Our Open Column Sick of Promises for Tumut—canberra Road (To the Editor)
SIR,—In your issue of 20th May it was interesting to note two matters of major importance to Tumut district, one under the other. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Railway Staff News
Mr. W. E. Cotton, timekeeper programme works, has received notice of his promotion to extra ganger at Griffith, to take effect from 23rd…
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The president of the National. Mr. C. R. Davidson, said on Thursday that petrol rationing could be abohshed in…
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BERLIN, Tuesday—Two strikers were killed in renewed fighting in Berlin last night when Communist railway police fired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Motor Cycle Club Notes
THE Wagga Motor Cycle Club held another meeting at the Red Cross Hut last Friday night. Urgent matters in…
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LEETON. Monday: Harry Transton, 50, laborer, of Amesbury, via Leeton, was today charged with driving a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors and Motoring Notes International Motor Show In Melb. Revealed Advances By Industry
In more ways than one, Melbourne's International Motor Show, organised by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industry, was an outstanding and signal success. It attracted unprecedented crowds, of which probably 50 per cent were not motorists, but hoped they would be one day. Never before have stands displayed such a galaxy of high-priced vehicles, not only in Australia, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leeton District Motor Cycle Club Formed
Last Sunday the Leeton District Motor Cycle Club was formed at a meeting of motor cyclists, in the Shire Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Went to Sleep on Railway Line Man Killed by Train at Cowra
A man who went to sleep at the edge of a railway line in Cowra was killed instantly. The man was John Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junee Council Meeting Junee-nangus-gundagai Road May Be Reclassed As Main Road
The Department of Main Roads advised the Junee Municipal Council at its meeting last night that it proposed to recommend the reclassification of the Gundagai-Junee Road, via Nangus and Eurongilly, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New British Railway Truck Mover
A new British-made and designed truck mover for operation in railway marshalling yards and sidings was put into service recently by British Railways at the Hockley Goods Station, Birmingham. This truck mover can be handled by one semi-skilled operator, takes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rural Hospitals, Roads and Telephones
Better roads, improved hospital facilities and mere telephones in rural districts, and smaller charges for connecting such…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coota. Council Has Hopes for Highway Coolac-Stockinbingal Trunk Road Rejected
After the Cootamundra Town Council had been informed this week that the Cowra-Cootamundra Albury highway was still “under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The High Cost of Motoring
Not until the dollar position necessitated the adoption of the English car by Australians did we realise fully the difference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Settlement Offer in Berlin Railway Strike
BERLIN, Wednesday: The Russian controlled German railway management today proposed a settlement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Troubles in Berlin Train 24 Hours Late
LONDON, Friday.—Nearly 100 bad tempered Britons and Americans, exasperated after a night-long shunting around the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Train to Griffith
Narrandera will travel to Griffith by special train departing Narrandera at 12 noon, Leeton 12.45 arriving Griffith 2.13 and departing from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Went to Sleep on Railway Line Killed Instantly When Hit by Train
A man who went to sleep at the edge of a railway line in Cowra, was killed instantly on Friday last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Main Road Whitton to Darlington Point
The Department of Main Roads has advised Leeton Shire Council that us a result of its representations it has decided to recommend that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut- Gundagai Road Representations For Bitumen- Surfacing' With Federal Grant By Mr. A. N. Fuller, M.H.R.
In the Hons of Representatives on Wednesday Mr. Fuller asked the Minister for Works and Housing the following question:…
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