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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

822 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 42

Train Driver's Quick Thinking Saves Passengers From Death Washaway Near Curlewis SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 8

Quick-thinking on the part of the driver of the Moree - bound North-West Mail probably…

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Residents to Plant Trees in Railway St

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

The Municipal Council will make 20 guards available for trees to be planted by Mr. M. H. Pardue and other…

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Railway Revenue

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 13

Revenue for the month of February at Guyra Railway totalled £2265. Revenue from goods traffic was £1398, from…

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Motor Rickshaw

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 6

"One of our fixed ideas about the Far East has just become unfixed—and it happened right here in London at Earl's Court,…

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Armidale-grafton Road State Highway Move

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 8

The Northern Rivers and Tablelands Chamber of Commerce will press for the declaration of the…

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Simplified Road Travel Nations To Confer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 4

A black spanner on a white background and a telephone receiver similarly conspicuous are among 61 road signs…

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TENNIS North Hill Team To Play Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 15

North Hill women's team to play Railway at Railway on Saturday at 1.30 is: Mrs. Kelly (captain),…

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Simplified Road Travel Nations To Confer

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 3

A black spanner on a while background and a telephone receiver similarly conspicuous are among 61 road signs…

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Narrow Escape for Guyra Men Car Overturns On Ward's Mistake Road

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

Messrs. Bob Morgan and Harry King, well-known Guyra identities, narrowly escaped serious injury on…

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Hints to Motor Cyclists

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

It is illegal to carry a pillion passenger until you've held a rider's licence for 12 months. Your machine must be fitted…

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N.r.m.a. Wales Motorists

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

Country motorists [?] are warned by the [?] A. and R. A. C. A. that more severe penalties are being…

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Car Wrecked Near Pinch Driver's Miraculous Escape Skidded on Wet Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 4

A car was wrecked on the Armidale-Guyra road near the Pinch on Saturday afternoon…

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Blackberries on Railway Line County Councillor's Complaint

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 4

"They used on the cut blackber- ries on the railway line, but they are not doing it to-day," said Cr. W. Youman, at a…

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Railways Did Good Job

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 4

One organisation which was pleased with the way wheat from last season’s harvest was handled was the Inverell…

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Motor Cycle and Sulky in Crash 1 Killed, 3 Injured Near Aberdeen

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 1

When a motor cycle crashed into a sulky on the Aberdeen-Scone road on Saturday night one man was killed and three men injured. The man who lost his life was Norman James Stanley…

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£60,000 Fire At Aerodrome

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than £60,000 damage was caused when a fire gutted the control building at Schoffells R.A.A.F…

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Mingoola Dam & Shire Roads

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 6

The Tenterfield Shire Council is anxious to make an immediate start on planning new roads to replace those…

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Petrol, Beer and the Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

The Local Government Association is on very sound ground in its demand that funds raised by means of the Commonwealth petrol tax should be put back into the roads. When the tax was instructed in 1926 the avowed object was to…

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Bridge Wanted As Stock Crossing

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads will be asked by Glen Innes P.P. Board to allow the old Furracabad Creek bridge to…

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The Petrol Tax Grab and the Roads

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION is on very sound ground in its demand that funds raised by means of the Commonwealth petrol tax should be put back into roads…

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