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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,120 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 106

Sit Up to the Job Motor Driving Demands Alertness

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

Driving seats of the modern car are made so comfortable that the tendency on the part of some motorists is to take things too easy and…

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Huge Amounts Involved New Motor Cars Designing and Production

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

The average Australian when he sees new models of popular makes of cars announced on the Australian market, has little conception of the huge…

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Motoring Section:--- Danger of Using Kerosene Flushing Out Crankcases

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

When renewing the oil in the engine, motorists may sometimes use kerosene for flushing out the crankcase, but this is not advisable, because it is…

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Healthier Motor Industry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

An indication that the motor industry in New South Wales is steadily returning to a healthy basis is provided by the fact that in December 777 new…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

About 250 tent were creeled for the accommodation of over 1,000 persons on the N.R.M.A. camping ground at Lake Ihawarra South over the Christmas…

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Motorist and Pedestrian

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

A number of motorists still appear to assume to prior right to the use of the highway as against the right of the pedestrian, says the N R.M.A., and…

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What's Wrong? Bring Your Motor Troubles to Us

Northern Star · Saturday 21 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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Southport Jubilee Bridge £3000 To Be Spent On Extensions

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 3

SOUTHPORT, Saturday.-After a conference with representatives of the town council to-day the Queensland Minister for Works (Mr. H. A. Bruce)…

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Special Grant Hogarth Range Road Settlers' Handicap Casino

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Tomki Shire Council the president (Cr. W. Sullivan) stated that recently, in company with Cr. P. Matthews and the…

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MR. A. L. Horniman Tweed Shire Engineer Main Roads Divisional Engineer Appointed

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

By a unanimous decision Tweed Shire Council on Saturday selected Mr. A. L. Horniman from 108 applicants to fill the vacant position…

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Improvements to Ballina Roads Council Hope for Satisfactory Assistance Money for Authorised Works Re-voted Ballina

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

A letter from the Department of Transport asking that the original plans and tracings prepared by Mr. L. B. Watson for the State Highway from Burns Point to the Ballina-Lismore road and the Australian Hotel to the…

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Farmers Want Electric Supply Request to the Tomki Shire Council Tender Accepted for Pigman Creek Bridge Casino

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 8

In a letter to Tomki Shire Council considered at the council meeting to-day, Tomki branch of the Primary Producers' Union asked that the council grant permission for a number of farmers in that locality to connect with the Clarence…

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Risking Their Lives and Limbs for the Sake of Charity— Motor Cycle Polo at Los Angeles

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 8

This spectacular motor-cycle polo game was played between teams of former officers at a benefit of the California Municipal and County Motor-cycle Officers' Association in Los Angeles. Polo, with powerful motors speeding up the game, often to 60 and 70 miles an hour, proved hair-raising, and spills were…

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Gorge Farms Construction of Road

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

A start has been made on constructing a road into the designed homestead farms area at the Gorge, Kyogle. A grant from the…

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Old Times Tableland Railway Connection

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

Re-printing from its files of 1882, Grafton "Daily Examiner" publishes the following: A public meeting was held in…

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Coraki Church Workers Honoured N.S.W. Wheat Casino Railway Traffic Casino

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

Traffic on the railway line at Casino is again reaching normal, after the holiday slackness. Loading is coming forward freely…

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Motor 'Bus Strike Agreements in Jeopardy London

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

The motor bus strike has spread to 26 out of the London Company's 48 garages, involving 13,000 drivers and conductors out of 20,000 and bringing…

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Aeroplane Crashes Into Water Young Pilot's Remarkable Escape

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-Several slight cuts on the head were the only injuries received to-day by Robert MacGuire (18), son of a well-known Maequarie…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle between Woodburn and Broadwater last Saturday, Phil Haley, aged about 17, who is engaged as an engineer's apprentice at…

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Waterloo Bridge. £685,000 for Reconditioning

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.- A letter from the Ministry of Transport was read at the London County. Council meeting today which stated the Government had…

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