Made Train Their Home
Eighty train passengers who left Sydney on Saturday night for towns as far north of Kempsey as Casino,, are living in railway carriages at Dalhousie Creek, forty miles north of Kempsey…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,083 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 11 of 55
Roads Washed Out
Roads at Blackbird Flat, in the Dumaresque Shire, were badly washed out by the flood, and traffic is likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forbes River Bridge Gone
Hastings Shire Council has suffered a major calamity in the loss of the Forbes River bridge, which cost £20,000 only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Council Officers
Mr. Vic Wemyss was reelected unopposed President of the Taree Branch of the Road Safety Council at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"No Parking" Sought Near Dawson Bridge
A recommendation that "no parking" signs be placed along the road just north of the Dawson Bridge is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Highest In Road Accidents
According to a survey conducted by the United Nations World Health Organisation. Australia has the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Hold-up Delays Transport of Transformers
The lack of a bridge at Pola Creek will delay delivery of heavy electricity transformers to Gladstone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taree Road Safety Cl. Branch Active
Ald. M. M. Hooke and Mr. Jack Herrick were the only new officials to be elected at the annual meeting of Taree Branch of the Road Safety Council, held in the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ramps Must Be Repair'd On Cundle Flat Road
Gloucester Shire Council decided last meeting to inform Messrs Bakewell Bros, that they must repair 3 ramps on the Cundle Flat road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Rumblings
Alan White has broken the record snooker break of 23 by Trevor Reeves, and his 26 no doubt will take…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cyclist Rescued From Stream
A motor cyclist narrowly escaped drowning last night when his machine crashed through the Fig…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Aerodrome Ready for Seeding
The Engineer in charge of constructing the aerodrome at Port Macquarie (Mr. Forde Leathley) reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Damage in Hastings Shire
Hastings Shire area suffered particularly heavy bridge losses in the recent flood, the total bridge damage being estimated at well over £30,000. The Forbes River bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plans for Bridge at Chatham
The Department of Main Roads has indicated to the Road Safety Council of N.S. Wales that plans for the new bridge across the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring &Aviation notes
Two Royal Air Force Canberras left Britain on the 17th December 1953,--the 50th anniversary of man's first United States of America, the other, the B2 jet bomber shown here, for Cape Town, South Africa and back to Britain in two days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain Damages Railway Line
A terrific cloudburst, that brought about four inches of rain within an hour, swept across the area between Crescent Head and Kundabung Saturday afternoon, with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Discussion on Road Sealing
Discussions on plans for the sealing of roads in the Hannam Vale area will take place between local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Erosion Threat To Martin Bridge
Erosion of the southern bank of the Manning River was proceeding so rapidly as to eventually affect the stability of the approaches to the Martin Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Idea Rejected
Sergeant B. Purkiss, in a letter received by Kempsey Council meeting on Monday night, said he was unable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some More Money For Trunk Road
The Department of Main Roads has informed Kempsey Council that an additional £187 will be provided for…
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