The Tarago Road
The Deputy-President of Tallaganda Shire, Cr. R. T. Hassall, was successful last week in gaining an interview with Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Emergency Road Transport. Case for Cut in Petrol Tax
Commenting on the proposal that the Commonwealth Government should subsidise road transport to carry freight the railways could not handle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Braidwood Aerodrome Three Runways Are Now Required
A letter was read at last Shire Council meeting from the Superintendent, Department of Civil Aviation, forwarding details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jewish Terrorism Oil Train Wrecked JERUSALEM, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Terrorism again flared up in Palestine when saboteurs derailed an oil train from Haifa, 20 miles south of Haiwa. A mine placed on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Transport and Petrol Tax Mr. Pat Osborne Concerned
Commenting on the proposal that the Commonwealth Government should subsidise road transport to carry freight the railways could not hau…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Careless Road Users Are Warned
More than 90 per cent, of road accidents were caused by reckless, careless, and discourteous behaviour of road users, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jembaicumbene Road P.p. Board Will Insist Upon Rabbit-proof Fence
The above matter came up for discussion again at last meeting of the Braidwood P.P. Board, when the Land Board Office wrote asking if the Board…
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Four persons were reported killed and between 50 and 75 injured, when a locomotive and the first five cars of the Union Pacific passenger train,…
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Easing of petrol rationing and the return of holiday motor touring have brought, the motor caravan back into popularity, and many new vehicles are…
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The State Government will gazette within a few days the regulation giving ambulances, hurrying to patients, right of way on roads. This…
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The N.R.M.A. reports that the number of cases coming before it of motorists exceeding the 30 m.p.h. limit in built-up areas is increasing, despite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
Tallaganda Shire's newly-appointed engineer, Mr. Forde Leathley, reported at last meeting of the Council:— A schedule of proposed variations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grasshoppers and Motoring
The N.R.M.A. reports that grasshoppers are already affecting the use of motor vehicles in the Moree district by clogging radiators and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Improved Railway Services
The Premier. Mr. McKell, to-day announced that the Government proposed to pattern N.S.W. railway services on the best features of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Cost of Motoring
Plans for fighting the high cost of motoring will be formulated at the annual conference of the Australian Automobile Association, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Cost of Motoring
Plans for fighting the high cost of motoring will be formulated at the annual conference of the Australian Automobile Association, which will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Railway Quiz”
The Department of Railways has issued a 56 page illustrated booklet entitled “Railway Quiz” which sets [?] in non-technical language, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Road Accidents
The Eight Hour holiday week-end road accident toll—eight killed and more than 30 injured—is described by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. as…
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