Railway Ball At Muswellbrook
MUSWELLBROOK: The Railway Ball was one of the social successes of the season. The function was to have been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Killed in Dash for Train
MELBOURNE, Wed.—William Swarbrick, 57, of Perth, was run over and killed by the Adelaide Express at Servicetown, near the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—John Douglas, 37, a further, of Vicara-street Coogee, who was severely injured when he fell under a train at…
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In a communication from the Main Roads Department which came before the meeting of Maitland City Council last night, it was pointed out that the main roads system was designed primarily to facilities movement of traffic over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Travel Costs Us More From To-day Steep Jump in Fares From Singleton to Sydney
The new increased charges for travel on New South Wales Government Railways became effective from to-day. Singleton travellers—particularly those going to Sydney—.will face a steep jump in fares when next they buy a ticket…
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VIENNA, Aug. 14. — A bomb which exploded close to the railway line near Mellnitz (Austria), last night, derailed a train…
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Cessnock Council on Tuesday night decided to ask Kearsley Shire to join in an approach to the Department of Transport to have the section of the…
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Country train services had deteriorated to what they were 40 years ago, the President of the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlers'…
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Train services from Cessnock on September 8 for the Newcastle 150th Anniversary celebrations will not be increased in number, the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wallarobba Shire Dumping of Rubbish on Roads
Cases of dumping of rubbish on roads nan been noted on previous occasions, said Mr. J. Stewart, Engineer, at last meeting of wallarobba Shire…
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Mr. Calthorp, Roading Engineer of the Forestry Department, telephoned Wallarobba Shire office on Thursday, 17th July, 1947, reported the…
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At Tuesday's meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council a letter was read from Clarence Town Progress Association (Mr. C. J. McGregor, Hon…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The state Government was asked by a deputation from the New South Wales Temperance Alliance to…
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"I don't like white roads," Johnson said. "They make your feet more tired than darker ones." "It's imagination," I said. "They're all…
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The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced recently that the story of the part played by the New South Wales Government Railways in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shortage of Motors. Likely to Continue. (To The Editor.)
Sir.—Enclosed is a copy of a letter dealing with the shortage of electric motors, which has been referred to me by Mr. A. D. Fraser, M.H.R. In view of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Auto. Camps Solution to Motorists' Accommodation Problem Note of Warning Sounded
What is to be done for the touring motorist in Australia? The question poses itself urgently as one learns that the number…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The Minister for Transport advised Chamber of Commerce that the request for numbering of stopping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gipsies Roam Again on European- Roads Ranks Thinned By War, But Still Undaunted
LONDON—(Associated Press)—Their ranks ate thinned by war and Nazi persecution, but Europe’s Gypsies are on the roads again—undaunted, carefree and scornful of the civilisation that gives them their living…
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Mr. W. A. Enright appeared and pleaded guilty at West Maitland court-to-day for Donald McPherson, of Sempill-street. West Maitland,…
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