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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

222 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 12

Council Wants Transport Minister to Inspect Mehi Bridge

North West Champion · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

Moree Council will try to get the Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, to visit the town and personally inspect the Mehi Bridge. Council will also invite town…

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Has Road Courtesy Gone?

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 5

Wholesale condemnation of motorists for lack of courtesy and bad temper can be overdone, in the opinion of…

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Yarrie Lake Roads Improvement

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 9

A deputation from Yarrie Lake to the January meeting of the Shire Council requested that priority be…

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Bus Route Road

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

Instructions have been given by N.S.C. that the route of a proposed school bus service from West Narrabri to…

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£26,000 Main Roads Programme

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 9

Namoi Shire Council has been advised a grant of £17,862 has been made available for maintenance…

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£1100 for Harparary Road

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

An additional £1100 has been provided for construction of the Developmental Road from the Narrabri-Gunnedah…

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Large-scale Rescue of Snow Bound Train Passengers Emigrant Gap (California )

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

A fleet of motor cars today began evacuating the 222 passengers stranded irk the snow-bound City of San Francisco express in the Sierra-Nevada mountains for three days…

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222 People Stranded In Snowbound Train For Three Tractors To Rescue Of Marooned Passengers

North West Champion · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

EMIGRANT GAP (California), Thursday.—A fleet of motor cars today began evacuating 222 passengers stranded in the snowbound City of San Francisco express in the Sierra…

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Want Road Tax Modified Rural Goods Suffer

Manilla Express · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3

Rural goods suffer nshc4[?]m The NSW Government was asked to lift the road tax on motor lorries when rail trucks…

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Council Contributes to Road Safety Council

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

It was to be hoped attendance at future meetings of the Narrabri branch of the Road Safety Council would…

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Hints to Motorists

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

A solution of ammonia and water will remove acide from around the battery cradle and cable clamps, says the N.R.M…

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Correspondence. Mehi Bridge

North West Champion · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

T. Mores, writes to the Editor—Sir, How the stock in the hospital to say nothing of the nurses and…

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Corroboree On Train Ends In Court

North West Champion · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 9

Two aborigines who were drunk on the Mungindi-Moree train last Saturday were fined at…

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Historic Tram Routes Disappear

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

One of London's historic tram termini, at Victoria Station, from which during nearly 80 years millions, of…

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Complaints About Shire Roads

Manilla Express · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Before the last meeting of the Mandowa Shire Council were three letters of complaint regarding the condition of…

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Motor Hints

Manilla Express · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

To keep the cooling system clean on the early model car[?] remove the radiator core and add four ounces of caustic…

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Mehi Bridge Request

North West Champion · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 8

Moree Road Safety Council has decided to make representations through the R.S. Central Council for a new bridge across the Mehi…

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Money for Main Roads

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

The Narrabri Municipal Council has adopted a programme of Main and Trunk Roads improvement…

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New Railway Commssioner Soon SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

The State Cabinet is expected tomorrow to announce the name of the new Railways Commissioner, to…

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Rode Unregistered Motor Cycle Youth Fined

Manilla Express · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

In the Manilla C[?]curt of Petty Sess[?]ns on Wednesday the SM (Mr. Hodgson) fined Lionel Garry Coote £3 with…

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