Dorrigo Shire Meeting of Council Engineer's Report Progress of Road Work
At the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council there were present: Crs. W. M. Mark (president), J. Noble, S. Hooson, T. A. Mulhearn, B…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Soaking Rains Over Wide N.S.W. AREA Floodings In Some Places Railway Service Suspended Sydney
A great area of the State, including the north-west, far west and Riverina, which had been suffering from the effect of a prolonged dry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FLOODS In South Australia Railway Lines Damaged. Adelaide
Torrential ram in the far north and central areas of South Australia has caused flood. Rivers which for a long period had been merely a succession of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Smash Two Policemen Killed Collision With Van While Chasing Motorist Sydney
Two policemen were killed tonight when their motor cycle and sidecar collided with terrific force with a meat waggon in Parramatta road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Train Lorry Driver's Escape. Melbourne
Leslie Haigh Garfield, butcher, had a lucky escape from death to-day when a train crashed into his motor lorry. Haigh failed to hear a warning at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tourist Motor Camp Request for Clarey. Sydney
A request that the Minister for Local Government give attention to the claims of "perhaps the most beautiful part of the State--the Clarence"--in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Over a Bridge Fine For Heavy Load
Charged with driving a vehicle exceeding the maximum load over a bridge, Alf. Arenas was at last sitting of Wauchope Police Court fined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forest Road Work For Unemployed 23 Men From Newcastle. Lismore
Twenty-three men from Newcastle arrived at Casino to-day and proceeded to the Yabbra State forest near Old Bonalbo to commence the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Motor Patrols in Country Areas
The special police motor patrols which are being established in country areas will provide intensive supervision of the Traffic Act and regulations, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Tourists 2000 Spend Day at Kiama
On February 20, four special trains from the metropolis carried 2000 railway tourists to Kiama for a splendid day's outing in exceptionally fine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Bandit Beheaded. Berlin
For holding up and robbing motorists of a sum equivalent to 10, Arthur Gose, 19, was beheaded, making the seventh execution for motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety the Meaning of Courtesy
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, has issued a special appeal to residents of the State to co-operate in what he calls the "New Deal for Road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gordonville Cutting Bellingen-Dorrigo Road. Official Opening. Bellingen
The official opening of the new Gordonville cutting on the Bellingen to Dorrigo main road was performed this afternoon by Mr. H. Newell,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food Train Reaches Alice Springs. After Floods in Interior. Adelaide
After six weeks of, isolation through floods, trains carrying passengers and food are now reaching Alice Springs. There was great rejoicing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombing Gang Attempt To Blow Up Bridge. Frustrated by Signalman. London
A signalman tackled a stranger with a parcel on Willesden Green railway embankment, down which both toppled. The suspect escaped with three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Injured Motor Accidents. Cars Collide During Heavy Rain. Lismore
Four persons two of them Queenslanders, were injured in motor accidents which occurred during the heavy rain at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armed Bandit Robs Hotelkeeper. Escapes in Motor Car. Sydney
A bandit late to-day held up the licensee of the Star Hotel, Botany Bay, Alexandria, at revolver point, and robbed him of £44…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Removing Signs Railways Ready to Act
The commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, has agreed to wipe out advertising hoardings on railway property, subject to councils taking similar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East-west Railway
Sir.--We are now confronted with two peculiar phases of this matter which should cause the North-East to fully consider the whole position and…
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