Train Curtailment on North Coast Line
Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1
Important changes have been made temporarily in train services. The Kempsey day train, from Sydney will leave there on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only at 8.10 a.m.; and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the alternate days, a train will run from…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3
SYDNEY. -- The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) has allotted £1,184,000 for expenditure on rural roads, apart from main roads. This is 35 per cent, of the…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1
Mr. R. S. Vincent M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Local Government of an allotment of £6,970 to the Macleay…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 7
A detachment of naval ratings of the Ceylon Navy arrived in Britain recently to undergo an intensive training course with the Royal Navy. The ratings are at present based on H.H.S. "Pembroke" at Chatham, having their first taste of life with the Royal Navy,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Blamed For Non Closure Of Railway Gates
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 7
The Railways Department wrote to the January meeting of the Manning Shire Council complaining that the gates at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring News and Notes New Number Plates For N.S.W., Vic. Cars
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 6
The Victorian Motor Registration Branch says number plates with three letters will be issued soon. N. S. W. motorists will be issued…
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Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3
Recent developments in automotive research in the United States are leading to safer, more efficient, and more economical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Restrictions
Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2
Information received by the "Argus" was that the curtailment of train services operated from yesterday until further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase In Motor Registry Figures
Macleay Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1
The Kempsey District Motor Registry Officer, Mr. Gordon Priest, reports a very favourable expansion of business in this district, and his figures show that, during the six months ended December 31, 1950, there has been an increase of approximately 30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forster Bridge Proposal
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3
The site of the proposed bridge between Forster and Tuncurry is on Main Road No. 111 at the common boundary of the Shires of Stroud and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads Repaired by Voluntary Labour
The Northern Champion · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2
Hannam Vale district farmers are appreciative of the efforts of the local cream carrier (Mr Frank McCaffrey) in carting gravel to effect…
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Macleay Argus · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3
The Shires Association of N.S.W. in its circular to Councils concerning the Commonwealth Aid Road Bill shows that the amount of sixpence per gallon of the petrol tax would be allocated for use on roads throughout the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Temporary Insanity Seen As Road Accident Cause
The Northern Champion · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 8
Accidents are caused by temporary lowering of intelligence, or by temporary failure to use our intelligence—in other words, by temporary insanity, or loss of personal responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Curtailment of Train Services Kempsey Mail Back to 3 DAYS and 4 Nights a Week
The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3
Following the curtailment of train services the Kempsey Mail is now running to and from Sydney on only three days and…
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The Northern Champion · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3
The Glenreagh-Dorrigo railway line was expected to be re-opened sometime to-day. It was closed following a washaway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor World Improving Street Lighting
Macleay Argus · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6
Answering a plea by the N.R.M.A. for action to improve street lighting, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) says that amendment of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Figures Goods Shed Increase
Macleay Argus · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1
The 1950 figures for the railway, goods sheds at Kempsey show a general overall increase in business from 1949, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road To Happiness
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 5
Jesus, Others, Yourself-- JOY is yours when you follow this order. "[?]eek [?]e first the kingdom of God and His righteousness."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Curtailment On North Coast Line
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1
Important changes have been made temporarily in train services. The Kempsey day train from Sydney will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Community Effort Towards Better Motor Driving Urged
The Northern Champion · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6
Declaring that the average motorist "merely stumbled' upon the knowledge of how to drive, the N.R.M.A. general secretary (Mr. H. E. Richards) appealed for a concerted community effort to train future generations of…
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