Road Safety Council Seeks £200,000
HOBART, Wednesday.—A grant of £200,000 will be sought by the Australian Road Safety Council from the Commonwealth so the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Mickey Mouse To Help In Road Safety
HOBART, Thursday.—The film cartoonist Walt Disney has offered the Australian Road Safety Council the use of his famous strip…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Accident Death Rate Is Rising
SYDNEY: Final figures for 1948 just released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale) revealed that in New South Wales 30 more people were killed in road accidents than in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada in a Tram
EVERY TIME John O'Connell enters a tram, he finds himself looking at a poster advertising Canadian-Pacific Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Remanded On Motor Cycle Charges
Two soldiers from Ingleburn appeared in Newcastle Court this morning charged with having unlawfully used a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclist's Second Road Victory
Bill Kemp scored his second successive road victory on Saturday when he won the Newcastle Amateur Cycling Club's senior six-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Hurt In Road Accidents
Two children were struck by vehicles while crossing streets in the suburbs yesterday. They were both taken to the Mater Misericordiae…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane Trams May Stop Again
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Brisbane may have another 24-hour tram stoppage to-morrow. Tramways' Union men have said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycling Activities
Lake Macquarie District Club's postponed championship scramble and challenge match between the Army team and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Penalty Rates at Week-ends Cause Protests
Newcastle merchants are protesting vigorously against the double demurrage penalty rates imposed early in January by the N.S.W. Railways on goods left in railway trucks during week-ends…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tender for Hinton Bridge
The Shire Clerk of the Lower Hunter Shire (Mr. C. H. Hodson) was advised yesterday by the Main Roads Department that the tender…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Removal of Lambton Bridge Sought
Greater Newcastle Works Committee decided last night to make representations to the Department of Road Transport and the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Less For Roads On Revised Estimates
Because Greater Newcastle has struck a rate of 8d in the £ instead of the 8½d recommended by the Town Clerk (Mr. Miller) there will he a general reduction in expenditure compared with Mr. Miller's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan for Traffic Bridge at Civic
A proposal to eliminate the railway level crossing at Merewether-street near the Civic Station with an overhead roadway spanning Hunter-street, was discussed by Greater Newcastle Works Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Organised Road Maintenance Scheme Urged
Instead of grading roads in response to complaints and requests from aldermen, Greater Newcastle Council should organise its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Ban Engine Smoke In City Area
Railway officials in Newcastle have instructed crews of engines drawing trains in and out of the city to prevent, as far as possible,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram, Bus Stop-work Details Awaited
SYDNEY: The N.S.W. branch of the Trams and Bus Employees' Union is awaiting details of a recommendation by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Earlier Bus To Leave Cross Roads
From next Monday, the 7.27 am. bus from Cross Roads would leave at 7.20 a.m. on Mondays to Fridays for a trial period, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Downpour Disrupts Train, Plane Services a
Torrential rain along the coast today closed most airports, seriously delayed train services and upset shipping schedules. Flooding occurred at Wyong, and water 4ft, deep surged through the township of Albion Park after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All-Europe Road Network Plans Approved
GENEVA, March 10. A.A.P.— Plans for an all-Europan highway network have been agreed on by representatives of Britain and 13…
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