Increase in Road Accidents
SYDNEY, Fri.—A big increase in road accidents in New South Wales last year was revealed by the Road Transport…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Nymboida Shire Road Allocations
Moving at yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council that the road allocation expenditure figures be deferred…
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Another big vehicle park which will make car-less business people and pleasure seekers envious and curious. This line-up—mostly utilities and trucks—is at Banyo…
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The Mayor (Ald. J. C. Lane) at last night's meeting of the South Grafton Council said that the accident met by a Royal…
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No permanent lighting to prevent accidents will be installed at South Grafton aerodrome. This was made clear in a letter by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) to Sir Earle Page, M.H.R…
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LONDON, Mon.—Two soldiers were killed and five persons injured when a fast express bound from king's Cross to Newcastle…
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Repair work to the Coaldale road, the Coaldale-Stockyard Creek road, and the Casino road will be done by Copmanhurst…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.—The mutilated body of a full-blooded aborigine, Lester Robinson, was discovered on the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police investigations into thefts from goods & trains between Sydney and Brisbane led to the arrest at gunpoint last night of two mien, who, it is alleged, had thrown £250 worth of footwear and drapery from a goods train at…
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Colin Lindsay Sneddon, 24, recently discharged from the services, was fatally injured when the motor cycle he was riding…
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With a high death roll, due to the telescoping of carriages as seen in this picture, the Bourne End disaster which occurred towards the end of last year was easily the worst experienced in Britain for ten years. The Perth Express crossed from a fast to a slow line, and the engine jumped the rails, plunged down an embankment, embedding itself in a turnip field, carrying…
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SYDNEY, Tues—In a tram smash at Surry Hills this morning, six people Were injured, and there were some remarkable…
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The Richmond-Tweed Development Committee has been advised by the Acting Director of Reconstruction and Development…
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Yesterday afternoon a panel van driven by Mr. R. Hines and a utility truck driven by Mr. A. Williams, belonging to the South…
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A meeting of the Woodburn Shire Council decided to spend £10,000 on the reconstruction of the main road between Tatham…
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"It is our intention to give tennis a boost in South Grafton," said the president of the South Grafton Railway Institute Tennis…
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The Grafton City Council was advised by the Secretary for Railways last night that the Commissioner could not accede…
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Negligent driving and failure to stop after an accident were the charges preferred against Keith Augustus Wright, who appeared…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—New South Would would probably follow overseas practice, and gradually eliminate trams in the city in…
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Copmanhurst Shire Council decided yesterday to restrict motor traffic on the Coaldale road, from the white culvert to…
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