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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

982 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 50

Guard's Miraculous Escape.— in Gloucester's Biggest Train Smash Fine Job by Breakdown Crews and Gangers

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

Norman McNair, train guard, of Adamstown, is probably the luckiest man on the Railways to be alive to-day. One minute on Saturday morning he was in the brake van on the end of his goods train shunting back from the Gloucester…

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FORSTER. Court of Petty Sessions. THURSDAY, 26th JANUARY, 1950. Before Mr. F. G. Pocock, S.M. Motor Traffic Act Breaches

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 2

Alfred Jonathan Piper tendered a plea of guilty to a charge that he drove a motor vehicle in Lake Street, Forster, on 3rd December last, whilst…

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Motor Cycle Club Re-opens

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

The Kempsey Motor Cycle Club, first formed eighteen months ago, with a small degree of success, has re-opened its ranks, and after…

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Aeroplane Crash

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

At about 11.15 a.m. on Monday an Avro Cadet biplane crashed into a log after making a 200-yard run in an attempt to take off at Deer Park airfield…

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Fell From Train

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Rosalind Fry, 11, of Toongarah Road, Waverton, fell from the Brisbane express as it was travelling at high speed towards Sydney at midnight on…

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Rode to Death on Train Roof

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

A man riding on the roof of a train on Friday was killed, and his companion seriously injured, when the train passed under a…

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Petrol Tax and Road Works

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

The affiliated motoring organisations of Australia are seeking an assurance from the Federal Government that the proceeds of the petrol tax will not be…

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Aldavilla Aerodrome. Minister Unable To say When Works Will be Put In Hand

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

Mr. T. W. White, Minister for Civil Aviation, has written to Sir. Earle Page as follows: "Further reference is made to your…

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Train Fatality Man Killed; Another Seriously Injured

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

When the 1 a.m. passenger train en route to Sydney passed through Stroud Road Railway Station last Friday morning, two men were seen sitting on the…

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Grass on Footpaths Forcing People to Walk on Roads Commenced at Chamber Meeting

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

At last [?] We have an [?]…

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Gymkhana at Taree Showground By Taree and Manning Motor Cycle Clubs

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

There were several thrilling even[?]s but few spills at Monday night's gymkhana staged at the Showgro[?]md by Taree and Manning Motor Cycle Clubs…

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Motor Grader with 12-Foot Blade

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

The Blaw knox B.K.12 Motor Grader, with 12ft, blade, seen in operation in the New Forest area, England. The Grader is powered with a 94 b.h.p. 6-cylinder diesel or an 83 b.h.p. 4-cylinder diesel engine according to user's specification, and all…

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Motor Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. James George Lyon, junior, 23 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James George Lyon, of Upper Hastings, was killed as the result of a motor…

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Girl Injured in Road Accident — on Way Home From School

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

On her way home from school after the first day of the new term, Nola, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perce Slade, of Avon…

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Believed Knocked from Train Top — Police Toy to Identify Two Men Alleged From Kempsey

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

Kempsey police are trying to ascertain the identity of two men who were riding on the top of the carriages of the…

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Approach Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

The president reported that Mr E. N. Robinson (Municipal Engineer) had accompanied him on an inspection of the ground,. and suggested that an…

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Parking Problem at Taree Show Proposal to Build New Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

The committee of the M.R.A. and H. Association is considering a proposal to extend Florence Street on the western side of the railway to carry traffic…

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Train Passenger Smashes Carriage Window Taree Wednesday, February 1 (Before Messrs. R. V. Hough and W. H. Ruprecht, J.'sP.)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

Alexander Wilkie Mathieson, mirier, of Graceville, Queensland, a passenger from Brisbane to Perth, was charged with breaking a railway carriage…

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Train Passenger Smashes Carriage Window Taree Wednesday, February 1 (Before Messrs. R. V. Hough and W. H. Ruprecht, J.'sP.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

Alexander Wilkie Mathieson, miner, of Graceville, Queensland, a passenger from Brisbane to Perth, was charged with breaking a railway carriage…

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Railway Sleepers for New Zealand

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

The Rawhiti left South Grafton direct for New Zealand last week with a cargo of 30,300 railway sleepers…

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