Shire Finances Big Main Roads Grants
Influence of Main Roads finance on the finances of the Waradgery Shire Council's affairs is shown in figures from last year's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Tumbarumba Show Special Train From Wagga
With three weeks to go, the Tumbarumba P.A. & II. Society’s show drawing very close and indications point lo another record show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waradgery Shirt Council Main Roads — Rates—library — Booligal Hall — Tenders
THERE was a full attendance of councillors at Thursday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, when among the matters dealt with was receipt of approval for a main roads programme of £6486. Tenders were accepted for road works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Main Road Bridges Swept Away by Floods SYDNEY
Flood waters yesterday swept away two main road bridges in Coonabarabran district. The bridges were on the Mendooran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Picnic at Narrandera
The Railway Commissioner has approved of the date for the annual railway picnic at Narrandera on Monday, March 31…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Driver Collapses When Sentenced SYDNEY
Allan Hugh Williams, tram-driver, was today sentenced to one month’s gaol in Central Police Court for having been found drunk while employed as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Railway Fettlers Killed By Lightning TAMWORTH
Two railway fettlers were struck by lightning and killed instantly during a vicious electrical storm which swept the Premer district on the Werris-Binnaway line this afternoon. They were James Blake, 30, and John Wadell, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Train Crash KUMAGAWA (Japan)
At least 178 Japanese are reported killed and 350 injured when the last four carriages of a six-carriage- train Jumped the track and plunged down a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£6 Million to States for Road Construction Under Federal Aid Agreement CANBERRA
Payment to the States of £6,000,000 under the Federal Aid Roads and Works Agreement was approved by Federal Cabinet today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Motors Than Ever Before Australia Nears The Million
Australia had 100,133 more automobiles registered at the end of 1946 than were in service at December 31, 1945. The gain embraced 30,053 cars, 51,975 commercial vehicles and 18,105 motor cycles, and represents the largest total increase recorded in the Commonwealth in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£9 Million To Restore Country Roads SYDNEY
There was no possibility of councils in NSW being able to improve their roads, said the president of the Shires’ Association of NSW (Mr T. G. Carter)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide Train Cuts Due To C[?] Shortage ADELAIDE
Because of the critical shortage of coal for the railways, suburban steam trains for passengers on Sundays have been cut out, the Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Extension of Victorian Railway to Trucking Yards
Refusal of the Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sullivan) to approve extension of the Victorian railway to Albury trucking yards was received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boat Travellers Safe MELBOURNE
[?] which had been felt for the safety of Robert Lockwood, 25, married, of Sorano, and three other men who were trailing [?]ng to Sydney by motor boat and of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Corowa Aerodrome and Air Services (To the Editor)
Sir,--Is Corowa doing all that is possible to secure a satisfactory place in the air service that will inevitably develop in the near future?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russians Stop British Train BERLIN
Russian officers stopped the official British night train from Berlin to the west at the zonal border on the night of February 25, and uncoupled and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Gates May Be Widened
A suggestion by the Culcairn Farmers and Settlers' Association that the railway gates at crossings between Henty and Culcairn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Grant for Roads
At first sight it would appear as though the Commonwealth has been uncommonly generous to the States by increasing the grant under the Federal Aid Roads Agreement from £4,500,000 to just over £6,000,000; but before hats are sent aloft it is well to remember that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CYCLING Albury Club’s Road Race Tomorrow
The Albury Cycle Club will again conduct a five mille road race tomorrow, timed to start from Sar’s Hotel at 10.30 a.m. At a recent meeting it was planned to run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Can Now Tackle Road Safety Problems” CANBERRA
Allocation of £100,000 a year for road safety campaign illustrated that the country could now tackle the problem rather than tinker with it. said the…
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