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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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Safe Riders for Safe Bikes. (Issued hy the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 4

Young pedal cyclists are again pushing their way into the road casualty lists in ways that are easily avoidable…

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Motor Car Afire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 6

Fire almost entirely destroyed a motor car, owned by Messrs. Lock Bros., of Hannam Vale, near the intersection of Victoria and Pultney…

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Fast Food Train May Extend to South Grafton

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, said in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that he would endeavor to have the fast goods train…

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Broke His Journey Trespassing on Railway Property Charge

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

Wishing, and no doubt hoping to get to Coff's Harbour for work on banana plantations there, Lindsay Gordon Hogan boarded a military…

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Wet Weather Motoring (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 3

Wet weather does more than find the leaks in the roofs of houses. It influences to a serious extent the tyres of road accidents that occur. Here are…

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Goods Train Derailed

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

The derailment of a goods train near Nambucca early this morning serious traffic delay on the North coast line this morning. It is…

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Kempsey Railway Notes

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

Kempsey station had a visit last week from Mr. J. Arden, who is at present acting chief traffic inspector at South Grafton. Some years ago he…

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Motorist Convicted to Pay £150 Damages Boy Knocked Down by Car

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

The general attitude and the action of the defendant's policy in attacking the integrity of the police was strongly criticised by…

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Taree Railway Men and Hospital

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 2

Mr. L. Johnson, Secretary, Taree Sub-branch, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive, Engineers, is in receipt of the following letter:—…

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Railway Gauges

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

A few years ago the unification of railway gauges in Australia was brought prominently before the public eye, the Governments of the day and…

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Goods Train Derailed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

A serious train smash occurred about a mile on the Grafton side of Nambucca at 3.15 a.m. on Friday, but no one was injured…

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Local and General Day Train Restored

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 4

The Kempsey-Sydney passenger train which has been running triweekly for many months past, is being restored to a daily (Monday to…

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The Accident That Wasn't. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

Police officers see many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some of the things they see…

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Black Marketing Railway Fireman Fined

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 4

Not being satisfied with the explanation of defendant, Mr. E. H. Harvey, PM, fined Robert Stanislaus Foley, 29, a railway fireman. £10, in…

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Wet Weather Motoring

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 1

Wet weather does more than find the leaks in the roofs of houses. It influences to a serious extent the types of road accidents that occur…

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Daily Day Train Restored

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 2

Kempsey-Sydney passenger day train, which has run tri-weekly, has been restored to a daily service, both up and down. The new time table…

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Goods Motor Service Between No. 1 and Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 6

Mr. L. C. Jordan, MLA, for Oxley, is in receipt of the following: "Dear Mr. Jordan,—With reference to your personal representations on…

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A Railway Case

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 4

Herbert S. Foley, represented by Mr. Murray, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having in his possession a bottle of rum and a bottle of beer reasonably…

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Status of Ex-Servicemen in N.S.W. Railways

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 4

The Secretary for Railways writes: In a Special Federal Court recently, the Commissioner for Railways was fined on two charges involving the…

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Gold Ore for Road Material

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 4

A two-mile military read through the New Guinea jungle glitters because the engineers unwillingly used gold ore worth a million dollars as…

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