Bridge Stock Crossing To Be Discussed Again
Cr. H. T. Higgins on Wednesday successfully moved for an inspection and discussion of the stock crossing at the washed out…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Council Borrowed £38,000 for Roads Over Last Seven Years
From 1947 to 1953 the Gloucester Shire Council borrowed over £38,000 for road construction work and a further £15,000 for the purchase of plant. Shire clerk Mr. Marshall, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Visit Calls For Extra Road Safety Vigilance
How proud we are of our country on this historic occasion of the visit to Australia of our reigning Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Rumblings
Fireman Joe Tranby who has been working at depots all over the State since being transferred to Albury 3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Worker Fractures Foot
Leslie Edward Stewart, 20, of Telegraph Point, working with a railway maintenance gang…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Tour to Dungog
Train Tour to Dungog In March raises the question: How long before Taree is so favoured?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tar Road Trial at Forster
A road experiment, using tar mulch, is to be carried out in Forster, This was decided at the latest meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forster-tuncurry-wallamba Section Forcing Forster Landowner To Construct Roads
First action to force an owner to construct roads in a subdivision at Forster was taken at the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2,000 Expected at Railway Picnic
Special trains from Dungog and Kempsey and Eggins' bus fleet will convey railwaymen to Old Bar on Monday next for the annual I picnic of Number 4 Railway District…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Usable Power for Motorists
Motor spirit with a combustion improver is now being made available to car, truck and motor-cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints for the MOTORIST
Eases Point Installation-- When installing ignition points on late Model V-3 Fords, you will find the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring & Aviation notes
James P. Mitchell (left) reccommission of office from U Eisenhower, after being swo Labour, at a White House [?]yes congratulations and his [?]ted States President D. D. n in as U.S. Secretary of [?]remony. Mitchell has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Investigation of Bridge Overloading
A complaint that timber jinkers travelling at high speeds were overtaxing the bridge on Bundook road near Pitl[?]hry railway station was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Importance of Maintaining Bundook Road
In the interests of the town the Gloucester Shire Council should keep the Bundook road in good repair, Cr. H. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Throws Rider
When a motor cycle overbalanced on the Old Bar Road on Sunday afternoon, the rider received head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic on January 25
Over 2,000 people are expected at Old Bar on January 25 when Railway employees of number 4 district will hold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Road Work In Municipality
The Department of Main Roads, in a letter to Monday night's meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Seeks Special Train to See Queen
At Kempsey Council meeting, on Monday night, Ald. B. Barriball said he'd like to move something in regard to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drove Neglig'ntly on Old Bar Road
Colin Saville, of Commerce Street, Taree, charged with negligent driving was fined £118- with 12- count costs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forster Street May Be Main Road of Future
There is every probability that McIntosh Street will form part of the main road leading into Forster…
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