Money for Development Roads "Only a Drop in the Ocean"
The amount of £450,000 being made available to the Department of Main Roads for construction work was probably the outcome of very strong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,335 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 67
Gundagai-Narandera Route May Be Declared Main Road
The Wagga Chamber of Commerce has agreed to support the Mitchell Shire Council in an effort to get the Commissioner for Main…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Money for Developmental Roads "Only A Drop in the Ocean"
THE amount of £450,000 being made available to the Department of Main Roads for construction work was probably the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ganmain Railway
The 3,847 passengers who journeyed tram. Ganinain by train in 194C, paid £2,410 in fares. Figures for other trade at the Ganmain rail head for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitchell Shire Seeks Money For Roads
The Mitchell Shire Council will again urge the Federal Government to divert some money raised from the petrol tax to the improvement of roads. This was decided yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bitumen Surface for Roads in Mitchell Shire
Bitumen surfacing of sections of roadway in Mitchell Shire will begin in the early part of February. Sections to be done will be four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passengers Gassed In French Train Smash: 25 Injured
LONDON. Friday: Twenty-five persons were taken to hospital, some suffering from chlorine gas poisoning, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illabo, Mitchell Shires to Confer On Main Road
The Illabo Shire Council is to confer with the Mitchell Shire Council on a proposal to have the Wagga-Gundagai road, via…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyeamba Shire Council to Buy Motor Grader; Price Reduction Sought
The Kyeamba Shire Council decided at a meeting yesterday to buy a motor grader from the Department of Works and Housing, if it can be obtained at what the council considers a fair price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tamworth Motor Cyclist Killed
SYDNEY, Friday: when riding a motor cycle to his farm at Attunga to-day Richard Walton, of Tamworth, crashed into a tree and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai-nangus Road Maybe Declared Main Road
The Gundagai Shire Council has agreed to support the Mitchell Shire Council in an effort to have the Gundagai-Narandera road, via…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work on the Shire Roads
The following report on the activities for the month of December was submitted to last week’s council meeting by the Overseer (Mr J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One-day Tram Strike Likely Next Week
SYDNEY, Sunday: A one-day strike of Sydney and Newcastle tram and busmen to-morrow week, Monday, January 20, appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Train Derailed
The Tumut train was derailed at Gundagai Station yards on Saturday last whilst en route to Tumut. The accident was caused through a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Number of Vehicles on N.s.w. Roads
Motor vehicles registered in New South Wales at the beginning of December reached the all-time record of 340,197, an increase in 12 months of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Money for Developmental Roads "Only A Drop In The Ocean"
The amount or £450,000 being made available to the Department of Main Reads for construction work was probably the outcome of very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Money for Councils to Spend on Roads? Extra 3d From Petrol Tax Suggested
"In my opinion, a further 3d a gallon should be made available by the Commonwealth Government from the petrol tax, and given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court Friday, January 10 (Before Messrs. H. G. Cobley and A. W. Molony, J's.P.) Travelling on Railways Without Ticket
James Albert Sporn (33) was charged with travelling in a carriage employed on the railways without having previously paid his fare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Car of 1948 What Will It Be Like?
Thousands of motorists whose names figure on the dealers' books will never take delivery of the car they have ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Award for Railwaymen
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Acting Chief Judge Drake-Brookman said in the Arbitration Court that he proposed to make an interim award for railway…
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