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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Chamber of Commerce. Minister Rejects "Sunday Night Train Plan"

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Sheahan, has rejected a proposal that a train be run from Kempsey to Sydney on Sunday nights. The proposal came from the Gloucester…

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Road Safety Week Opens on

The Northern Champion · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 1

Plans are well advanced for Taree Road Safety Week to begin on Tuesday. Principal feature will be the…

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Old Bar Road in Bad State

The Northern Champion · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 1

Reports received of near accidents, owing to the bad state of the Old Bar Road, give rise for concern…

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Road Safety Message

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

Among the attributes of a good driver, that is, a safe driver, is the desirable quality of constant alertness…

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Easter Road Toll

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

Despite a State-wide Road Safety Campaign the Easter road toll was 14 deaths up to Sunday evening. Six were killed on Thursday, two on Friday and…

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Road Betterment Campaign Delayed Over Information

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 7

The road betterment campaign being conducted by the committee representing the N.R.M.A. and other major…

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Road Safety Week Opens at Taree

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

Highlight of Road Safety Week, which opened at Taree yesterday, is the Road Safety Exhibition located m the Scout Hall, Pulteney Street, Taree…

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U.K. Road Toll Cost £3 Each

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON.--One Briton was killed in a road accident every 100 minutes throughout last year, the Royal Society for the…

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Mr. Sheahan Says Extra Sunday Train Service Not Justified

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

An additional train service from the North Coast on Sunday nights is not considered warranted at present by…

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Hints to Motorists

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 6

When washing the car, first saturate with water all foreign substances on the finish, says the N.R.M.A. Then use a clean…

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Member Opens Road Safety Exhibition

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

The townspeople of Taree were well represented at the official opening of the Road Safety Display by the State Member for Oxley, Mr. L. C. Jordan, at the Scouts' Hall on…

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New Road Safety Device for Heavy Vehicles

The Northern Champion · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 6

A new safety device which may help considerably to cut down road fatalities is now being tried out in…

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Worst Car Wrecks in Tomorrow's Road Safety Procession

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

About a dozen floats will take part in the Road Safety Council's procession through Taree to-morrow…

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Motor Mechanic Suffers Severe Electric Shock

The Northern Champion · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 4

A worker at Bulahdelah had an experience, which might have had serious results, whilst using an…

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Miles Motor Trainer Machine

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 2

THE MACHINE occupies a space of 20ft. by 10ft. by 6ft. high and is a product of Air Trainers Ltd., England. It…

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Bitumenising Traffic Bridge

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

In a letter under recent date the Divisional Engineer Main Roads Department advised the meeting of the Kempsey…

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Road Signs: Council's Attitude

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

The Vacuum Oil Company, Pty., Ltd., in a letter to the meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council last night,…

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Bridge Over Hastings--no Early Start

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

Acording to the Minister for Transport (Mr. W. F. Sheahan), there is little chance of an early start on the…

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This Is Road Safety Week

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 8

Without the wholehearted co-operation of the general public there will be little hope of stemming the present carnage…

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Access Road to Kempsey 'Drome

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

The Macleay Shire Council outlined in a letter to the meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council last night the importance of the new aerodrome to the residents and business community of Kemnsey, and…

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