Co-lnventor Of Aeroplane III
DAYTON (Oh[?]o). Jan. 28.—Mr. Oryville Wright. 76 co-Inventor of [?] aeroplane. suffered a heart attack yesterday and is now in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
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Belmore Bridge Conference
Arrangements have been made for the conference between an engineer of the Department of Main Roads and the Maitland City Council…
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On the recommendation of the works committee, Maitland City Council last night approved the tar-surfacing of the following…
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AS announced at last night’s meeting of the City Council, the divisional engineer of the Main Roads Board has agreed to…
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Tests had shown that a motorist using the Harbor Bridge twice daily, five days a week, wasted 25 gallons of petrol a year by…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—Kearsley Shire Council Is requesting Mr. Geo-Booth. M.L.A. to approach the minter for Works and Local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader The Proposed New Bridge. French Socialists Against Free Market in Gold Scheme For Devaluation of the Franc Jeopardised
PARIS, January 28.—The Socialist Party jeopardised the scheme for devaluation of the franc when it decided to reject tip Government’s proposal to establish a free market in gold. Following the vote against the free market plan, the Socialist…
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A motor accident occurred on Thursday, 22nd inst., at Macquarie Pass, when a car driven by Mr. P. W. Beckenham, suddenly left the road and…
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The N.S.W. Government Railways v. Ray Connors, of 114 Dunmore Street, Wentworthville, with having damaged railway…
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Creation of a State-owned air service has been recommended to the Government, and Cabinet is expected to…
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CESSNOCK: As a result of the road through the aerodrome being closed Pokolbin residents visiting Cessnock [?] to take a roundabout…
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Kearsley Council has asked Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., to approach the Minister for Works and Local Government for a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— Countless headaches are being suffered by purchasers of used motor vehicles who have lost on the gamble,…
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One hundred and fifty Japanese bandits held up a train, and at pistol-point robbed 2000 passengers of hundreds of…
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SMYRNA, Feb. 2—An unidentified armed motor boat, believed to be manned by Greek guerillas, attacked the…
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The Secretary for Railways, Mr S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made to the issue of…
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CONDEMNED since 1934 the question of the replacement of the Belmore Bridge has now been brought within measurable…
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The possibilities of building two bridges over the Hunter River at Maitland are very remote for many years,” said [?] Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Department (Mr. [?] land City Council…
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The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at single…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday.— A Ford V8 motor car, property of Mr. Kenneth Alan Parkes, of Merewether, Newcastle, was…
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