Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

332 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 17

Roads of Access

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 1

Mr. L. C. Jordan, Member for Oxley, has received the following letter from the Minister for Lands:— With further reference to your…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

One for the Road

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 4

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Mount George Road. Efforts of Mr. Jordan

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 1

During a v[?] to Manning Shire Council on 9th inst., Mr. L. C. Jordan, M.L.A., read the following letter he had received from the State…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Roads at Mount George

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

"Dear Mr. Jordan,—With further reference to your request for information regarding the question of road construction to selected Crown Lands,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Hawkesbury River Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 1

The announcement that the new traffic bridge over the Hawkesbury River at Peat's Perry was to be opened for traffic during Easter was of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gloucester-stroud Motor Bus Service

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Administrator of the Dept. of Road Transport : "With…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Metal Quarry Railway Offers Contract Council Hopeful

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 5

Although the Railway Department do not consider Kempsey Municipal Council can supply metal economically from its…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Road Accidents Increase

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed increases in 1944 over the Previous year. In the combined areas there were 1,241…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Cycle Afire. Smart Work Prevents Much Damage

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 4

About 1.30 p.m. on Saturday a motor cycle in front of the Royal Hotel, Victoria Street, Taree, caught fire. Mr. L. W Croker, of Cundletown…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gloucester-stroud Motor 'Bus Service

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

The attention of readers is drawn to an advertisement in this issue, containing particulars of the new timetable for the above 'bus…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Run Over by Train. Woman Killed Near Taree

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2

Mrs. Hazel Irene Slaughter, was run over and killed by a train near Taree. Mrs. Slaughter, whose husband is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Boomerang Theatre "Song of the Open Road"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2
Also in The Northern Champion

The moment the producers saw the rushes of their latest discovery, fourteen year old singer Jane Powell in their lavish musical, "Song of The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Young Woman Killed Body on Railway Line

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2

Following a report by the crew of a railway train that there was an object on the line near Kolodong, Mr. Philips, a railway fettler, was sent…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

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

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 5

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

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Young Woman Killed Body on Railway Line Near Taree

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 4

Following on a report by the crew of a railway train that there was an object on the line near Kolodong, Mr. Phillips, a railway fettler, was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Stolen From Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 2

At Kempsey Court House on Friday, before Messrs N. L. Parker and W. Finlay, J.'sP., Rupert Roach, an Aboriginal, pleaded guilty to a charge…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Manpower

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 4
Also in Macleay Argus

Tho greatly increased traffic carried by the Railways has brought with it demands for more men to maintain the tracks, and the Department is in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →