P. &C. Seeks Road Closure
Military and other trucks which raced along Olive-street at great speeds were a threat to the-lives of school children. It…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Sweeping Road Curfew Imposed in Palestine
JERUSALEM, March 13. — The secret radio of the Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leumi, appealed to Russia and France to raise the Palestine question at the Moscow conference and compel Britain to withdraw her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sicily to Have Europe’s Highest Road
PALERMO (Scilly), (Associated Press): Scilly [?] to have what It believed will be the highest motor road In Europe, under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Buildings for Bridge Street
It is understood that several new business blocks will be erected in Bridge street when materials become more plentiful than ait present. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1000 Passengers In Snowbound Train
LONDON, March 14.—A thousand passengers, including many women and children, spent their second night huddled in a snow-bound train near Shap. Westmoreland, says the “Daily Express.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Span on Lorry Passes Through Dungog
Quite a lot of interest was shown in the huge orange-coloured span, mounted on one of Bramble's eight-wheel jinker lorries, when it halted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merriwa Meeting of Protest (Reprinted from "Merriwa and Cassilis News".) Against Bad Roads and Increased Rates. Attacks on Shire Council and Officers
"We are here to make an emphatic protest against the Merriwa Shire Council for the manner in which they are wasting our rates by the material being placed on the roads, and to protest against the increased rate levied after all we have been through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russian Reactions to President's Speech "Road to Chaos." U.S. Refuses to Send Equipment to Russia. WASHINGTON
The Senate Republican Policy Committee has ordered dauy sessions of tlie Senaie to speed up action by 31st March on legislation authorising and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Will Not Join In Strike
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Australia Railway Union will follow the NSW Labour Council polley and not step work on May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air-Conditioned Train
NEWCASTLE.—It is anticipated that the air-conditioned train now nearing completion to run between Newcastle and Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter To The Editor Melville Bridge
Sir.—Could I crave apace to vent the feelings of the residents of Melville and Rosebrook residents, independent of graziers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Porter Injured
NEWCASTLE: Lawrence Wilfred Hague, 31, married, a railway porter, of 37 Braye-street, Mayfield, was found unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Boys Damage Tram Cars
NEWCASTLE: The district superintendent of [?] writing to Newcastle chamber of Commerce regarding complaints…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trunk Road Application
Council has lodged an application to have the Main Road 101 from Maitland via Dungog to Weismantels declared a trunk road. The President…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Excursions
The secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, has announced that arrangements, had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at single…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Winners at Railway Picnic
Muswellbrook and district competitors who were successful at the sports held at Tamworth on Saturday last were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cooreei Motors
In this issue appears an advt. referring to the commencement of a motor and general farm machinery business under the name of Cooreei…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eastern Suburbs Railway
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — State Cabinet has approved the Eastern Suburbs Railway Bill, and it is expected that the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Expenditure on Kearsley Roads
CESSNOCK, The engineer submitted a statement to Kearsley Shire showing that during the year ended December,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Widening of Weston Bridge
CESSNOCK, Wed, — The engineer (MR. L. Grattan) reporting Kearsley Shire Council on the widening of the Weston…
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