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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

793 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 40

Teaching Motor Vehicle Driving

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 7

Declaring that the average [?] of how to [?] general…

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Century Old Train Engine For Festival Of Britain

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

At British made locomotive which has been operating for more than 100 years through France. Italy and Spain has…

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Train Smash Disrupts Tele. Services

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The main southern line was blocked and telephone and teleprinter services thrown into chaos when a…

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Main and Trunk Roads Work in [?] Shire

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 9

Reporting to to-day's [?] Macintyre Shire the [?] stated that final certificate of expenditure in respect of the 1950 programme of main and trunk had been prepared…

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Saving Life on the Road

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

"The days of propaganda, posters and platitudes are past said Mr. H. K. E. Richards, N.R.M.A. general secretary…

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Train Derailment Caused Chaos To Phone Services

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—The main southern line was blocked, and telephone and teleprinter services thrown…

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Train Smash Causes Chaos in Communications Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

The main southern line was blocked and telephone and teleprinter services thrown into…

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Need for Bingara Road and Gragin Bus Services

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

A [?] on the bus routes from the Bingara road [?] Settlement, at the first meeting for 195[?] Delungra P.& C. Association, was followed by a motion that Mr. G. Crawford,…

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Stores May Resort to Road Transport to Get Goods

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

Leading Glen Innes stories may have to resort to road transport if goods train service to the town are further reduced. Manager of M. C. Mackenzie…

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Scramble From Tram on Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday— Passenger and crew scrambled to safety w[?] tram collided with a [?] and caught fire in…

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"Jamped For Life" Wham Truck Hit Tram [?] SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

Passengers, and cre[?] Scrambled to safety when a tram collided with, a, lorry and caught fire in Elizabeth…

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Air-conditioned Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

The air conditioned train which was to have commenced a service to Armidale today, has been withdrawn until the…

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Shire Finance To Ald Main Roads Department

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

Macintyre Shire, to speedup it programme of surfacing main roads with bitumen, has taken the unique course…

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Complaint of No Work on King's Plants Roads

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

Apart from a few days' work we have not turned a sod, on King's Plains roads," said Cr. C. A. Fuller at…

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Road Needs Inspected in Macintyre Shire

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 3

To plan its programme of works in 1951, Macintyre Shire councillors made an inspection, extending over two days, of roads throughout its area. A report of the inspection…

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N.r.m.a. Hints for Motorists

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Here some taints for motorists from the N.R.M.A. engineers: Continuous trouble with…

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Hytten & Penfold Motors' Show Stand

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

Hytten and Penfold Motors of Byron Street, Inverell, advise that the following representatives will be in…

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Developmental Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 8

WALCHA. — The Minister for Lands advised Walcha branch of the A.L.P. at its last meeting that the…

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Shire Main Roads in Good Order

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

State highways, main roads and developmental roads throughout Severn Shire were generally in fairly good order,…

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Inspection Of Graham's Valley, Maybole Roads

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

In a report to a meeting, of Severn Shire Council yesterday, the engineer, Mr. B. S. Marsh, stated that he had inspected…

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