Appeal for Courtesy on Roads
An urgent appeal to road users to display more courtesy was made last week by the deputy chief of the N.S.W. Police Traffic Branch (Supt…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Motor Scythe For Grass On Paths "Fix Roads First," Says Councillor
WHEN the shire engineer, Mr. A. H. Buckham, suggested at the Council meeting last week that a motor scythe be purchased at a…
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At Monday's Council meeting at Lockhart, Cr. E. A. Goode pressed for an investigation involving the greater use of bitumen surfacing on…
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LOCKHART, Monday: At to-day's shire council meeting, at which Cr. Walter Day presided, the engineer (Mr. Page)…
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THERE were exclamations of surprise and wonder at the Council table on Thursday night when the shire clerk…
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AT the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night, Cr. J. Washington said that complaints had been made to him by…
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WITH a view to banishing confusion in the postal deliveries to farms situated on unnamed roads, the shire councillors put on their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of Road Policy C.P. to Intensify Fight
"The Country Party, which was responsible for the inauguration of the Federal Aid Roads scheme in 1920, has now taken…
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At his own request, Call Boy T. D. Sommers has transferred to Narrabri West. Guard E. Hickey is at present on…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: The Victorian Railways today refused permission for 20 militiamen to attend camp. The secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors and Motoring Notes Cleverly Designed Small Car; New Morris Minor
Easily one of the most cleverly conceived small can yet to be produced is the new Morris Minor, the first example of which has just arrived in Wagga. NOT only is the little car's…
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Although Australia's motor vehicles exceed the million mark —actual registrations at that end of December, 1948,…
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CAPETOWN, Wednesday (A.A.P.): South African tramps are angry at a new bill, introduced in the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: An 18-months-old baby was killed today when he toddled on to a railway line…
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BERLIN,. Friday—Russians are building Iron and stone road blocks across several Berlin streets which link the Russian…
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Porter M. J. Sullivan, of the Junee relief staff, commenced duty at Narrandera on Tuesday last in his approved position as reducing time…
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The exceptional interest and spontaneous approval evinced by the crowds who flocked to view the local premiere of the revolutionary new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cables in Brief French Train Disaster
PARIS, Sunday: Thirty-four persons were killed and 150 injured when an express train collided with a locomotive near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driver’s Lucky Escape When Car Leaves Road Accident Near Coolac
Last Wednesday night, a car driven by Mr R. S. Sleeman of Sth Melbourne, skidded on some loose gravel on the side of the Hum…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trip to South Australia for Gundagai Garage Proprietor Selected to Inspect Motor Company’s Plant
Mr Len Adams, proprietor of the Gundagai Motor and Engineering firm of Adams Motors, has been selected by York Motors from a…
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