Railway Staff Changes
Mr. A. Meiklehave, fireman, of Junee, has been transferred to Newcastle. Mr. R. Phair, of Junee, retires from the service…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
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School in Railway Carriage
To meet the needs of the children of fettles at Darnick, the Education Department has arranged with the Railways Department to convert a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Willimbong Shire Council Fire Captain's Dismissal Flooding of Roads Mis Use of Hydrant Leeton
The monthly meeting of Willimbong Shire Council was held last night, those present being C[?]. R. A. Struck (shire president), J. S. Dooley (deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Preventing Recurrence of Main Road Flooding
During the Christmas holidays children, it is believed, damaged a pipe which was conveying water to the kurrajongs planted to replace the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
There were fewer fatal road accidents in New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas-New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Low Level in Road Accidents (Issued by Die Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
There were fewer fatal road accidents In New South Wales during the month of December than there were for the Christmas and New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cutting Water off Farms to Prevent Road Flooding "Too Drastic" Council Can Control By Court Action Commission Powers Under Irrigation Act
REJECTED as a method much too severe was a suggestion that flooding and consequent damage of roads within the Willimbong Shire could be prevented by the Irrigation Commission cutting off the supply of water to an offending farmer, when the proposal came before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COAL Railways Huge Consumption
The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent. of this amount is spent locally on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Further Big Railway Works Narandera Expected to Benefit
So as to save shipping space and use the coastal boats for other purposes, the Defence Department has submitted proposals for utilising the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists to Face New Tests Questions on Traffic Laws
Applicants for a motor driver's or rider's licence will be required, in future, to answer 12 questions on motor traffic law before being granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Duplication Works
The position is that these works are to be completed at the earliest possible date. The resident engineer and the nucleus of an office staff are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Killed Eleven Injured Railway Tunnel Falls In Rescuers Work for 10 Hours Sydney
Three men were crushed to death and 11 others narrowly escaped a similar fate last night when a railway tunnel in the course of construction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Consumption of Petrol Sales Show 33 l-3rd Per Cent. Reduction
The suggestion that the petrol rationing plan was not bringing about the desired one-third reduction in Australia's consumption of petrol gives rise to the query as to what promises such a statement is based on. According to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Desires Free Rail, Tram, Passes for Forces
LOCAL Councillors are fully in accord with the movement to secure free rail and tram passes to members of the fighting forces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Trucking Yards Better Facilities Required at Wagga Selling Agents' Representations Sympathetic Hearing by Railway Officers
Representatives of the Wagga Saleyards Selling Agents' Association, Wagga Municipal Council, and the Wagga Chamber of Commerce yesterday met Mr. W. B. Palmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Coming Here!
The Royal Australian Air Force Recruiting Train will arrive in Cootamundra on Thursday, March 20. Its call here is part of a State-wide drive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents in Britain London, Saturday. (B.O.W.)
Deaths resulting from road accidents during December total 1313, of which 873 occurred during the hours of darkness. While the total figure of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Changes
The following railway changes have been notified: R. Davidson, outdoor assistant district superintendent, Junee, to Grafton South; J. J. O'Neill,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways in Flood Time How the Safety of the Track is Ensured
The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience, while greatly benefiting the man on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Tunnel Falls in
Whilst at work, three men were crushed to death and 11 others narrowly escaped a similar fate when a railway tunnel in the course of…
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