Stock Banned on Roads Macleay Shire Council's Decision
Macleay Shire Council recently decided to ban all stock on roads within its area as from December 20, after hearing Inspector Blanchard,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 63
Road Deaths Are High This Year
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Although a State-wide campaign has been carried out and law enforcement has been vigorous, more people will be…
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An incident during the 500 c.c event of the Swiss Motor Cycle Grand Prix held at Geneva recently, when Harold Daniell of Great Britain won the event, riding a British Norton machine. This fine action picture shows Harold Daniell going all out…
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SYDNEY, Sat.—Workers engaged in many indignant arguments with tram guards this morning when the extra…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—There were two deaths in New South Wales from road accidents at the week-end end four in Victoria, while a man was also killed when a plug of gelignite exploded as he was about to throw it into the river…
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Mr. O'Sullivan's declaration that the authortiies must "get much tougher" with those who do not care a rap for the lives of their…
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TEL AVIV, Dec. 8.—A new 26-mile long road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, which was built in eight weeks by Israeli…
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MUSWELLBROOK— On his first official visit since hit appointment as Commissioner of Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside spoke…
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The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) in a communication to Mr. J. McKeachie, secretary of the Melville Bridge Committee, stated that he had taken up with Kearsley Shire Council the question of the…
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Lower Hunter Shire Clerk (Mr. C. H. Hodson) was instructed at a council meeting to arrange for a deputation to the…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—If the B.M.A. persisted in its attitude to the Health Bill, the Government would train its own doctors and send them overseas for study and specialist training, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said in the House…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Communists Blow Up Bridge And Cut Northern Railway Between Pukow and Yangtie Terminal NANKING
COMMUNISTS EARLY TO-DAY BLEW UP A BRIDGE AND CUT THE NORTHERN RAILWAY BETWEEN PUKOW AND YANGTIE, OPPOSITE NANKING AND PENGPU, AT A POINT ONLY 30 MILES FROM THE CHINESE CAPITAL…
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NANKING, Dec. 10 (A.A.P.-Reuter) .—Communists early to-day blew up a and cut the Northern China railway between Pukow-Yanghse terminal opposite Nanking and Pengpu at a point only 30 miles from the capital. The bridge spans a bridge near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Roads Programme Adopted. to Cost £12,750
A Programme of works for maintenance and Improvement of maintenance and improvement of main roads for 1949 estimated to cost £12,750, was adopted at a special…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Access Road to Open Cut and Proposed New Road Council Adheres to Previous Decision. Coal Board Repeats Requests
In a letter to the Municipal Council, the District Mining Engineer for the Joint Coal Board asked that specifications for the reconstruction of the access road to the Board's cottages at the open cut mine be supplied by the council, but pointing out that the submission of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Careless Use of Fire. Railway Department Named
At the council meeting on Wednesday, Aid. E. H. Thompson alleged that two grass fires recently at Bengalla and Muscle Creek had been…
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A tacit agreement that motorists would be permitted to pool their petrol rations for joint travel during the…
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CESSNOCK, Friday. — The South Maitland Railways Officers’ Association met at Cessnock last night to hear a report…
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SYDNEY, Sat. — When his motor cycle crashed into a telegraph pole at Stanmore to-day, Albert Slint, 25, of Ashfield, was…
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TEL AVIV, Dec. 13- — Jewish and Arab military commanders in Jerusalem are reported to have agreed to open the road to…
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