Bridge Collision Action Adjourned
A further adjournment in the Small Debts Court action brought by the Commissioner for Railways was made at Grafton…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 32
Trams in Smash
SYDNEY, Tues.--Two men were injured this morning in one of Sydney's worst tram smashes for years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Should Use Petrol Tax On Roads
SYDNEY, Wed.--Urging that a larger proportion of the petrol tax be given to the States to be spent on roads, the Leader of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Investigates Road Treatment
THE Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday decided to put down trial sections of one chain each for the treatment of roads by the bituminous emulsion methods. The trials will be to test the economics of the method…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waiting Shed At Raleigh Bridge
Last meeting of Bellingen Shire Council decided to request Butlers and Ansetts An Companies to contribute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorist Injured
When a car he was driving capsized down the bank at Glenugie Creek, on the Woolgoolga road. Gordon Dougall Blue (36), of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yamba Road Tender
MACLEAN.--Harwood Shire Council has recommended to the Department of Main Roads the acceptance of the tender of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Killed by Train
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Miss Carle Beatrice Bartrop, 40 was killed almost instantly last night when she fell between a moving train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Complaint About Yamba Road
MACLEAN.--Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce wrote to Harwood Shire Council stating it was disturbed at the…
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BANYABBA. --Railway carpenters at Banyabba are engaged in extensive alterations to cabins occupied by employees,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News in Brief Motor Spare Pasts
MELBOURNE, Mon.--General Motors Holden, Ltd., last year spent £9,000,000 on purchase of materials and components for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Facilities for Film Extras
CANBERRA, Tues. Aborigine film extras had travelled for two days in covered goods vans without lighting, washing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maoris Complain of Train Trip
CANBERRA, Tues. Members of the Maoris Rugby Union football team, who arrived here to-day, complained bitterly of conditions during the 18…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Approval for Giant Bridge
WASHINGTON. Wed. (AAP).--Construction of the world's, largest suspension bridge, linking Staten Island and Brooklyn has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →He Finds The Road Too Tough For Travelling
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Report On Port Railway
LAST night's meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce decided to ask the State Premier the outcome of the expert committee's investigations into the deep sea port at Iluka and the rail link between Iluka and Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berlin Railways Under Guard
BERLIN, Wed. (AAP).-- Armed reinforcement of the West Berlin police last night began taking over all railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Town Topics Road Allocations
Mr. D. H. Drummond MLA, advises that a grant of £2,000 is being made available to the Dorrigo Shire Council from the additional funds allotted…
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SYDNEY. Thurs. --The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. C. N. Neale) will retire on July 7 the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New British Railway Truck Mover
A new, British-made and designed truck mover for operation in railway marshalling yards and sidings was put into service recently by British Railways at the Hockley Goods Station, Birmingham. This truck mover can be handled by…
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