Shire Protest at Road Plant Removal
Manning Shire Council will register an emphatic protest against the removal of Departmental of Main Roads plant from the Central North…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
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Designs to Be Prepared for Forster-tuncurry Bridge
Preliminary designs for a bridge to link Tuncurry and Forster will be prepared by the Department of Main Roads. This was stated by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tuesday's Storm Flooded Rivers — Further Deterioration in Roads this Month
The flood rain of last week and the heavy storm last Tuesday have caused further serious deterioration of district roads, many of which are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Council Seeks £8530 Under Commonwealth Road Aid
The Kempsey Municipal Council will ask for £8,530 from the Commonwealth Road and Aid Grant which will be allocated to the State for distribution in the near future. The application includes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gravel Road Would Cost £30 Per Chain. Figures Engineer
A gravel road would cost about £30 per chain, or at the rate of £2,400 per mile, the Municipal Engineer (Mr. R. E. Baker) told Ald. Dalton-Webb at a meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council, sitting as a committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Killed in Motor Smash
SYDNEY, Friday. -- Two men were killed, and five injured when a truck got out of control and rolled down an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road To Happiness
Many a little mug has grown into a big pot. "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; hut be filled with the Spirit."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Engineer's Report on Roads
The Shire Engineer, Mr. Webb, in a report to the Manning Shire Council on Monday stated in connection with the Pacific Highway:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shires' Boundary Will Be Site Of Forster Bridge
The site of the proposed bridge between Forster and Tuncurry is situated on Main Road No. 111 at the common boundary of the Shires of Stroud and Manning, the Minister for Transport, Mr. W. Sheahan, states in a letter to Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Asked to Repair Old Bar Road
A letter read at the Manning Shire Council meeting, from the Old Bar District Progress Association requested attention to the Old…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Petrol Tax Allocation Will Provide Extra £3 Million for Roads
A circular from the Shires' Association of N.S.W. outlining the features of the Commonwealth Aids Road Bill was received by the Maiming Shire at its meeting on Monday. It revealed that an amount of sixpence per gallon of the petrol tax would be allocated for use on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Joan To Motorists
ALL IN ALL, one of the nicest gifts that Taree has received for some time is the parking reprieve granted six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On THE Sportline with Tate Railway League Men to Play with Own Club
Railwaymen who have been star players with other district League clubs,will rally under their own banner this season when Railway will enter two strong teams. In some circles the new club…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Roads
Grading baa been carried out on: — Old Bar Road, Bobnock Rd.. Pampoolah Rd., Glanthorne Rd., Tinonee Rds., Murray's Lane, Mondrook…
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Main Roads 110, 111 and 192 have been graded. Bitumen was patched on MR. 192. A gang is at present working on M.R, 110 cutting scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Engineer's Report On Roads
The Shire Engineer, Mr. Webb, in a report to the. Manning Shire Council en Monday stated In connection with the Pacific Highway:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitchell's Island Road Ramble
At a recent meeting of the Mitchell's Island Ratepayers and Citizens' Association, it was decided to write to the Shire Council seeking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shires' Boundary Will Be Site of Forster Bridge -
The site of the proposed bridge between Forster and Tuncurry is situated on Main Road No. 111 at the common…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans to Spend £42,000 On Road Plant — by Manning Shire President
A proposal designed to solve the Manning Shire Council's huge road repair problem was placed before the meeting last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's Most Modern Train
The Armidale Express, which would be placed in regular service between Sydney and Armidale on February 12, was the most modern train in Australia, declared the Chief Traffic Manager of the Department…
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