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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Safety on the Road

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 8

"There is a wonderfully human appeal in the doctrine of the road safety movement, unselfish and universal," says the acting chairman of the…

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Bridge Over Murrumbidgee Coolamon Delegates to Conference

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

At yesterday's meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council a letter was read from the Mitchell Shire Couniil asking Coolamon to send delegates to a…

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Coolamon Council Main Roads Programme Noxious Weeds Troubles Estimates of Expenditure

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council was held yesterday. The president, Councillor W. H. Doubleday, presided, others present being…

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Tempest In England Worst in Living Memory] Many Lives Lost Country Roads Blocked Telephone And Telegraph Wires Down LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

The worst tempest in England in living memory, following a succession of severe gales, wrought havoc on sea and land. The greatest calamity was the sinking of the naval…

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Cairns Floods Railway Services Restored Cairns (Q.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

The railway services, which were dislocated as a result of the recent heavy rains, have been restored. Gangs are clearing the flood debris from the…

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Uniform Railway Gauge Estimated Cost £20,851,000 Mr. Parker Moloney's Suggestions MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 5

Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet to-day to suggestions by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Parker Moloney, regarding a uniform…

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Motoring Notes Ford v EXPRESS

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 3

Worthy of an exciting movie was the performance of a Ford van a few days ago, in chasing an express train. The English mail which had just left…

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Inland Transport Camels and Donkeys Assist Motorists

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 6

In the Northern Territory and Central Australia it is a familiar sight to see strings of camels transporting supplies to the lone dwellers of the far…

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Railway Rumors

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

At the beginning of a year every Government Department has a number of staff changes, promotions and transfers. They are taking place in the railway service as usual this year, and…

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Motors and Motorists Motoring Notes Stolen Cars

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. suggests that the increase in the number of cases in which cars are stolen either because of their value or for joy-riding purposes is…

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Motor Fatality Near Nowra

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

Mrs. George Woodhill, 61, was killed on Monday morning when her car overturned on the Jervis Bay road. Her husband, Mr. George Woodhill,…

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Local and General the Railway Dams

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

Pumping water in the big railway dam to the reticulation dam started last Saturday. It is gravitated from there to the Cootamundra West and…

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Uniform Railway Guage Estimated Cost £20,851,000 Mr. Parker Moloney's Suggestions MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet yesterday to suggestions by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Parker Moloney, regarding a uniform…

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KIA-ORAS v. RAILWAY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

The following will represent the Kia-Oras against the Railway on Fisher Park on Sunday: C. Vaughan, R. Home, H. Pinkstone, R. Cohen, A…

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Motor Boat Capsize Four Men Taken by Sharks, Capetown, Jan, 13

The Daily Express · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 1

Five lives were lost when a motor boat under an improvised sail, heeled over at Tamarind, off the West Coast of Mauritius, the…

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Combaning-grong Grong Railway Proposal Visit of Public Works Committee

The Daily Express · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 2

The Parliamentary Standing Cormmittee of Public Works, consisting of the Hon. W. T. Dick, M.L.C. (Chairman). R. Mahony, M.L.C., J…

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Hiilston-Roto Railway

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Following on a decision by Cabinet on the 8th Ja[?] instructions have been issued to the Railway…

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Australia's Haunted Area No Serious Obstacles for Motorists

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 9

The Shell Company has received the following letter from Dr. G. Manning, who recently established the new Perth—Sydney car record…

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Hillston—roto Railway

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

Mr. Buttenshaw sends us a copy of the accompanying, written by him in reply to an article published in the "Evening News.":—…

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Utilising By-products of the Sugar Industry Will Reduce Motor Spirit Importations

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

If the claims put forward by the Minister for Mines in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland can be substantiated, the time is at hand when…

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