Motor Mechanic Fined for Negligent Driving
Patrick Huxley, motor mechanic, of Moore Park, Sydney, was fined £38- on a charge of negligent driving by Mr. Tyler, S.M., at the Taree Court of Petty Sessions on Monday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,083 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 55
Young Man Thr'wn From Motor Bike
Guy Palmer, 23, of Pampoolah, was thrown from a motor cycle when it skidded in loose gravel on the Old Bar…
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At Kempsey Council meeting on Monday, the Department of Local Government forwarded copies of…
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Special trains from Dungog and Kempsey and Eggins' bus fleet will convey raiiwaymen to Old Bar (near…
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Without fanfare of trumpets or a declaration of ceremony with speeches, the famed "Rosenthal Bridge" has apparently been opened. This new structure replaces…
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BOWRA VILLE: The Department of Main Roads maintenance and improvement programme in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Fatally Injured in Train Fall
A 60-years-old man fell out of the southbound Brisbane Express at 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday, died 20 minutes later…
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A 60-years-old man who fell out of the southbound Brisbane Express at 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday, died 20-minutes later in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ratepayer Critical of Road Material
At a public meeting held in Kinchela Hall, Wednesday night, to discuss the financing of a bitumen seal for Kempsey-South West Rocks road, Mr. F. Range criticised the quality of metal used in…
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Speaking at the public meeting at Kinchela, on Wednesday night, the President of the Macleay Shire Council (Cr. E. R. Mackay) said that during the past four years a total of £45,745 had been spent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Road Talk at Lower Macleay Meeting
In Kinchela Hall, on Wednesday night, some seventy people were present at one of the largest and most representative public meetings [?] on the Macleay, the purpose being to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Dies After Shocking Injuries: Run Over By Train
A 60-years-old man who fell out of the southbound Brisbane Express on Tuesday morning, died 20 minutes later in Dungog Hospital. He was Mr. F. R. Winter…
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Special trains from Dungog and Kempsey plus the Taree contingent, is expected to result in 2,000…
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Further confirmation has been received from the Railway Traffic Officer at Kempsey (Mr. T. C. Press) that a special train will run from Kempsey to Newcastle to permit children, and adults, to witness the…
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Manning Shire will be asked If It can give an approximate date when the tarsealing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters (To the Editor) Bridge at Forster
Sir,--I notice in an article in your paper of Friday, January 15th last, in regard to a deputation which waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring & Aviation notes Claims "Smog" Takes Its Toll in Australia Too
"Smog," the stealthy, dense black mixture of smoke and fog which brought death to 4,000 people when it settled over London just over 12 months ago, is costing Australia millions of pounds, according to…
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The N. R. M .A. engineers here list some of the common forms of abuse of motor vehicles…
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Many are the complaints received by the NRMA service as to motors "conking out," and the efficient patrol officers generally find the call for their help is due to abuse of the motor…
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On the motion of the President (Councillor L. C. Jordan), the Manning Shire Council decided at its meeting on…
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