Road Lists 'Waste Of Time'
Lists of road works for priority submitted by aldermen were just a waste of time. Ald. Ball said at a Newcastle…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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F.B.B. Probing Train Smash
WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Senator Charles Storey (Republican, New Hampshire) said today…
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One hundred and five people were killed in road accidents in the North-Eastern Police Division last year. This…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— An electrician was to-day committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter follow…
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A motorist, Robert Hood, of Coogee, who used insulting words to a constable when told not to…
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John Leslie Boardman, 17, of Boikon St., Blacksmiths, was fatally injured when his motorcycle and a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man had his right arm severed when he fell under a train at Parramatta station to-night…
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The Newcastle Council is likely to spend more than £250,000 this year on its programme to improve roads throughout the district. The Lord Mayor (Ald…
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GRAFTON, Friday.—A railway employee was killed to-day when a rail motor tricycle was run down by the…
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Newcastle City Council was expected to spend about £250,000 on its road programme this year, the Lord…
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Three persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. The number of injured was higher than usual…
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SYDNEY.—Three persons have died and 16 were injured in road accidents over the holiday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Every available police vehicle would be used in a campaign against road offenders to-morrow, the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Mrs. Elizabeth May Nichols, 80, of Northcote, had a leg amputated after she was struck…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.—Six car crash victims in the Gosford district at the week-end had to be taken to hospitals…
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SYDNEY.—Sir Reginald Rootes, head of one of Britain's biggest car manufacturing firms, the Rootes…
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SEOUL, Jan. 26. A.A.P.— Allied fighter-bombers blasted the vital Pyongyang-Kaesong "truce road" to-day…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 A.A.P.—Australia's Ambassador to the United States (Sir Perty Spender) made a special…
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BRISBANE.—Seven marooned motorists in three vehicles were rescued just before dark last night from…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday—Leslie Freese, 32, married, was swept from Burdekin railway bridge early this afternoon while…
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