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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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"Traffic with the Devil" Realistic Road-Safety Film

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 17

The N.R.M.A. urges the public not to miss seeing the M.G.M. short, entitled "Traffic With the Devil," now being displayed in the current M.G.M…

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Storm Damage to Shire Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 4

Storms had done minor damage to read in the Shire, said the Engineer, Mr. B. S. Marsh, in his report to…

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Applications to Have Roads Reclassified

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 4

Applications by Severn Shire for re-clasification of roads will be heard on February 26 by an investigations…

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Work on Access Road Refused

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 2

A request by the Dundee branch of the Northern New South Wales Farmers' Union that the Dundee - Glen Elgin…

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Motor Cars to Be Air Conditioned

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 2

A leading executive of one of America's automobile corporations recently told members of USA Society of…

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Concerted Effort To Establish Aerodrome in North

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 4

Members of the Federal Parliament within the area of the Federated Chambers of Commerce the north and north-west will be…

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Railway Porter Injured Bicycle Hits Side of Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 6

Claude Johnson, a relieving porter at Armidale Railway Station, was injured on Saturday morning when his bicycle hit the side of the Stephens…

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Neglected Road Shire Council Decision

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 8

“It seems that this matter has been neglected for years, and we will have to do something” remarked Cr…

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Socialistic Railways; Rural Burdens

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 4

SOME figures recently published concerning the State railways are particularly interesting. seeing that they are our largest socialistic undertaking, and seeing that socialism is now within the realm of practical, or impractical., politics…

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Many Ratepayers Complain About Shire Roads

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 6

Quite a proportion of the correspondence presented to the adjourned meeting, of the Macintyre Shire Council yesterday, comprised complaints in regard to the bad state of various roads throughout the Shire, and many and varied were the…

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Financing Shire Roads Presents Problem for Councillors

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 4

“I would like to know, Mr. President, how I am going to finance A Riding. I have 86 miles of dedicated roads, and the modest sum of £700 has been allocated to me for this year. They must go back for, they can’t possibly go forward,”…

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Shire Wants All Weather Roads To Gragin

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

When Gragin is cut up for closer settlement the Macintyre Shire will collect rates from one-fifth of the area, but by virtuesof the road…

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Train Crash Causes Twenty-one Deaths Altoona, Pennsylvania

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

Casualties in the wreck of the crack passenger train, “Red Arrow,” now total 21 dead, and 1 17 injured…

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Road Toll Decrease in Death Rate Fatalities Higher in Country

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

Figures released by the Commissioner for Road Transport show a marked decrease in the death rate…

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U.S. Train Disaster 21 Dead, 117 Injured Derailment on Horseshoe Curve ALTONA (Pennsylvania)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

Casualties in the wreck of the crack passenger train "Red Arrow" now total 21 dead and 117 injured…

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Motor Repair Costs Concern Expressed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 6

A move by the Sydney trade to secure official permission to charge more per hour for mechanics' time is being opposed by the N.R.M.A…

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Railway Fares to Rise Canberra

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

All State Governments have been granted permission by the Commonwealth to raise tram, train and bus fares and freights…

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Railway Should Co to Guyra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

Sir George Fuller has promised Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., (Oxley) that he will bring the matter of providing for the men shortly to…

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Railway Commissioner at Uralla Mayor Tells of Meeting

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. J. Muir) told aldermen at Monday night's Council of his meeting the Commissioner for Railway (Mr. J…

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Railway Movements

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 13

The following statistics of movements and revenue at the Guyra railways station for the month of January, 1947, have been supplied…

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