More Money for Roads Endorsed by Shires Conference
Cr. A. R. Townsend, President of the Shires' Association, in a recent interview commenting on the recent Shires' Conference, said that the Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1948
440 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 22
Federal Revenue and the Roads
Reports of buoyant Federal revenue give motorists real cause for renewing their demand for justice from the Commonwealth in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Train's Good Scout Deed
The North Coast mail from Sydney made an unscheduled stop at the southern side of the viaduct, before reaching South Grafton station, to allow an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident
About 7 p.m. on Sunday, on the main road near Telegraph Point, a utility truck owned by Mr. D. R. Sargent, of Coff's Harbour, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"New Look" and Road Accidents
The "New look" in women's clothes has started a controversy among road safety students. According to the N.R.M.A., they can't make up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gloucester-Bullahdelah Road. Stroud Council's Attitude
At the last meeting of the Stroud Shire Council the Minister for Transport advised that the sum of £4000 referred to was Stroud Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Car Wins Classic Road Race
A 16-horse-power Healey saloon car, driven by Count "Johnny" Lurani with Serafini as his co-driver, passing at Brescia the finishing line of the Mille Miglia--Italy's classic 1100-mile race. The British Healey car, built in the back streets of Warwick,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Backyard" Motor Mechanics
So many motorists have complained to the N.R.M.A. about the activities of "backyard" motor mechanics that the Association advises the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Railway Porter Killed
Frederick Kennedy, a porter at Dungog railway station, was fatally crushed between the buffers of two trucks he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Restricted Train Services to Operate From
Owing to the coal shortage the following restrictions of train services will operate from Sunday next:— SYDNEY TO KEMPSEY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Dangerous Old Bar Road (To the Editor)
Sir,—The formation in Taree of a branch of the Road Safety Council was published in your paper recently. The Road Safety Council has pledged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Restricted Train Services
Owing to the coal shortage, the following restrictions in train services will operate as from Sunday last: SYDNEY TO KEMPSEY…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Accident to Motorists
A warning to motorists against driving with the elbow protruding outside the car window is provided by a recent shocking accident in which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to North Coast Goods Train Thousands Of Gallons Of Milk Lost
Crashing through a dead-end near Fastwood early on Friday, a citybound goods train was derailed, blocking the down main northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nowendoc Road. Apsley Shire's Request
At the last meeting of Stroud Shire Council, a letter was read from Apsley Shire Council asking that Stroud Shire's representative at the Shires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worst Train Smash Since 1926 Whole Train Crashes Down Embankment Four Killed; 20 Injured
Four passengers were killed and 20 seriously injured when the engine of the south-west mail left the rails and plunged down a 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kempsey's New Bridge the Years Pass By
The many people who travel across the Kempsey bridge often wonder when the new structure will appear, or who it was, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kemsey Railway Notes
Porter Max Brocker, attached to the Kempsey parcels office commenced annual holidays on Tuesday last, and is being relieved by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Road Tax on Goods Railways Can't Handle
Road tax on motor vehicles carrying goods which cannot be handled by the railways has been lifted by the Minster for Transport (Mr O'Sullivan)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Smash Near Harden Four Killed, 50 Injured
Four people were killed and 50 injured when the South-west Mall train was derailed near Harden at 4.58 a.m. on Wednesday. The train…
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