Car Crashed Into Railway Gates
Although the railway gates at Guyra station were closed because there was a train ready to leave, a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1953
863 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 44
Railway Gets £150 for Weighbridge
The Railways Department has sold one of the little used weighbridges at stations between Ben Lomond and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Crashes Into Railway Gates
Although the railway gates at Guyra station were closed because there was a train ready to leave, a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Felt Cizzy; Stopped Motor Cycle
A man who became ill while he was riding a motor-cycle on the New England Highway five miles south of Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Gatekeeper Charged
Neil Walker, 18, railway gatekeeper, was charged in Casino Court of Petty Sessions with the manslaughter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extra Train on Thursdays
Starting this week, a second division of the Northern Tablelands Express will leave Tamworth for Sydney every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Road Accidents (One Fatal) on Yetman Road
A family travelling to Inverell on Saturday to see a seriously ill relative who subsequently died following a lorry accident, were themselves injured when their utility truck overturned on the Yetman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Breach
For driving his car over double centre lines on the New England Highway at Dundee, Phillip D. Radnedge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra Train on Thursdays
Starting this week, a second division of the Northern Tablelands Express will leave Tamworth for Sydney every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Road Accidents (One Fatal) on Yetman Road
A family travelling to Inverell on Saturday to see a seriously ill relative who subsequently died following a lorry accident, were themselves injured when their utility truck overturned on the Yetman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor— Plea for Improved Secondary Roads
Sir,—The sprit in which my former letter (1/12/52) was received by the Shire Council and the ratepayers in general emboldens me to make another plea to the Council to have our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teach Children to Play with Safety by the New Road Safety Council
To-day we want to talk about boys and girls and having fun, specially out-of-doors fun. Of course, we want all boys and girls to have fun…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Motor for Atomic Sub
PITTSBURGH: An electronic motor will be used in the First atomic subman[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Salvage Drive Launched by Railways
The Railways Commissioner, Mr. R. Winsor, has ordered that the railway's salvage campaign shall be intensified as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ben Lomond Gangers Railway Prize
A young Ben Lomond ganger, M. Bean, has won the first prize, £20, for haying kept the best railway length in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Radios
ROME: Head-rests on Italy's crack Rome-Milan expresses are being fitted with tiny ear-piece radios,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads Dumaresq Engineer's Report
The Department of Main Roads has forwarded the Maintenance and improvement Programme for 1953. Altnougn…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country Roads Starved Says Dumaresq Shire President Bar to Essential Food Production
"It is futile for the Government to talk of food production and the creation of small holdings when the need for road development and improvement is neglected," said Cr. W. B. Fooks in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sealing Shire Roads "Up To Hie People" Says President Loan Filling Too Slowly
"If sufficient money is not forthcoming for the Shire Read Sealing Loan within the next two weeks, work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price Too High Shire Wants Fresh Tenders For Road Metal
The Dumaresq Shire Council decided at a meeting yesterday to seek further tenders for…
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