No Forecast On Finances Of Railways
IN the face of unforeseeable changes in costs, it was not possible to make accurate forecasts of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Road Money Reduction
A REDUCED allocation for main and trunk road maintenance has been received by Grafton City…
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SYNDEY, Mon.—A special train will run to Byron Bay on Sunday, January 25, for the surf life saving…
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The N.R.M.A. engineers say that spark plugs should be checked for wear every thousand miles. High engine compression…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A 42-years-old man who was raid to be undergoing medical treatment for…
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No new kerbside petrol pumps would be permitted on main roads by the Department of Main Roads,…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--The motor ship Kelvinbank, has become a total loss on a coral reef off Ocean Island…
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MACLEAN, Tuesday.--Diver Nelson Lawrence, commenced salvage operations at the Bluff Point…
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Early in April, 1949, the Premier declared that a vast railway electrification programme had been approved by the State Government. Total cost was estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Apply For Road Grant
ULMARRA Municipal Council will apply for a grant of £2600 for 1953-54 under the…
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Reduction in the main and trunk roads maintenance programme for 1953 in the Copmanhurst Shire area by the Department of Main Roads was viewed with concern at…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--Using a mobile crane and two tow trucks, Gundagai police worked for six and a half…
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A railway employee was killed and his companion had a narrow escape yesterday morning when a railway motor tricycle on which they had been riding collided with the…
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WASHINGTON, Fri.--Republican and Democratic Senate leaders to-day predicted Mr. Charles Wilson…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Every available police vehicle will be used in an all-out campaign against road…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Three people were killed and 12 injured in country road accidents in New South Wales this week-end. A speedway rider died…
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MACLEAN, Monday.--The Department of Main Roads informed a meeting of the Tyndale and Lower Clarence branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association that a…
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BRISBANE, Tues.—Leslie Freese 32, married, was swept from Burdekin railway bridge to-day while…
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MACLEAN, Wed.--Donald M. Graham, of Hickory street, Dorrigo, was fined £28, with 12 court costs,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Roller Purchased by Urban Committee
Dorrigo Urban Committee are now owners of a steam road roller. This was reported by committeeman D. Sturt at last Thursday night's meeting…
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