Deputation on Hillsborough Bridge Refused
Representations were recently made by Me. A. Howarth, MLA, to the Minister of Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) to receive…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Aerodrome Proposed for Forster
STROUD, Thurs.—The Forster Chamber of Commerce has advised Stroud Shire Council that it has came to an agreement with…
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Mr. E. Richardson wrote protesting against impounding. He said conditions were difficult in keeping stock in. He did not allow his stock to stray…
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The Bishop’s Bridge Progress Association requested Maitland City Council to give attention to Farley Hill, which, it was stated,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fast Train Run to Brisbane
BRISBANE: The special test train which left Sydney at 3.15 Tuesday afternoon and reached Brisbane at 9.40 a.m…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—From Monday country freight and passenger train services in the country areas will be reduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Demand to Be Made for More Road Money Important Meeting Next Week
The Primary Producers' Union has called a public meeting for next Wednesday,, night of all interested in better Shire roads…
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[?] charge of having ridden a motor cycle in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Platform Altercation Proved Costly Two Young Men Mulct of £22/16/- Police Court Story of Early Morning Encounter
The hurly burly of congestion always evident when a train pulls into a railway station of any size was added to during the wee small hours of the morning of December 29, when two young local residents, who said they had gone to a train to meet…
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The Department of Main Roads has advised Wallarobba Shire Council that it was not in a position to reconsider, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Seeks Grant For Roads
SINGLETON, Sat.—Alarmed at the state of roads in Patrick Plains Shire the Primary producers’ Union is calling a public…
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MELBOURNE, Sat.—Only one in every 250 Army vehicles were [?] an official of the Commonwealth Disposals Commission…
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SINGLETON: The Municipal Council has decided to inform the Chamber of Commerce it considers the cost of snaking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Worries of Shire Roads General Matters Before Shire Councillors
Considerable discussion took place at the March meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council on the condition of roads over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Says Coloured Nurses Would Be Acquisition But Darwin Hospitals Refuse To Train Half-Caste Girls
SYDNEY, Monday.—There was no legal bar against, aborigines taking up nursing, and he considered they would be an acquisition to the nursing profession generally, said Mr. L. Hart, secretary of the N.S.W. Nurses’ Association…
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NEWCASTLE: Two motor cyclists were admitted to Newcastle last night after their machines collided about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Council Should Not Pay Cost of Railway Subway" Statement at Council Meeting by Ald Dunlop
Aldermen at the March meeting of the Municipal Council expressed the view that the council should not be called upon…
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The following trains will run daily over the Easter period: 10.51 a.m. to Sydney, commencing April 1st to 8th (inclusive); 3.43 p.m…
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On Thursday afternoon next, in the CWA Hall, Bulwer-st., members of the Maitland branch of the Country Women’s…
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When a truck loaded with mine timber crashed into a tree about eight miles along the Medowle Road…
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