Mayor Appreciates Assistance to Train Travellers
The Mayor, Aid. Gertrude Richardson, writes to the editor as follows:— When it became known on Saturday last that several trains with between…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Stolen Electric Motors Three Men Arrested
The Police have made three arrests in connection with the theft of electric motors in the Dungog district. They expect to make a fourth…
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The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside, announced today that owing to severe damage to railway viaducts in the…
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"Why are council roads breaking up?" This is a question which is being asked continually, says Alderman R. T. C. Storey, president of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Emergency Train Services on North Coast Line
Emergency train services to the North Coast were announced on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Railways, Mr F. C. Garside. He said that, because of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Site on Wingham Road Being Investigated
The Education Department is aware of the congestion at Taree Primary School, and is giving consideration to acquiring a site for an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obstruction on Road
Raymond B. Hughes was charged with causing an obstruction on a road. Mr. E. O. Martin entered a plea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Association V. Railway
The M.R.D. cricket team to play Railway in the challenge match issued by the latter team, who were the winners of the first grade competition for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Engine Hits Sleeper Mishap Between Ross Glen and John's River
The engine of the North Coast Mail was damaged on Friday night, near Kendall, when it struck a sleeper on the line…
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The people of Marice and all centres to Elands have at various times drawn the attention of the Manning Shire Council to the need for a high-level…
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Raymond B. Hughes was charged with causing an obstruction on a road. Mr. E. O. Martin entered a plea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRITISH 350 c.c. Motor Cycle Does 205 Miles on a Gallon of Petrol
Mr. John Dale, a well-known racing motor cyclist in New Zealand, recently created a new record by covering 451.1 miles between Auckland and Wellington on a Standard British 350 c.c. Matchless motor cycle…
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Amongst the many instances of land slides of the river banks, one of the most serious is that threatening the East Kempsey approach…
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One passenger was seriously injured and nineteen others received treatment for cuts when 45 windows of the first division of the Melbourne Express were…
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The road at Rainbow Reach has disappeared into the river, this being the fourth or fifth road to suffer the same fate in…
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One passenger was seriously injured and 19 others received treatment for cuts when 45 windows of the first division of the Melbourne…
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Major-General A. C. Fewtrell Chief Civil Engineer of the New South Wales Railways, who has spent some days in Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council to Apply for £3000 Grant— for Piping and Draining of Waukivory Road
The Gloucester Shire Council on Friday decided, on the motion of Crs. Farley and Laurie, to apply for a grant of £5000 from funds under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Replacing Gloucester River Bridge — Survey Ky Shire Engineer. M.R. B. & Soil Conservation Depts. to Be Asked Opinion
After a detailed survey of alternatives for replacing the washedout Gloucester River bridge, the Shire Engineer, Mr. L. D. F. Geer,…
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Hastings Shire Engineer. (Mr. H. C. Morris) reported as follows to the recent council meeting:--A deputation was received from the North…
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