Rood Safety Council Heed Urges Caution fer Motorists
Will you be alive this time next week? asks T.G. Paterson, Chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council, in a back-cover statement…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Railway Position
All goods had been moved from the Maitland railway goods sheds to East Maitland sheds, a railway spokesman said this…
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Maitland City Council has been advised by the Railway Department that the Commissioner has approved the provision of…
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The North Coast Mail train on the down run to Sydney passed through Dungog at 6.45 on Tuesday morning, about 5½ hours behind schedule. The…
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Clarence Town branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council asked Wallarobba Shire Council that Limeburner’s Creek road be…
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The Secretary for Hallways In a letter to Maitland City Council yesterday afternoon pressed, for payment of claim for £56/8/8 for…
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Motor cyclists from Singleton, Muswellbrook and Cessnock will be contesting miniature T.T. races at Wattle Ponds…
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Medowie Progress Association informed the Port St[?] Shire Council that the Medowie road was in a bad state. Cr. James said the bus was threatening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRITISH 350c.c. Motor Cycle Does 205 Miles on a Gallon of Petrol
Mr. John Dale, a well-known racing motor-cyclist in New Zealand, reentry, created a new record by covering 451.1 miles between Auckland and Wellington on a Standard British 350 c.c. motor cycle and using only 2 gallons, 1.7 pints of petrol for the trip. This showed an average…
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Maitland Fire Brigade late yesterday afternoon received a call to Elgin-street to extinguish flames which had enveloped a motor cycle…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.— Following a request made by the Kurri Kurri A.L.P. State Electoral Council, the Minister for…
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Neville Lang, 7, of Heyea-st, East Greta, suffered a green stick fracture to both bones of the right forearm when he fell…
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At the monthly meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council, a letter was received from the Shires’ Association advising that…
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Patrick Plains Shire Council's next allocation from the petrol tax grant will be applied to the improvement of…
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Cessnock Motor cycle Club conducted a sports day in conjunction with the Lake Macquarie Club last Sunday. Results:-…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—A deputation from Whittingham, comprising Messrs J. Cann, E. Sheplerd and R. T. Tom, waited upon Patrick…
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To-day the road position is the same as it was in the 1934-40 period. Shires cannot meet the coat of road up-keep to allow the heavily weighted…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—A statement issued by Research service says the development of commercial road haulage is shown by the fact that, on March 31 last, there were 79 per cent more trucks and 206 per cent more commercial…
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We had a visit from Air. M. MoyIan, of Monkerai, and in the course of conversation, we learnt that as a young man he worked on the Moor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Country Areas Need Better Roads, Bridges And Culverts and Hydro Electric Generating Units Let the Government Take Stock
Why has there not been a State-wide investigation of our hydro-electric possibilities by past Governments of New South Wales. Has it been the desire to centralise industry in Sydney and Newcastle to the…
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