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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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North Coast Road

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

Aldermen R. White and S. J. Hosie will represent Lismore at a conference of representatives of Lismore Council, and Gundurimba and Teraria Shire…

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Attempt to Wreck Train Melboubne

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

When the Adelaide express was between Bacchus Marsh and Ingliston yesterday the driver noticed an obstruction on the line, which on…

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Dastardly Attempt. to Wreck Train. Melbourne

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

When the Adelaide express was between Bacchus Marsh and Ingliston yesterday, afternoon, the driver noticed an obstruction on the line, which, on…

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Terrific Impact Motor Cars Collide Four Injured

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

TENTERFIELD. Monday.—A serious motor accident occurred when two cars collided at the intersection of Logan and Molesworth Streets…

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Unlucky Motorist

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

The luck of Lawrence Frederick Henry Hinds, of Glen Innes, is surely out (says the Inverell "Times"). A week or so ago he was admitted to…

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Snake in Motor Tyre

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

An incident that might have had a very serious ending befel Mr. H. R Bailey's daughter, Joyce, recently, at Palmer's Channel, on the Clarence. Mr…

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Armed Marauder. Tram Driver Held Up

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.--An armed and masked man held up a tram conductor and a tram driver at Lang Bay early this morning, and robbed the…

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Struck a Match Motorist Dies From Injuries Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

While in a motor car near Wauchope, Richard O'Neil found it impossible to crank the car up and crawled underneath to investigate the…

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Motor Tour

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 9

Messrs. N. Wilson and A. Cameron, junr., of Rous, made a motor trip of 450 miles last Wednesday and Thursday. They stopped at Tenterfield on…

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Two Arrested Attempt to Wreck Train

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Clifford Issall (17), butcher, of Elsternwick, and Robert Trehearn, assistant bio-graph operator, South Melbourne,…

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KYOGLE Chamber of Commerce Developmental Road

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 7

Mr. A. J. Junor presided over the monthly meeting of the Kyogle Chamber of Commerce held at Kyogle on Monday evening. There was a good…

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Big Pontoon for Lifting Bridge Spans Launched at Grafton

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

The last of eight pontoons, to be used in the construction of the Clarence River Bridge, was launched yesterday afternoon, near the Grafton railway…

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Big Pontoon for Lifting Bridge Spans Launched at Grafton

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

The last of eight pontoons, to be used in the construction of the Clarence River Bridge, was launched yesterday afternoon, near the Grafton railway…

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Critical Work Building the Arch of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

During the present year substantial progress will be made in the construction of the great steel arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and by the end…

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North Arm Road Shire v. MUNICIPALITY Why Go To Law About It? a Suggestion Offered

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Yesterday the "Tweed Daily" pointed put the foolishness of carrying the dispute between the Murwillumbah Municipal and…

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Motor Breaches

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

In the Casino Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. G. Hardwick, P.M., James Moss was fined 5/ and 8/ costs for failing to renew a motor registration. For…

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Out of Temper Railway Prosecutions

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

John Henry Martin was charged at the Casino Police Court yesterday, before Mr. A. G Hardwick, P.M., on the information of the railway authorities…

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The Motor Age One in Six Owns Car

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—According to figures complied by the N.R.M.A., there were at the last year 220,210 registered motor vehicles and 303,…

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Fatally Injured by Motor Lorry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—While running across Botany Road, Mascot, last night to catch a moving tran, James Joseph Mellugh (17), was struck by a…

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"Throw Up Your Hands" Bandit Holds Up Tram Men

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 3

While a tram was passing Long Bay at an early hour yesterday morning and conductor Arthur Stapieton was alighting to ring the bundy clock, a…

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