British Car Wins Classic Road Race
The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1
A British built Healey car, constructed in the back streets of Warwich, England, recently defeated at Italy ever 50 of the world's fastest sports cars. It was the first time in history of this world-famous event that a British car won an outright victory. The car is seen crossing the…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1
A careful check of all railway lines in N.S.W. is expected to be ordered immediately as the result of the derailment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Tax for Roads
The North Western Courier · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 7
The Municipal Council decided to take no action in regard to a suggestion by the Local Government Association that they distribute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Mechanics' Responsibility
The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 9
The N.R.M.A. has made an appeal to motor mechanics for greater care in attending to the safety equipment of motor vehicles, particularly when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Britain Wins Swiss Motor Cycle Grand Prix
The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1
An incident during the 500 c.c. event of the Swiss motor cycle grand prix, held at Geneva recently, when Harold Daniell, of Great Britain, won the event, riding a British Norton machine. (U.K. Information Office)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Found Beside Wrecked Car Gosford
The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1
Attracted by the cries of an injured man, a motorist on the Pacific Highway, near Gosford, stopped his car and found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. T. Tramby
North West Champion · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1
Mr. Thomas Tramby, of Gurley, passed away in the Moree District Hospital yesterday morning at the age of 82 years. His funeral left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome 'Improvements
The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1
Specifications of work necessary on the two aerodromes were before the Municipal Council on Tuesday. Requirements for the Little Mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Holds Up Road Progress
The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 6
Extremely wet conditions in recent weeks resulted in delays of up to a month in construction and programme works, Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OBITUARY. Mr. T. Tramby
North West Champion · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 8
Last Sunday morning, 82 years old Thomas Tramby, of Gorley, passed away in the Moree District Hospital after an illness of some months…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge Repairs Soon
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 1
A Departmental Engineer has advised repairs and re-decking of the Narrabri Creek and Namoi River bridges will commence in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Wisdom
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 1
Realising that if everyone waits for the other fellow to do something about it nothing is ever accomplished Narrabri's Methodist Minister, Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Grant Refused
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 2
The municipal council's application for a grant from the petrol tax under the Commonwealth Ald (Roads) Act. has been refused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Tenders For Road Work
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 2
No tenders have been received by Namoi Shire Council for the £3000 works programme for the Maules Creek Developmental Road. Council decided to endeavour to secure the use of private plant with which several…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 3
A Boggabri resident, Mr. Willis, has offered to carry out construction work for an aerodrome at Boggabri free of cost to Council…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 9
Possibility of raising the low-level bridge at Cudgewaa is to be investigated by the Namoi Shire. Cr. Boyle last Tuesday asked if an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harparary Bridge Estimate High
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 6
There has been no official estimate for the proposed new bridge over the Namoi river at Harparary, but the figure of £30,000 has been mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road to Rifle Range
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 10
Both the Narrabri Municipal and Namoi Shire Councils, in response to a request from the Narrabri Rifle Club for a road to be constructed to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Edgeroi Settlers Seek Road Improvement
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2
The Edgeroi Settlers' Association has asked Namoi Shire Council to attend to several roads giving access to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaches of Motor Traffic Act
North West Champion · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 10
At the Moree Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, before Mr. J. Fleeman, S.M., Richard John Hadden was charged with having- driven a motor…
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