Removing Timber from Road
Edmund Burke was charged by the Yanko Shire Council with cutting down and removing a dry box tree on a public read…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,335 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 67
Problem of Roads Discussion at Council Meeting
THE Leeton Shire Council, at its meeting last week, the problem of the roads, which are in a bad state of repair in many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed by Train at Wagga
A goods train ran over and killed a man a mile from Wagga early on Tuesday morning. He was Ronald Clive Maisey, 36, of Mitchell Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclists Not Observing Traffic Rules Road Safety Committee Suggest Prosecution
AS some cyclists are becoming "road hogs" by flagrantly breaking the traffic rules, members of the Leeton Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Service Supported Tumut—wee Jasper— Yass—canberra Road in Good Condition
At a meeting convened at Wee Jasper by the President of Goodradigbee Shire, Councillor E. C. Archer, it was decided to enlist the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harden Railway House Gutted
Fire practically destroyed a cottage situated in Whitton Lane, Harden, and owned by the Railway Department. The cottage was occupied by Misses June…
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A flying motor car—the "Airphibian"—has recently undergone test flights at Connecticut (U.S.A.). Designed and built by R. E. Fulton,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Man in Motor-cycle Test Team
Keith Guertner, the crack Wagga speedway rider, who is a member of the Australian motor-cycle Test team to visit Great Britain, will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Aid for Roads New System
CANBERRA, Thursday: A bill to provide approximately £4,500,000 a year to the States for road works and an additional £1,000,000 for building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Hunt for Man Who Was on Train
When a Bundanoon resident was farewelled at Sydney by a of friends and failed to turn up at his d es tination, Bundanoon, he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New System of Federal Aid For Road Construction
CANBERRA, Wednesday: A bill to povide approximately £4,500,000 a year to the States for road works and an additional £1,000,000 for building roads through sparsely settled areas was introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision Truck and Motor Cycle Two Cootamundra Youths Injured
At 1 p.m. today a truck collided with a motor cycle at the corner of O'Donnell and Parker streets, Cootamundra. Two youths were injured,…
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OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE to the Tumut district is the Bill introduced in the House of Representatives on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maintenance of Shire Roads With Petrol Tax
Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A. is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. O'Sullivan):--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumut Shire Roads Council Authorises £700 Expenditure on Brungle and Brungle Creek Roads Tumut Plains Section To Be Investigated
Tumut Shire Council decided at its meeting on Monday last to expend £600 on the Brungle Road and £100 on the Brungle Creek Road, as a result of a report on these sections by the Engineer, Mr. O. Dixon, in which he estimated the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Ramblings
All hands are pleased to see our S.M.. Mr. Humby, back at work, full of vigor and very much refreshed after a well-earned holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioner Here on
On his tour of the railway service, the Commissioner of Railways, Mr.Hartigan, will be at the Leeton station at noon on Tuesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wartime Damage To Roads
SYDNEY, Friday: Shires should be given help to replace roads damaged by wartime traffic, and after some investigation would have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike Halves Victorian Railway Services Sydney-Albury Line Affected
SYDNEY, Friday: Passenger and freight restrictions have been imposed on the Sydney-Albury line from Monday next, as a result of cuts of 50 per cent, in Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Assist.-Secretary Dies
SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. J. H. R. Wakefield, Assistant Secretary for Railways, died at his home in Mosman to-day at the age of 63…
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