Shire To Invest £3000 In Aggregate Must Have Plentiful Supply of Material on Hand for Bitumen Work on Roads, States Cr. H. P. CARBERRY Better Than Having Money in the Bank Adds President Glasscock
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1
THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE HAS, ON THE SUGGESTION OF COUNCILLOR H. P. CARBERRY, DECIDED TO INVEST £3,000 IN HALF-INCH AGGREGATE FOR FUTURE USE IN BITUMEN SEALING ROADS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Collision on Parkes-Broken Hill Line
Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2
BROKEN HILL, Thursday: Rail traffic between Parkes and Broken Hill was interrupted to-day when a passenger train and…
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Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2
Guard G. Tulloch resumed duty on Wednesday last after several weeks' sick leave. Mr. Roy McCarthy transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Truck Crashes Into Tree Fatal Accident Near Narrandera
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 6
Between 9 and 10 p.m. on Saturday last a fatal accident occurred along the Wagga road about two and a half miles from Narrandera in which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employee Gets Unique Honor. Presentation Made by Junee Superintendent
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8
At the Tumbarumba railway station the District Superintendent, Mr J. J. O'Neill, of Junee, presented Mr. E. A. Tobin with a cheque…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Burning Off Damage at Ardlethan
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2
Cr. Aitken at last Tuesdayâs shire council meeting said that railway fettlers, burning off grass on railway lands, has allowed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Escape When Train Hits Semi-trailer
Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2
ALBUR, Sunday: Three men had a miraculous escape from death yesterday when the semitrailer transport in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Tramps of the Air
Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 3
The world of aviation is divided broadly into two spheres. There are the scheduled air lines whose regular services; both…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Trucks Collide on Yanco Road
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3
A collision occurred on Saturday night on the Lecton-Yanco road about 11.30 p.m., between a truck returning to Corbie Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leeton Man Dies After Road Accident
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2
LEETON, Monday: Peter Scott Oram, aged 52, of Leeton, died in the Leeton District Hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Incident on the Road to Besancon
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1
PARIS, Monday: A motorist on the road to Besancon [?]n over a man sound asleep in the middle of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Holding and Economy Features of New Peugeot
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4
One of the most interesting of the new European cars to come to Wagga is the Peugeot model 203, a French vehicle whose ancestry goes right back to the very early days of motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road To Barellan Bumps Ambulance About Letter to Shire Council
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1
Members of the Leeton Ambulance Committee at their meeting on Thursday last decided to forward a letter to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors and Motoring Notes Causes of Carburetter Flooding; How Trouble is Cured
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4
Not only does a flooding carburetter create a danger of serious risk of fire, but you will not want to waste petrol now that it is scarce again. Flooding upsets the mixture to a certain extent, making it too rich and causing overheating and carbon deposit, with chances of misfiring due to sooted plugs…
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Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2
The above is the advice to motorists, in Cootamundra and elsewhere. Here the rules or the road are more honored in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Biggest Week Shifting Wheat Out of Riverina
Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1
The Railway Department shifted 29,312 bags of wheat out of the unee railway district, which is "he Riverina during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driver Escapes in Truck Accident Utility Hit Post at Railway Crossing
Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1
Mr. Ron O'Shannessy was fortunate to escape from an accident on Monday afternoon last when his utility truck struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist's Lucky Escape From Death Electric Wires Fall On to Roadway
Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2
When the cross members of an electricity pole carrying current from Burrunjuck snapped, the cables were let down to within a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Junee Railway Ex-servicemen's Assn
Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2
The following officers were elected: Patron, E. P. Logon; president, C. Smith; vice-presidents, E. Bridle, E. Dawson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumbarumba Railway Station Big Increase in Revenue for 1949
Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1
Figures supplied by the local station master (Mr. R. W. Drennan) show, that business is increasing yearly at…
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