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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Coast Roads Are Bad

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

Local motorists who recently travelled the coast road from Newcastle to Port Macquarie, found miles of the…

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Diesel Train for Glen Innes

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

As from February 12, Armidale and Glen Innes will be connected by a diesel train, which will connect with the…

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Air Conditioned Train Arrives Ahead of Schedule

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

The new air-conditioned Northern Tablelands Express reached Armidale on a trial run on the night of January 10 six minutes ahead of Schedule. The train was due in at…

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Long Tramp for Cattle

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

After travelling more than 4000 miles in 12 months, a mob of 1200 cattle has reached Singleton…

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Court Sequel to Motor Smash on Dangarsleigh Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

At Armidale Court of Petty Sessions today Jack Campbell Fletcher was charged with having, on the Dangarsleigh…

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Dangarslhgh Road Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

Further evidence in a traffic case where Jack Campbell Fletcher was charged with negligent…

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Moree-lnverell Train Service

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

Mr. G. Crawford, M.L.A. for Barwon, recently received the following letter from the Minister for Transport (Mr. W…

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Allies Driven Back Two Miles From Vital Road Hub

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

[?]Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).-A 12 hour Chinese attack drove the Allies back over two miles from the west[?] road hub and inchon yesterday. SUSTAINED ATTACK…

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CYCLING Motor-Paced Racing Popular

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 3

The pace was made a cracker again yesterday in the five miles scratch race at Gilgai, which was paced by…

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Alterations to Railway Hotel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

At Armidale Licensing Court on Friday, Mr. E. M. Debenham, S.M., granted an application by Claude A. Seaburg,…

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New South Wales Motorists Register in Queensland

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

An erroneous impression gained by car owners and drivers living in parts of New South Wales adjacent to the…

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Motor Accidents Man's Leg Fractured

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

About 6.30 p.m. on Saturday a car driven by Brian Timmins of Gravesend left the road and turned over near Warialda…

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Council to Do Work on Aerodrome

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 4

Inverell Council is to spend up to £150 on gravelling a depression in the runway of the local aerodrome…

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£1 Million for Rural Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. J. J, Cahill, has allotted £1, 184,000 for expenditure on rural…

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Campaign Against Road Offenders

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 6

The intensified campaign against road offenders, announced last week by the Chief of the Traffic Police…

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17 Killed in Train Smash in Spain

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

MADRID, Wednesday.—Seventeen people, including four children, were killed, and 28 were injured, 10 seriously, when the…

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N. England Express Name For New Train

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

Armidale City Council has informed the Glen Innes Municipal Council that it is agreeable to name the new…

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Further Evidence On Tingha Road Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 7

The case in which Lawrence Wilfred Emery is charged with negligent driving and causing…

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Big Jump in Motor Car Output

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

Nearly 800,000 vehicles were produced in 1950 by Britain's "Big Six"—Austin, Ford, Nuffields, standard. Rootes and…

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Railway Statistics Guyra Station

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

We are indebted to Mr. H. Hawkins, station master at Guyra, for the following statistics regarding business…

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