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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

938 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 47

Help for Road Building

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

Ratepayers of the North Coast seaside town of Harrington have voluntarily agreed to a 50 per cent, increase in their…

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Priming, Spraying of Tingha Road

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 6

Road priming and bitumen Spraying have been completed oh the first section of the Guyra-Tingha Roaf it was…

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Casino Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

TENTERFIELD: The Shire Engineer (Mr. F. L. Wood) said this week that the work on the…

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Tingha Road Surfacing

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 6

Tingha Progress Association has had preliminary discussion about the bitumen surfacing of the road to Inverell. Association members at their last meeting discussed sealing…

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Track Closed: No Road Home

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 4

A Warialda landholder, who has used a track through a neighbours property for 19…

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Priming, Spraying of Tingha Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 19

Road priming and bitumen spraying have been Completed on the first section of the Guyra-Tingha Road, it was an…

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High Costs of Black-topping the Main Roads

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 12

An 18ft.-wide bitumen surface on all 80 miles of main roads in Macintyre Shire would…

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Talks on Coast Roads Planned by Armidale C.c

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 12

Mr. J. E. Cahill (Labor, Armidale) and Mr. G. Wingfield (C.P., Grafton) will attend a conference at Ebor on…

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Four Me in Wave of New Road Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Four people have been killed and seven injured in road accidents in the past 24 hours. This is the highet…

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Motorists Mulct Heavy Fines For Speeding

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 8

Several motorists who exceeded the 30 m.p.h limit on the New England Highway near the New England Girls'…

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Motoring Hazards

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 14

Less than 60 years ago the traffic laws required that a, man with a red flag, or lantern, walk ahead Of all motor…

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Appu to Tell Winsor Express Train "Filthy"

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

Members of the Glen Innes branch of the A.P.P.U. at a meeting on Friday discussed claims of filthy conditions on the Northern Tablelands Daylight Express train…

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Road Smash Vitim Dies in Hospital

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 6

A two years old was lulled and his father, mother and two brothers seriously injured in a…

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Two Shires Plan Main Road Needs

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 7

Ashford and Macintyre Shire Councils have agreed to form a deputation to the Minister for Transport for increased financial aid for the bitumen sealing of main roads in the Shires…

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Grader "Idle for Eight Weeks on Bundarra Road"

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 7

GUYRA: Cr. E. C. Ferris said at Guyra Shire meeting that it was "very, very unsatisfactory" that a grader…

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Sealed Road From Sydney to Brisbane Hoped in Six Months

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

With the completion last week of the sealing of the New England Highway over the Ben Lomond Range, the Department of Main Roads hopes to see the whole of the Sydney-Brisbane road Blacktopped within six…

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Priming, Spraying of Tingha Road

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 2

GUYRA: Road priming and bitumen spraying have been completed on the first section of the Guyra-Tingha Road, it…

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Track Closed : No Road Home

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

A Warialda landholder, who has used a track through a neighbour's property for 19…

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Baby Dies From, Injuries Received In Road Smash

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 10

The five months old daughter of Constable Dafter, of Deepwater, died in Glen Innes District Hospital early this…

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