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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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Kentucky Settlement Roads Probable Gravelling

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 4

It is probable that gravelling will commence on Kentucky settlement roads next month. The Shire Clerk (Mr [?]…

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Coast-tablelands Railway Survey Work Commences

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 1

Fifteen Sydney men of the Railway Construction Section recently commenced work at Glen Innes on a survey of…

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Trespassed on Railway

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 4

At Guyra Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. O. R. Pearson. J.P., Robert James McKay, 45, of Ben Lomond, was, fined £2 in…

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Railway Commissioner In Uralla Next Month

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. J. T. Hartigan) will be in Uralla next month. Mr. Hartigan and his staff will…

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Petrol Tax Money Needed to Repair Country Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 16

Pointing out that war traffic had caused a great deterioration in the condition of many country roads, and that the suspension of normal…

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Cricket Railway Team Here Monday Will Meet New England Side

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 15

Cricket enthusiasts will have an opportunity of seeing some good Sydney players in action when the Metropolitan…

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Traffic Advisory Committee To Deal With Problems of Motorists

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

Setting up of an expert traffic advisory committee to deal with the problems motorists are facing, will be urged upon the Government by the…

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Campaign for Safety on U.k. Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

Mechanical devices are teaching hundreds each day how to keep death off Britain's roads. They are part of an instructive…

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Floods Cause Road and Rail Blocks

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—With trains still unable to get through to isolated south coast areas and the Pacific…

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Motor Industry Plans Lower Priced Models

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

Of world-wide interest to potential buyers of new motor vehicles was the announcement recently that some of the leading makers of cars in U.S.A. are planning to make and market some lower priced…

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Work for The Railway Department

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

It should not be difficult for the men who meet the Railway Commissioners early next month to present an unanswerable case for improved railway travel facilities. Nor could they fail to impress the Commissioners with an…

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Road to Normal Economic Notes From The United States

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 6

WASHINGTON, January 3.— With the end of the coal strike, all signs point to rapid resumption of humming production,…

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Officialdom's Shabby Treatment Resented by Oversea Arrivals at Mascot Aerodrome Kept in Stifling Heat for Arrival of Doctor Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 2

There was a stir at Mascot aerodrome this mornihg when the majority of passengers on the Australian National Airways Skymaster from Vancouver marched in a body from the plane in protest at being kept for…

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Improved Entrance to Railway Station Plans to be Placed Before Commissioner on Occasion of Visit to Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 6

Plans for improving the entrance to Armidale railway station will be placed before the Commissioner for…

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Railway Pilfering Chamber of Commerce Take Action

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 4

Concern at the large-scale pilfering which occurs in goods despatched by rail, was expressed at a meeting of the Inverell…

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Wonderful Road

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

Search where you will, you will and no highway in the whole world so romantic as the Grand Trunk Road of India. A stately avenue of…

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Petrol Tax Money for Country Roads Need to Overtake War Damage

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

Pointing out that war traffic had caused a great deterioration in the condition of many country roads, and that the suspension…

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Commissioner for Railways In Uralla Next Month

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) will be in Uralla on February 12. It is anticipated that Mr…

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Railwaymen's Picnic in Glen Nnes

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 4

Railwaymen from Wallangarra to Nemingha, near Tamworth, will hold their annual picnic In Glen Innes on King…

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Guyra Notes Road Direction Signs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 12

Guyra Shire Council decided at its meeting held in the Shire Chambers on Tuesday to take no action with regard to a request,…

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