Railway Passengers Stranded at Gloucester
From Friday night to Sunday night 450 train passengers were stranded at Gloucester Railway Station. By about midnight on Sunday they had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
568 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 13 of 29
Train Times
The 6.25 a.m. train, Kempsey to Sydney, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, will start at 6.15 a.m. and run on Mondays to…
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As the result of a deputation to the Assistant Commissioner for Main Roads, prospects are bright for the early proclamation of the…
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One of the Sydney daily newspapers on Monday printed a report criticising charges made by the Taree railway refreshment room to passengers…
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Rainy conditions marred the club's working bee on Saturday, but despite this, considerable work was done in toe formation of the track and the…
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The Gloucester Stationmaster, Mr. W. Stephens, said yesterday that only about 150 passengers, one train load from Friday night, were…
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As the result of a deputation to the Assistant Commissioner for Main Roads, prospects are bright for the early proclamation of the Laurleton-Comboyne…
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On Saturday Captain Jennings visited the stranded passengers and distributed free literature. Inquiries were made re the plight of many passengers who were…
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The flooding of the railway line at Maitland has resulted in the banking up of goods trains at Taree. Every line in the railway yard has its quota…
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In Kempsey Quarter Sessions this afternoon, Judge Storkey sentenced Douglas Francis Hardie, 22, to three years' hard…
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A new British lightweight motor sickle was demonstrated at the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley, Surrey, England. The sickle is designed primarily for the use of market gardeners, fruit growers, poultry farmers, nursery…
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A young married man was seriously injured by an alleged hit run motorist on the Pacific Highway near the Smithtown…
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For the first time since the floodwaters inundated the Maitland Railway Station, passenger trains came through to Taree on Tuesday morning…
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The first trains to run through Taree from the south since the flood held up traffic, were the Brisbane Express and Mruwillumbah…
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More than 1500 people at Central Railway Station last night scrambled to board the first train for the North Coast since floods dislocated the service…
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Mr. Reuben Burnett, of Kempsey, was struck by a passing motor lorry near Clybucca turn-off on Saturday evening and sustained a severe skull…
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When driving her car from Bent Street into Isabella Street, Wingham. on Thursday morning, Mrs. Reg. Parker had an unpleasant and excit…
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Britain's' first motor rickshaw, designed for export to India, Burma, Slam and China, has been built by W. R. Pashley, Ltd., of Birmingham. It is a three-wheeled machine driven by a 250 c.c. two stroke engine mounted under the passenger's seat and it reaches 35 to 40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport of Essential Goods Organising Committee Formed At Taree
Following receipt of letters from Mr. Winsor, Director of Emergency Transport in NSW. Taree Municipal and Manning Shire Council's jointly…
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