Toll of the Road
DURING the 12 months ended June 20, 1,900 people were killed and 36,024 injured on Australian roads…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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Cycling. W. Pitman Wins Annual Road Race
The Muswellbrook Cycle Club's annual road race held on Saturday last, resulted in a win for "Wally" Pitman,…
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Edwin Gr[?]mth, 40, of Miller’s Forest, a palters, employed by the Main Roads Board, on the new bridge at Har[?]n…
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The Department of Main Roads should not be asked to provide any greater waterway than that already, planned in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Grants
It was announced at a meeting of the Road Safety Council last night that the Municipal Council and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Week Will Be Held This Month
Road Safety Week will be observed in Singleton from September 24 to 28. This was decided at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work Starts On New Warkworth Bridge Will Take Two Years To Finish Job
Work began yesterday on a high-level bridge across the Cockfighter Creek at Warkworth. It is expected to take two years to complete…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Club Dinner
One hundred and forty people attended the annual dinner and presentation of trophies held by Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work Starts On New Bridge
SINGLETON: Work has commenced on a [?] high le[?] bridge across the Cock-fighter Creek at Wark[?]th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interest in the Tramway Handicap French Cavalier May Run Prominently
SYDNEY: With so many Epsom candidates engaged in Saturday’s Tramway Handicap, the issue is likely to decide which horse will be favourite for the rich mile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concern Over Belmore Road
The secretary of Maitland Chamber of Commerce (Mr. McN, Brazier) will writs to Maitland City Council over the…
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Road surfacing work, to cost several thousand pounds, will be undertaken by Maitland City Council, probably in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doubts Expressed On Dam And Bridge Conflicting opinions have been expressed as to the permanence of the bridge to be built at Warkworth
It is also doubtful whether Warkworth will have a flood mitigation dam. A technical authority claimed that the Warkworth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Cavalier Best Bet Well Placed in Tramway Handicap
On form nothing reads as a safer bet than French Cavalier in the Tramway Handicap, run over seven furlongs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clearing Train Wreckage
MELBOURNE: Two giant mobile crimes are being used to clear wreckage from Serviceton station where two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Aid Roads Act Grants Announced
The Minister for Local Government has informed the Member for Gloucester that the following grants have been made:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Not to Close Abbotts' Ford Road
Abbott's Ford Road will not be closed to either vehicular traffic or stock owners. This action wag the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Safety "Halt" Sign on Stroud Road Urged
Mr. R. Howard (Inspector) told a meeting of Dungog Municipal Council last Tuesday that the pedestrian crossing from the Bank of N.S.W. to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Migrants Run Off Road on Motor Cycle
Two migrants were injured when a motor cycle ran off the road, at Woodville last night. The accident occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worst Year For Road Fatalities
SYDNEY: Country road deaths exceeded deaths on city streets for the first time in the year ended June 30…
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