Council Seeks Immediate Construction Of Aerodrome
The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1
The Municipal Council has contacted the State Member, Mr. R. G. Hamilton, with the request that he do all in his power to secure State Government approval to the establishment of an aerodrome at Narrabri. the…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4
A total of £463 is proposed to be expended on the Main and Trunk Roads in the Municipality during the next year…
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North West Champion · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1
Aldermen at Tuesday night's meeting of the Moree Municipal Council agreed to co-operate with Narrabri in representations to…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1
With Newcastle-Sydney run soon, tp get air-conditioned and streamlined trains, it is no wonder the north-western residents are…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6
The Department of Main Roads is to be asked to paint the standard yellow traffic guide-line on the Trunk Road, Main Road and State Highway…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1
Three thousand feet or more up on the Nandewar slopes, almost in the shadow of Kaputar, two people for the past eight years…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 6
A limited experiment for control of meat ants with benzene hexachloride was recently undertaken in the southwest Riverina, reports the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Railways May Stop Running BRISBANE
The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1
Train services throughout Queensland would cease at mid-night on Saturday, said the Commissioner for Railways (Mr…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 6
The Namoi Regional Development Committee has decided to request Shire Councils of Uralla, Barraba, Mandowa and Namoi to supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Extensions to London's Underground Railway
The North Western Courier · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1
Final preparations to two now extensions of London's underground railways system have now been brought into use. The tunnel was constructed between 1937 and 1939 and the work involved solving the problem of passing under the River Roding…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 9
Reporting to the February meeting of Namoi Shire Council, the Engineer, Mr. D. H. Sky, said:— General.—With the cessation of…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 9
The Department of Main Roads has so many bridge construction works ahead that it will be five years before a new bridge will be…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1
Namoi Shire Council will spend £7000 on the Minor Roads within the area this year. Estimates submitted by the Engineer…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1
Discussing the proposed Narrabri - Barraba - Armidale road, Namoi Shire. Councillors were emphatic that development of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Crowds on Ghandi's Funeral Train. New Delhi, Wednesday (AAP)
North West Champion · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1
Huge crowds of Indians overran Mahatma Ghandhi's funeral train at every stop on its 26 hour 400 miles journey to the confluence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Restoration Of Daily Train Services To North-West Sought Local Governing Bodies To Agitate For Alleviation
North West Champion · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1
Two of Moree and District's Local Governing bodies — Moree Municipal Council and Boomi Shire Council — have resolved to protest to the Commissioner for Railways in an effort to have Moree's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family in Tragic Motor Crash. Melbourne
North West Champion · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1
Twenty-two year old Ronald Drake was killed, his father critically injured, and his mother and sister seriously injured when a truck Drake was…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 8
The old aerodrome was unsafe for an aircraft such as a twin-engined Anson which had used it recently, said Mr. M. P. Hulbert in a letter to…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2
Namoi Shire Council has reversed their decision not to proceed with a tar-surfaced programme for the Narrabri-Gunnedah road, and now proposes preliminary work to proceed with this year, a special increase in…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1
A protest meeting, to bring before the Minister for Transport in the most forcible manner possible the dissatisfaction of North-west residents at the inadequate train service and the disgusting and disgraceful conditions…
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