Shire Main Roads Programme Cut by 8,000 Roads Will Be Worse at End of Year States the Engineer Criticism of Delay in Approving Road Programme
Singleton Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1
Patrick Plains Shire Council's main roads programme for 1950 has been cut from £13,084 to £5,547. The cut is due to financial difficulties within the Department of Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Accident In South Australia
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Eleven people were injured, two seriously, when a railway engine crashed into the rear of a passenger train at Kilburn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crumbs From the Council Table Broke Roads
Singleton Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
On a motion by Cr. J. H. Tulloch, Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday agreed to refer to the engineer (Mr. A. M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Loan For Road Works
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Treasurer (Mr. A. W. Fadden) said in the House of Representatives that the Government Intended to borrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drastic Cut In Main Roads Allocation to Shire
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
SINGLETON, Friday.—Patrick Plains Shire Council decided at its meeting to send a recommendation to the Shires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallarobba Council to Apply for Grant for Road Work
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3
The engineer (Mr. J. F. Stewart) reported to Wallarobba Shire Council that advice had been received from the Department of Public Works that application might be made for a further grant up to £2000 for the current year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appelal for High Level Warkworth Bridge Farmer's Wife Urges Authorities to "Pull Their Weight"
Singleton Argus · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1
The necessity for providing country districts with "ordinary amenities" so that farmers can market their produce, send their children to school and later encourage them to remain on the land, is again reiterated in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Notes. Highlights of Club's Activities
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
On the 2nd inst, the club held a meeting at the Railway Institute to discuss the 1950 programme. The secretary, Mr. Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merriwa District's Wonderful Fertility. Revealed in Trucking Figures At Railway
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
During the past year the Merriwa district has again upheld its reputation as one of the safest pastoral and agricultural centres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Losses on Tramway Services Government Buses Ran at a Small Profit For Year
Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government-owned from and bus services in New South Wales between them lost nearly £400,000 in the financial year ended June 30 last, it was announced in an official report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Finance For Warkworth Bridge
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3
SINGLETON, Sat.—The Divisional Engineer of the Department of Main Roads (Mr. J. E. Mould) is to be asked to meet Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents in Australia
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1
CANBERRA, Saturday.— The Minister for transport (Mr. Howarde Beale ) said that about 27,000 Australians were injured or killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dalwood Bridge Still Out Of Action
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2
The Dalwood Bridge has been out of action for some time. Heavy rain recently caused the river to rise over the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firm Wants Payment of Compensation for Overhauling Electric Motors Dungog Dairymen Refuse to Pay
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3
Dungog Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, at its meeting on Thursday, adopted a suggestion that the Secretary (Mr. Reg Smith)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Premier’s Warning to Tramway Strikers
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Premier (Mr. Hollway) has warned striking Melbourne tramway men that drastic action will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Week-End Toll Of The Road
Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday. — Kenneth Roy Jordan, 27, of Bexley, was killed and Alan Walker, 22, of Croydon, was seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Hurt In Truck-Motor Cycle Smash
Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
Maitland Hospital to-day reported as satisfactory the condition of a motor-cyclist and his pillion rider who were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railwaymen Threaten Action
Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Victorian railwaymen may join the striking Government bus and tram men this week, bringing transport to a state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck, Bus And Tram In Collision
Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday. — Several persons were injured when truck, bus and a tram were involved in a freak collision in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demand by Victorian Railways
Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Monday. — The tramway strike in Melbourne took a serious turn to-day when the Australian Railways Union asked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →