Parlous Financial Position of Councils Annual Conference Moves on Road Matters
Councillor T. G. Carter, president of the Shires Association of New South Wales, said at the opening of the annual…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Killed by Train
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An unidentified man was killed at North Sydney railway station today when be fell beneath a train…
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The President (Cr. L.G. Clements), Cr. L. F. Monkley and Cr. T. McCarthy were chosen to represent Lower Hunter Shire…
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The city engineer (Mr, J. Brand) Informed the works committee of the Maitland City Council last night that the…
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Subject to police consent, Newcastle Amateur Cycling Club was given permission by Lower Hunter Shire Council to conduct a…
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Milk lorries could not travel over the road between the residences of Mr. W. P. Walsh and Mr. Marriott, at Louth Park, for…
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THE position in which the Lower Hunter Shire Council finds itself in the matter of road repairs is one common…
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Speaking in the House of Representavices last week, Hon. J. P. Abbott, M.H.R., had the following to say apropos of the above important subject:— Mr. Abbott: An examination of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A proposal to increase train fares and freights by about £2,000,000 a year will soon be considered by the State Government. The increases, if decided upon, would range from 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Leader: The Importance of Good Roads India Will Still Need Britain’s Help Great Social And Economic Work To Be Done
LONDON, June 13.—India will need Britain’s help and will ask for it and get it willingly, Prime Minister Clement Attlee told members of the Indian civil service dinner club. “I believe that there will still be great social and…
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The Auditor General (Mr. Swift) says "Footboard trams should be scrapped as soon as possible. The herding of passengers into…
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A proposal to increase train fares and freights by about £2,000,000 a year will soon be considered by the State Government. The increase, if…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Increased fares on trams and Government buses in Sydney and Newcastle will operate from July 1. This was…
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SYDNEY. Friday. — Possibility of a rise of 25 per cent, in the rates of State motor vehicle taxation is stressed by the N.K.M.A…
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To meet the Road Transport Department's losses, the State Labor Caucus yesterday decided to:…
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Proposal to Increase train fares and freights by about £2,500,000 a year will soon be considered by State…
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SAN FRANCISCO (Associated Press)—The California automobile driver can breathe a little easier these days. The chances…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday. — Compaction of the bridge over the Hunder River at Herham will be delayed by the shortage of steel…
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The "Chronicle" has received a letter from Mr. J. P. English, hon. secretary of the Gulgong Railway League, asking that steps be taken at…
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When Ald. J. Kennedy asked at the meeting of Maitland City Council last night if a report had been received from the Main…
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