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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

822 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 42

Makey Club on Road Back

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

The [?]chey Club's cup meeting of Friday and Saturday means [?]ore that the racing of horses and the placing of wagers. It can be [?]wn and district exchievement, a social occasion an obligation to help recapture a reputation in racing…

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Glaring Headlights Are Road Menace

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

Checks by the traffic police show that driving on the high be[?], or glaring headlights, can be found everywhere…

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Taxis Get Extra Petrol, Back on Roads—at Present

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

Late yesterday, Inverell taxis resumed services which had teen suspended since Sunday night because petrol supplies had cut out. A spokesman for the…

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Boy's Shocking Injury Arm Crushed In Accident Fell Under Moving Train NEWCASTLE, Wed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

A young boy ran home to his mother after his arm had been crushed by a train yesterday…

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Increased Meat Production Transport Seen As Major Problem Road Trains Overcome Difficluties In Northern Territory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

For many years, one of the major problems mitigating against increased meat production has been the inadequacy of transport facilities in most States of the…

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Tram and Bus Services Face Loss

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

Two months after raising fares the N.S.W. tram and bus services face a loss more than twice as big as the Government budgeted…

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Lightning Bolt Injures U.S. Railway Men

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

LEETON, Wednesday.—A blue bolt of lightning, which split a telephone post from, top to bottom at Murrami yesterday…

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Man Killed at Armidale Goods Yard Fatal Ending to Shunting Operation Run Over After Falling On Railway Line

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 8

Twenty one year-old Bade Patrick Mackson was killed in a shunting accident at Armidale goods yard last night…

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New Type Coach Designed For Britain's Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 10

London: A new type of passenger coach is being designed for the railways of Britain…

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Man Fined for Indecent Language Story Of Incident I Bridge Street

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5

Robert John Thornton was fined £2 for indecent language by Mr. Tunchon, S.M., at Uralla Court of Petty Sessions last week. The complaint against Thorn…

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Petrol Tax Allocation Used Where Most Needed Road Work in Ridings

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5

It was council policy to make the largest allocation of money from the petrol tax handout in the…

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Removal Of Trees Council Accepts Department of Main Roads' Offer Avenue Described As Danger To Public

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

An offer to remove the trees on the State Highway, Bridge-street and on the trunk road, Salisbury and Hill streets was accepted at a meeting of the Uralla Shire Council last Friday…

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Man Killed at Armidale Goods Yard Fatal Ending to Shunting Operation Run Over After Falling On Railway Line

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5
Also in The Uralla Times

Twenty-one-year-old Bede Patrick Mackson was killed in a shunting accident at Armidale goods yard on Tuesday night. He was a son of Mr. and…

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Railway Footway Proposal Under Consideration

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 1

The Secretary for Railways is considering a proposal put forward by the Uralla Chamber of Commerce for the…

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Plan for Big Aerodrome at Delungra

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

INVERELL: Recommended Layout for ab airport proposed to be situated about two miles on the Warialda side of…

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Road Accidents "Needless Sacrifice of Lives"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

Declaring that there is a needless sacrifice of lives through road accidents, the general…

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Fatality Near Tenterfield Bus Chassis Off Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 8

A young man was killed late yesterday afternoon when the bus chassis he was driving on the Wallangarra road, seven…

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Seek Grant for Work on R. Range Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

The Municipal Council decided this week to make application for a Federal Ald Roads grant to complete the…

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N.r.m.a. Claims More Road Patrols Needed

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Declaring that there is a needless sacrifice of lives through road accidents the general secretary of the N.R…

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