Grants for Country Roads
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. — Grants up to a limit of £500 will be made available under the Commonwealth Aid Roads and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Bridge Delay At Hillsborough
Information was sought from Lower Hunter Shire Council Gosforth Progress Association regarding the building of the…
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A man lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs. He was hard of hearing so he had no radio. He had trouble with his eyes, so he read no…
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The chairman of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the PPU (Mr. H. L. Fitzgerald, MLA), at the meeting…
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Turton’s Pty. Ltd. wrote to last night’s meeting of the works committee of Maitland City Council drawing attention to the…
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Wallarobba Shire Council has decided to call tenders for the sale of a tractor, hydraulic scoop, ripper grader and steam roller with a view…
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The Main Roads Department has advised Wallarobba Shire Council that its application for proclamation of Limeburner’s…
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The shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) submitted to Lower Hunter Shire Council the question of the dedication of a road giving…
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Wallarobba Shire Council has received the approval of the Main Roads Department to estimate of £150 for maintenance of approaches…
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SINGLETON: The Municipal Council decided to open the swimming baths on September 17 for the convenience of club…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A report issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport Mr. C. N. Neale, shows that 56 more people were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDITORIAL Our Increasing Road Toll
THE fact that road deaths increased by eleven per cent in this State in the year ended June 30 lost underlines the need for an intensive campaign such as is being planned by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W…
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Kearsley Shire Council has been informed by the Department of Public Works that grants up to the limit of £5000 would be available under…
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SYDNEY, Friday—Dr. William Ashley tie yews foetus, of Gardelo N.S.W., appeased before the Medical Board disciplinary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist's Death. Late Basil John Gilligan
Basil John Gilligan (20), of Dalmore, Aberdeen, who was injured when his motor cycle and a lorry collided on the New England Highway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Institute Eisteddfod. Sydney
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, advises that the 21st annual Railways Institute Eisteddfod will be held in Sydney from November…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabbits on Roads
Mr. M. Holstein said landholders were being compelled to destroy rabbits on their properties, but there were many along the roads…
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HANOVER, August 20. — Five people were killed and six injured, three seriously, when a train collided with a lorry at an unprotected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plans to Increase Beef Production Roads, Stock Routes Approved
CANBERRA, Saturday.—Federal Cabinet has approved proposals to construct roads and additional stock routes to serve the channel country of south-western Queensland, thus advancing a further stage the plans to develop the…
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The Central Executive is also to be requested to press for early legislation requiring all persons or firms engaged in the sale or hiring of…
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