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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Motoring Notes "Toe In" and Camber

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 5

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

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Motor Mishaps Train Strikes Car Two Women Killed MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Two women were killed, and four persons injured, on Saturday night when a motor car driven by T. Hodgson, of Hampshire road,…

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Trams Collide Girl's Nose Broken Other Persons Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Several persons were injured, but only one seriously, which two trains collided at White Bay Junction, White Bay, to-night. Ettie Heath, aged 18…

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Petrol Explosion in Railway Yard Three Children Killed, Six Injured London, Jan. 3

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

A tragedy costing the lives of three children and serious injuries to six Others occurred as the result of the explosion of a petrol drum a…

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Little Girl Killed Crushed by Motor Lorry in Charge of Her Father Newcastle

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Mary Jane Lonsdale, 3, was crushed between a telegraph pole and a motor lorry on Wallsend Road, Cardiff, yesterday afternoon, .and was…

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Boree Road Mail

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. T. W. Green (formerly of The Hollies) and now of The Rock, has secured the mail contract between The Rock and Lockhart and…

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Another Cheap Train to Sydney

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

Having successfully negotiated the heavy holiday traffic, for which extensive schedules of cheap trains were provided by the Railway…

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The Wan on the Road Some Don't's for Motorists

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

At no time of the year is the practice of safety on the road more imperactive than during holiday periods. The N.R.M.A. safety department points out…

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Aeroplane Tragedy Crash Into Water Three Lives Lost Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Flight-Lieutenant T. A. Briggs, aged 32 years, Captain, the Hon. Hugh Grosvenor, aged 34 years, A.D.C. to the Governor of South Australia, and…

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Sturts Year Results of His Discovery the Inter-state Road

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

S[?] account of his voyage down the Murray was published in, 1836 Wakefield saw it, and, as has already been stated, it induced him to choose…

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Motor Breaches

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Allan Cooper, breach of Motor Act, by consent, adjourned. E. H. Beeby, breach of Motor Act. Fined 12/- and 8/- costs…

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Railway Inspection

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Cleary) will make an inspection of the Oaklands line on January 15th as follows:—Oaklands, depart 8.55…

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A Fine Motor Trip

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schneider, of Osborne; Mr. and Mrs. August Schneider, of Wagga road; and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schneider, of Walla,…

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Motor Casualties 237 in Sydney 1929 Figures Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

According to a police report, the number of people killed in motor accidents in Sydney during the last 22 Figures far the whole…

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Railway Commissionrs's Visit

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Cleary, has advised that he will be making his first tour of inspection at Wagga on January 13, and will arrive…

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North Queensland Rains Rivers Rising Railway Lines Covered Cairns (Q.)>

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Heavy rains in the north has caused the rivers to rise with alarming rapidity. It is possible that train traffic will be held up. In some parts the…

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Motor Car Accidents Week-end Toll Eight Deaths in Two States

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

[?] During Hie week-end, motor car accidents were responsible for five deaths in [?]Victoria and three in New South…

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Motor Lobby Overturns Occupants Uninjured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Yesterday a motor lorry containing a picnic party foil over an embankment at Casula, near Liverpool. The screams of women and children could be heard…

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North'q'land Rains Rivers Rising Railway Lines Covered Cairns (Q.)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Heavy rains in the north have caused the rivers to rise "with alarming rapidity. It is possible that train traffic will be hold up. In some parts…

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