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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

3,190 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 160

Killarney-Bnrder Road

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Work on the second section ef the Kiilarney-New south Wales border road is expected to proceed shortly, Glengallan Shire Council having…

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Bruxner Road Opening. Function Postponed

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Owing to the heavy and continuous rain the opening of the Bruxner road, which was to have taken place to-morrow, has been…

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Coastal Scenic Road Brisbane Mayor Interested

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

The Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman W. A. Jolly, C.M.G.), early this week said he was greatly interested in the proposal for the construction of a…

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Railway Motors

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 10

Officers of the Queensland Railway Department have now gone to the southern States to investigate the question of further applying motor…

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RAILWAYS v. Motors Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

Albury Municipal Council negatived a motion to give 10 per cent, preference to the railways as against road transport. Alderman Logan said he…

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New Motor Spirit

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

Australia's dependence on imported oil supplies may be materially reduced by the production of power alcohol and its scientific blending with motors…

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Motor Companies at War

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

The management of General Motors at Osaka (Japan), taking advantage of the recent protest against the discharge of workmen, has closed the works until…

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Motor Column. "A Useful Invention."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

A Bathurst "Times" record from its file of 1899: "The motor car at the show was an entirely new exhibit, and was the object of endless interest to the…

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Motorgrams

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

Frequently inspect your vehicle. Be completely master of your car. Don't drive if you arc not physically fit to do so…

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Luggage on Motor Cars

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The local police have received instructions to enforce strictly the regulations governing the overlapping of luggage carried on cars, also the…

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Charges Withdrawn Alleged Destruction of Railway Others Substituted

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--The hearing of the charges against 11 men of having attempted to destroy the railway line at Branxton on December 16…

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Motor Notes. "Toe In" and Camber

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

A setting which must be checked periodically is that of the "toe in" of the front wheels, a term which is easily defined by explained that it is…

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Motor Fatality Evidence at Inquest SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

A midnight motor drive which resulted in the death of Clifford Francis Tygh was inquired into by the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson…

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Aerodrome

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 15

Both the Casino Chamber of Commerce and the Municipal Council are moving in the matter of haying an aerodrome established an Casino. A…

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Centenarian's First Train Ride

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 2

Although she is 102 years old, Mrs. Elizabeth Humphries of Roberstson, has just had her first ride in a train. She travelled from Bowral to…

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Man Fined £10 Fired Shot From Train

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Sidney Wickenson, who fired a shot out of a carriage window on a train near Katoomba, was brought before the local court…

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The Coming Show Special Train From Brisbane. Thursday's Commitee Meeting

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 5

At the R.R. Agricultural, Horticultural and Pastoral Society's meeting on Thursday morning, Mr. H. R. Imeson occupied the chair…

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Resulted in Death Midnight Motor Drive Crash Into Embankment Was Driver Drunk?

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A midnight motor drive which resulted in the death of Clifford Tygh was inquired into by the Parramatta…

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Reckless Motorists Shot!

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 2

In China, reckless motor car drivers do not get a chance to have two accidents which are fatal to the other person. When a careless driver brings off…

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Cheap Motor Spirit South African Experiments Inferior Sugar

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 4

LONDON, Friday. -- The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Philip Snowden), Lord Birkenhead, Sir George Fuller (Agent-General for New South Wales),…

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