Gap Road Grant
Council accepted a grant of £1, 384/7/- from the Joint Coal Board as one-third the cost for the reconstruction of a section of the road between…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 70
Government Aid for Storm-damaged Roads Inadequate
"The Government's £400,000 plan for the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by floods by no means meets the needs of Councils," said the Government Association President (Ald. R. T. C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-cycle News
Cessnock League Cycling Club conducted the usual six miles handicap, over the Bellbird course on Saturday. Scratch man Trev. Cameron got up…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Murrurundi Level Crossing Railway Fatality Coroner Returns Accidental Finding Makes Recommendation To Railway Department
Mr. J. B. Hodgson, S.M., in the capacity as District Coroner, on Tuesday last conducted an inquest surrounding the circumstances of the death of Thomas A. Stamford, who was run down by a train while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Presentation to Mr. C. CADY Well-known Murrurundi Railwayman Goes Into Retirement
Workmates and employees of the Railway Department meet at the Railway Hotel on Monday, 3rd inst., to show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Causes Corrugation in Roads ?
The causes of corrugation In roads are brought about by the weight of a vehicle depressing the gravel road-surface under Its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Show Importance of Limeburner's Creek Road Shire President Urges Deputation to Main Roads Commissioner Suggests Road Be Brought Up to M.R. STANDARD
Wallarobba Shire Council, on Tuesday, at Dungog, adopted a suggestion by its President (Cr. Carlton) that a deputation from the Stroud Shire Council, Port Stephens Shire Council and Wallarobba Shire Council meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Deaths in Tasmania
HOBART, Saturday.—Five people will be killed each month and another 50 will require medical treatment to Tasmania If the present…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed by Train at Level Crossing
KURRI KURRI, Saturday. — The badly mutilated body of Mrs. Ivy Maud Browning, 49, of 157 Northcote-street, Kurri, as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sugarloaf Road Deputation Waits on Council
A deputation, comprising six residents along Sugarloaf Road, interviewed Council to see if this road could be improved as it was in a very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallarobba Shire Supports Rail and Road Links
During the recent floods, all traffic normally carried by the northern and north coast railway lines, the Pacific and New England Highways,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Stephens Pilot News Plans for Karuah Bridge Completed Work Lifted to High Priority
The Department of Main Roads has announced that a survey and plans have been completed for the bridge across the river at Karuah, 15 miles from Tea Gardens. The work has been lifted to high priority, which is very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cars in Front of Petrol Bowsers Bring Polished and Cleaned People Forced Out on Road
Reports that cars and utilities are being polished and cleaned in front of petrol bowsers and on the footpath at Markwick Motors, Dungog,…
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Fogg's Motor Service Pty. Ltd., enclosed two copies of their Dungog-Wangat, Dungog-Barrington Services. "We have questioned the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defective Motor Vehicles
The NRMA appeals to the service station industry to be scrupulous in making authorised inspections of motor vehicles “so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Vital Link" in Road Safety N.r.m.a. Appeals to Motor Owners
The NRMA appeals to the service station industry to be scrupulous in making authorised inspections of motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Got On Wrong Train, Stepped Off, Fined
A Lambton woman, who got off a wrong train at High Street Station during one day of the Maitland show while the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drink Causes One In 13 Road Deaths
Drunkenness was directly responsible for one in every 13 road deaths in the Perth metropolitan area, in the nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kum River Defence Line Collapsed Americans Withdraw Below Highway Bridge
TOKIO, July 17 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The Kum River defence line in South Korea collapsed last night and hordes of North Koreans overran American positions, says a frontline despatch from United Press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Roads Officers Study U.S Methods Receive Confirmation of Their "Own Ideas"
Two Australian engineers are studying highway engineering under the auspices of the United States Government. They are John A. L. Shaw, Chief Engineer, Department of Main Roads, New South Wales,…
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