Residents Promise £1600 for Bridge
Residents in the vicinity of the proposed Torryburn Bridge over the Allyn River have promised to contribute an amount of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 70
Praise For Voluntary Road Workers
Wallarobba Shire Council engineer (Mr. J. F. Stewart), in a report to council yesterday, praised residents who were earning out voluntary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Road Red Cross Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Stroud Road Red Cross was held in July. The office bearers elected for the ensuing year were as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dry Road to North Coast Urged
A dry road to the North Coast could be provided by attending to a low section of local Road at Mindaribba and the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Money For Appalling Roads First Operation on Siamese Twins
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The Tasmanian-born “Siamese twins” were reported to-day to be making satisfactory progress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Struck By Motor-Cycle
A six-years-old boy was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when struck by a motor cycle near the corner of Capp and South streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council’s Views On Raising of Railway Line
The Transport Department has noted Maitland City Council’s view that the raising of the main railway line at Hexham and from Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damages Follow Road Accident
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A Supreme Court jury awarded £6117 damages, to Robert Cecil Arnold Wallis, farmer, of Springhill, near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Bridge Over Thames
The final span has now been added to the new bridge [?] the River Thames in the heart of London. The bridge is 1150 feet long…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America’s Record in Road Maps
American motorists are using road maps in record quantum. The general increase in the number of families owning cars, the growing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Road Transport Friday, August 11, 1950
WHILST the railways will always play their part in the transport of freight and passengers in Australia, the country is finding many ways in which motor transport is more efficient for the particular work in hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day’s Leader: Our Road Transport Escaped the Trap North Koreans Free and Attacking Again
TOKIO, August 11 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — North Korean forces presented a sudden new threat to the American attack in the Chinju area yesterday when enemy troops, in a quick counter-attack, broke out of the south-east corner of their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Driver's Licence Cancelled. Driving Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquor. Merriwa
At the Merriwa Police Court, before Mr. J. B, Hodgson, S.M., on Tuesday afternoon, William George Clarke pleaded guilty to a charge of driving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Protest on Railway Damages to Goods State-wide Support To Be Sought
The Council of Management of the Muswellbrook and District Chamber of Commerce last week decided to circularise all Chambers of Commerce in N.S. Wales, requesting them to ask their members of Parliament to bring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Link in Railway Standardisation
DARWIN, Friday.—The first move to standardise Australia’s railway gauges will be made shortly on the railway from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Damage to Roads
The president of the Local Government Association ((Mr. R. T. C. Storey) said, that Latest reports showed that the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engineer Praises Road Workers
Wallarobba Shire Council's Engineer (Mr. John Stewart), on Tuesday, praised residents who were carrying out voluntary repairs to flood and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Torryburn Bridge Over Allyn River Residents Prepared to Donate Months
Reporting on the proposed Torryburn Bridge over the Allyn. River, Gresford, Mr. J. F. Stewart, Engineer, told Tuesday's meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sword Was Made From Motor Spring
LOS NEGROS,. Aug 12.—Former Japanese naval petty officer Yuzaburo Agata, admitted to the War Crimes Court that the sword…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increased Motor Taxation
Increased motor vehicle taxation further adds to the cost of living and is to be deplored. In the opinion of the NRMA and…
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