Main Roads 1949 Programme
In a report to the works committee of Maitland City Council, the city engineer (Mr. J. Brand) set out the main roads maintenance and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Shoal Bay Road
Competition comprising Messrs. Ward, N. Carter, G. Taylor and Wninwray, interviewed the Shire Councillors at the July meeting of the Port Stephens shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Repair Work to Roads Well in Hand Report of Maitland Engineer
Flood damage repair work is well in hand, a number of roads having been Made safe and trafficable, the City Engineer (Mr. J. Brand) reported to last night’s meeting of the Works Committee of Maitland City Council…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—When a 12-ton semi-trailer truck and a tram collided at the corner of King and York streets late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S. Maitland Railwaymen Meet
A combined aggregate meeting of all South Maitland Railway unions was conducted this afternoon in the Maitland Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage to Main Roads in Kearsley. Estimated at £12,434
Damage caused by floods to main roads in the Kearsley Shire area has been estimated by the Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) at £12,434. The estimate includes the following roads:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Air-Conditioned Train Too Many Passengers, Says Commissioner
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O' Sullivan) has informed Mr. G. Booth. M.L.A.. that if would not be possible to use one of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death of Railway Ganger. Inquest Into Motor Collision
Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., held an inquiry at the Court House on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Leslie Herbert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling. Muswellbrook Boys Win Teams Race
On Sunday last, a day of motor cycling was held at Tamworth, in which four local riders competed against Tamworth and Armidale riders in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Fined
SINGLETON: Alfred James Craft, of Cessnock, was fined 30/ for having being an unlicensed driver and £2 for carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officer Goes to Gaol Stole 51 Bags of Wheat
Railway officer in charge of Nundah siding, near Singleton, Claude Peter Stanley Chorley, was sentenced to…
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Mr. Fitzgerald again drew attention to the condition of the Foaterton Road on the west side of the river. Mr.Fitzgerald thought that there was not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dublin's Farewell to Trams
(A Staff Correspondent in the "Sydney Morning Herald" reports that Dublin bade farewell on July 10 to the last trams to run in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Bike Accident at Phillips Creek
When a motor cycle with sidecar overturned at Phillips Creek near Dungog on Monday, four people had narrow escapes from serious Injury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drove Train Through Burning Petrol Heroic Railway Man
A heroic train-driver saved hundreds of passengers from death by driving his crack stream-liner train, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Fined
Thomas J. O’Brien, of Campbell street, Aberdeen, pleaded guilty at Maitland court to-day to having carried a pillion rider on his motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen Go Rabbiting Holiday in the Bush
Railwaymen in the Junee district who have been taking accumulated leave during the strike are making up to £7 a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry Driver Charged. Motor Cyclist Injured in Road Crash
An Albanian, Pandi Strati, of Brisbane, has been remanded on bail of £50 on a charge with causing grievous bodly harm to Basil…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Service On North Coast
Wallarobba Shire Council received a communication from Kempsey Municipal Council in which disappointment was expressed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passenger Train Service Refused. Between Maitland and Cessnock
No passenger train services could be provided between Cessnock and Maitland until coal strike was ever the commissioner for Railways…
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