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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Body Recovered Harbour Bridge Victim Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The police this morning recovered the body of the woman who last night jumped from Sydney Harbour bridge. The body, which bore marks of a few…

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Motor Fatality Charge of Manslaughter

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 6

ORANGE, Friday:--A motor car fatality [?]red at 3 0'clock yesterday morning on the Bat[?]-road, he tween Orange and L[?]know A…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

In the ten months of this year ended October 31, Great Britain imported 50,800,000 gallons more petrol than m the corresponding period of 1931…

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Motoring Section:-- Big Field Open New Motor Cars Australian Vehicles Obsolescent

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

With the turn in the financial tide, there appears to be every reason for optimism in the Australian automobile industry, for the…

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Producer Gas Use in Motor Vehicles Attractive Proposition on Farms

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

About 15 or 20 years ago the producer gas plant was a commonly encountered source of mechanical power but the extens on of electrical trans…

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Australian Railways "Political Control Is Appalling "

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:--"Politioal control of railways in Australia, particularly in New South Wales, is appalling," Mr. G. R. T. Taylor, a director of the London Midland aid Scottish Railways, told a press representattive on his return from an Australian tour…

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Motor Cycle Championship Great Contest Likely

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

There is promise of a great contest in the Tourist Trophy motor cycle championship to he decided at Phillip Island, Victoria, on…

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What's Wrong? Bring Your Motor Troubles to Us

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

If you are in difficulty and need advice, send your problem to the "Northern Star." Questions will be answered by our technical…

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Lower Salaries Railways Administration Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

It was stated to-day that salaries paid to the heads of the civil engineering, locomotive and electrical traffic branches of the Railway Department…

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MOTORDOM Engine Tune-up; Private Car Trailers; Motor Insurance by Instalments

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 8

One of the most frequently misunderstood operations on a car is the engine tune-up, (writes the district representative of the Richmond-Tweed Rivers branch of the N.R.M.A.). Tuning an engine must be thoroughly done if lasting and…

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Big Increase Motor Registrations Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Indications are that the system of quarterly registration of motor vehicles is proving highly successful. At the end of December, 1932,…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore, Richmond River, N.S.W. Subscription Rates: In Advance, 12s 6d per quarter, £2 5s per year. Posted or Delivered. In advance rates will not apply when Accounts have to be Rendered. All business communications should be addressed to the General Manager, and matter intended for the editorial columns to the Editor. Correspondents should write on one bide of the paper only, and in ink. All communications must be accompanied by, name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication. Saturday, January 7, 1933 New Bridge Wanted

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

Consideration by the Government of the question of the construction of a new bridge over North Creek connecting East Ballina and Ballina…

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Model Aeroplane North Coast Record Flight at Lismore

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

In the South Lismore Model Flying Club's flights from the Municipal Aerodrome yesterday morning, under the supervision…

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Body Found on Line Apparently Fell from Train

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday:-A fettler named Bell, at 77 12 Mile, between Plum Tree and Charters Towers, this morning found the mutilated body of a…

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Mangled Remains Found Train Jumper Cut to Pieces

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

CHARTERS TOWERS, Sunday:- The remains of a man, later identified as Dnalwon Nowland (33), of Camber well, N.S.W., was found by a…

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Collapsed on Road Starving Unemployed Grafton

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

When Arthur Noel Turner (26), un employed, collapsed on the Southgate road near Grafton on Saturday after noon he was so weak that he had to…

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Girl Injured by Motor Lorry

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

Through being knocked down by a motor lorry in Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, on Saturday afternoon, Josephine Bookallil (14), living with her…

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Austral Motors New Year Presentations

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

Mr. S. G. Pratten, the sole agent in Lismore and district for the whole of the range of motor vehicles controlled by Austral Motors Pty., Ltd.,…

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Elephant Amok Five Trampled to Death CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

With five deaths as an indictment against it, an elephant which for days had been terrorising the countryside…

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Notes From Brisbane Something About Unionists Tramways and the Depression

Northern Star · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

Some Union officials are somewhat perturbed, writes our Brisbane correspondent. By securing preference to Unionists through the Arbitration Court they attained one of their big ambitions, but now some of them are not sure it will not…

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