Railway Pilfering Sydney
Railway pilfering in N.S.W. now averages about £300,000 a year. Most of the stolen goods, detectives believe, arc sold on the black…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
332 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 17
South West Rocks Road Bus Proprietor's Complaint
The road and stone left for bank protection on the side of the road are disappearing into the river on the Gladstone-South West Rocks route…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads a Headache Shire President's Views Quicker and Improved Methods Needed
"For quite a considerable time the deterioration of roads throughout the Shire, and inability to cope with requests for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing on the Railways
Railway pilfering in NeW South Wales now averages about £300,000 a year. Most of the stolen goods, detectives believe, are sold on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Manpower
The greatly increased traffic carried by the Railways has brought with it demands for more men to maintain the tracks, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Woman Helps Finish Stilwell Road
A Lisu woman, from the mountains of South-west China, helps Chinese and American engineers rush the Stilwell Road to completion. After Allied troops eleared the, Japanese from their emplarements along the road, the overland supply route from India through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Accident That Wasn't (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Police officers soo many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps it is a pity that some of the things they see are not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads in Macleay Shire Development League Action
The laying down of six miles of main roads in the Macleay Shire is far less than that in other areas, said a letter to the Main…
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A petition, containing 58 names, was presented to Kempsey-Macleay Development League on Friday night, asking support…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire Roads More Plant Ordered Shovels to Give Way to Modern Plant
In an endeavor to improve the standard of roads in the Macleay Shire councillors of the shire decided, at the meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Open Column Road to South West Rocks (To the Editor.)
Sir,--Please allow us, the undesigned bus proprietors, space in your valuable paper to reply to the statement made by the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway Now Clear
One thousand north-bound passengers marooned at Casino since Monday were freed on Wednesday afternoon when the main North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Standard Motor Co to Set Up Australian Factory Sydney
The manufacture of motor cars in Australia is to be undertaken by the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., of Coventry, England. Announcing this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Quality of New Petrol
In view of the lowering of the quality of petrol on sale to the public, the N.R.M.A. considers that the Government should reimburse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smithtown Road Residents Incensed Engineer Awaits Drier Conditions
Much indignation is felt locally, a prominent resident of Smithtown came in to tell the "Argus" this morning, at the state in which the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Open Column Road to Sw Rocks (To the Editor.)
Sir,--In your issue of Tuesday last, reporting Macleay Shire Council meeting, when dealing with complaints of the state of the road Kempsey to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newly Built Pontoon Bridge in Use
American and Filipino ground troops, advancing in the northern part of Leyte Island in the central Philippines, found that the retreating Japanese had destroyed most of the bridges in the area. Backed by huge supplies of machinery and other equipment, the U.S. Army Engineers, with the aid of infantrymen, set to work…
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The derailment of a goods train near Mount George caused a hold-up in North Coast rail traffic to-day. Passengers had to be transhipped near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Train Service Sought
An improvement in railway service from Kempsey is being sought by the Municipal Council. Tuesday night's meeting decided to ask that a…
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