Heavy Damage To Roads
The Copmanhurst Shire Engineer, Mr. C. L. White, said late last night on his return from an inspection…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Mails Forwarded By Ballast Train
Mr. W. E. Hodder, District Superintendent of Railways, South Grafton, said yesterday that 150 bags of…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--A railway signalman said in the Coroner's Court to-day two signals on the lllawarra Line near Sydenham had been faulty before the fatal…
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A report by the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. J. Allison) in re gard to the proposed Friday Creek Road was tabled at last…
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Last Saturday's disastrous flood caused heavy damage to roads and bridges on the Dorrigo Plateau. Evidence of the destructive force of the flood waters is apparent along all roads in the district, where…
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COUTTS' CROSSING, Fri. --Floodwaters which swirled around the Coutts' Crossing bridge scoured out a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The Government did not expect local councils to pay the full cost of restoring flood damaged roads, the Minister for Public Works (Mr…
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Traffic may be restored within 10 days over the damaged Casino bridge, portion of which was washed away by the Richmond River floodwaters lost Sunday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A Peakhurst train guard had asked a driver named Harding to take control of the disabled Banks-town train after the Sydenham rail smash,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.-Railway systems on the Far North Coast would be out of service for more than a month. This was announced to-day by the Railways Commissioner,…
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MACLEAN.--The road between Broome's Head and Sandon River is impassable. The fishing fleet at the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Ronald Vincent Holl had admitted shooting Olaf Perkman in the Narrandera-Sydney train on Saturday, February 20, the Police…
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WE are proud as a rule whenever we see Australia's name head the list in world affairs. However, when we recently read in a news report that…
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ARMIDALE, Saturday.--A cardinal principle of Federation, universal free trade between the States, had been thwarted by the existence of State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enginemen Call Railway Strike
BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen to-day called a Statewide railways strike for to-morrow in support of a…
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WOOLGOOLGA. -- Woolgoolga Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting was held at Avery's Rooms…
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ILUKA, Tues.--At a public meeting at Iluka it was decided to press for a road to be constructed from…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Flood damage to roads and bridges on the North Coast would total more than £1,000,000, the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Renshaw) said to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several parcels labelled "urgent," and addressed to the Queen's secretary, were…
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Mr. Ron Doust of S. Doust and Son who road-tested the Standard "8" while in Sydney the other week has these observations to make in regard to this new model…
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