Letters To the Editor. Road Programme
WITH reference to the cost of road programme by Newcastle City Council ("N.M.H.," 11/2/53) it…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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21 Killed In Italian Train Smash
ROME, Feb. 15. A.A.P.— Twenty-one people were killed and 71 injured when the Bari-Naples express ran off the…
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Railway easily maintained its lead in the A grade mixed teams tennis competition by beating Brinks…
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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—Radio sets in table lamps, silk curtains and carpets will be features of the new…
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GOSFORD, Monday.— More motorists paid to travel over Peate's Bridge on the Hawkesbury River than on…
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SIR HERBERT OLNEYS criticism of Australian roads ("N.M.H.," 11/2/'53) applies not only to long…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 16. A.A.P.—Philadelphia's latest underground railway section opened yesterday. It took 35…
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Not one alderman of Newcastle Council is completely satisfied with the whole of this year's council road works programme, according to Alderman Breen…
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A greater allocation of the petrol tax to the Main Roads Department will be sought by Newcastle City Council…
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The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) was advised yesterday that £24,000 would be made available from…
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In Newcastle Court today four transport drivers, charged with competing against the railways, were…
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Harry Chadwick, master carrier, of Skelton St., Hamilton, succeeded in a claim for damages heard by…
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LONDON: The Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by the Duchess and Prince Richard, rescued two…
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CHICAGO, Feb. 19. A.A.P. —Miss Anna Cox, 74, who prefers sleeping in tramcars to beds, left hospital to-day…
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WOLLONGONG: Detective M. Fletcher today stated that a pram in which a baby was fatally injured was wedged between a motor car and a panel van when he arrived…
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A council gang worked through the rain this week to complete reconstruction of a section of roadway at the Nine…
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Sappers W. Hutchinson, K. O'Neill and K. Sneddon dismantle a Balley bridge in exercise at the bivouac held by 14 Field Squadron at Waratah at the week-end…
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Two women were killed on New South Wales roads at the week-end. Mrs. Annie Carmichael, 68,…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— More than 800 Italian migrants leaving Spencer-street railway station last night for fruit…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.— After falling almost 60 feet from Merri railway bridge, Northcote, and landing on…
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