One-day Tram Stoppage
A mass meeting of tramwaymen will be held on October 9 to [?] holding a one-day [?] if there is no…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Resurfacing of Road
Resurfacing of East Maitland Raymond Terrace road was [?] yesterday when one mile 32. chains was completed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Man Destroying Rabbits
One of the road men was employed destroying, rabbits along Rosebrook Road particularly at the culverts the engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council to Seek Grant for Bridge
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided to-day to ask Keareley Shire Council to be represented on a deputation to the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lower Hunter Shire Repairs to Knockfin Road
Lower Hunter Shire Council, after hearing a deputation at its fortnightly meeting to-day, instructed the engineer (Mr. W. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Street Intersections Near Long Bridge No Scheme for Improvement Says Department
The Department of Main Roads advised Maitland City Council last night that it had no proposals for improvement of the several street intersections with the highway—at the western approaches to the Long Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Motor Tax Sought
SYDNEY Wednesday. — The development fund of the Main Roads Board was bankrupt, said the Minister for Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning to Motor Speedsters
The NRMA reports that the number of cases coming before it of motorists exceeding the 30 m. p. h. limit in build-up areas 15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Restore Country, Interstate Train Services Improvement In Coal Supplies
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Improvement in coal supplies to the railways has made possible fall restoration of mail train and sleeping car services which the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) says will take place within the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Registration Fee for Motors
It is thought that the government is unlikely to grant the Main Roads Board’s request for an increase of 20 per cent in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chemist Fell From Train
Leslie -Graham Attcheson, 34, a chemist employed by Cohen’s Pharmacy, Tamworth was killed yesterday When he fell from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Full Train Services to be Restored
Although it is practically certain that full mail train and sleeping car services are to be restored within a few weeks, details have not been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →West-coast Road Proposal. Mayor Attends Coolah Conference. Scheme Receives Unanimous Support
The agitation for the setting up of a new highway from Coonamble to the coast, via Coonabarabran, Coolah, Merriwa and Denman was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rockets for Motor Cycles
LONDON, Oct A.—Eighty-five London persons—equal to the world’s record for speedway attendance— turned up at at Wembley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing Motorist Dead
BEVERLEY HILLS, October .—The death is announced of Barney Oldfield at the age of 68. He was internationally known as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Costs of Motoring
Plans for fighting the high cost of motoring will be formulated at the annual conference of the Australian Automobile…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Testing Track Lost
The British motor industry now lacks the use of England’s famous motor racing track at Brooklands. That historical racing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grasshoppers and Motoring
The NRMA reports that grasshoppers are already affecting the use of motor vehicles in the Mores district by clogging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Derailed in Madras
A message from the railroad junction of Bezwada, in Madras Presidency, says that 51 people are believed to have been killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →O Miles Road Race
[?]eight riders stated in Maitland Bicycle Club’s invention race from Singleton 80 [?] on Saturday afternoon…
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