For Moree

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 6

A very comprehensive list of correspondence in regard to an aerodrome at Moree, dating as far back as July 2, 1935, was…

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Main Roads Programme

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 7

During the month the 1944 main roads programme, totalling £9830 of which Council's share would foe £3050, was…

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Christmas Railway Travelling Curtailed. Country People Again Hit. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 5

Reasonable people will appreciate the difficulties with which the Railways Commissioner is faced regarding public travelling during…

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District News Eulah Creek Roads

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 December 1943 · page 4

Following on the visit paid by members of the Namoi Shire it is to be hoped that some definite action will be…

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5th Army On Road to Rome

North West Champion · Monday 20 December 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The Fifth Army, with the capture of San Pietro, has broken through the last major mountain barrier barring the road to Rome, says the Algiers correspondent of the British United…

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Road to Rome Fifth Army Success LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 December 1943 · page 1

The Fifth Army, with the capture of San Pietro, has broken through the last major [?]tain barrier…

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Gurley in Path of Hurricane Railway Station Blown Down. Extensive Damage to Hotel and Other Buildings. Outlying Properties Also Suffer Heavily

North West Champion · Monday 20 December 1943 · page 1

As the result of a storm of hurricane force, which occurred at Gurley about 4.30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, Gurley railway…

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Report on Aerodrome Sites

North West Champion · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 5

At Monday night's Council meeting Mr. Snell (Works Overseer) submitted estimates of the cost of completing the North Western Air Lines…

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Extensive Grading Improved Shire Roads

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 3

Following on good rain late last month, reported the Shire Engineer, (Mr. D. Sky), before the Shire Council, the three truck-drawn…

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