The Main Roads
The new Act with all its huge powers is not going to be any real help in main road construction. That problem still has to be faced, and this State remains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1920
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Road Powers
The damage done to bridges and culverts by heavy loads has for years been a source of dispute. Under the present Act the council can control and regulate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Scouts Visit Tweed a Journey of 82 Miles by Road
A party of Scouts from Clayfield Troop, Brisbane, in charge of Patrol Leader V. L. Gole, arrived in Murwillumbah at noon yesterday, having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle Railway Returns
Mr. G. Mitchell, stationmaster, furnishes the following returns of revenue at Kyogle for the month of December, 1919: 70 passengers travelled for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railwaymen. Government's Terms Rejected. LONDON
The railway conference rejected the wages offer, and referred it back to the Executive for further negotiations with the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Labor. British Railway Men. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Sunday.—At the railway men's conference it was decided to reject, the Government's offer instructing the executive to resume negotiations. It is understood the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling. World's Record
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—At the Auckland motor cycle sports Coleman broke the world's record on the grass by covering 15 miles 150 yards in 13 minutes dead. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunday Mai Train
The Sunday mail train, which was discontinued during the influenza epidemic, was restored during the recent Xmas holidays, and though it is still in operation, there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Run Over by a Train. Sydney
A boy named James Randall was run over by a train and killed at Sydenham station this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Family Quarrel. a High Road Hold-Up. WELLINGTON, N.Z..
A man with a shotgun held up three persons, including his brother-in-law, in the high road near Wellington, New Zealand. A passing motorist returned with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nuptial Night Spent in Motor
To get married in the morning and spend the night, with six other passengers, in a bogged automobile amidst a sea of flood water, is not an enviable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Development League. Ballina-Booyong Railway
A meeting of members of the Ballina branch of the North Coast Development League was held on Monday night. The Mayor (Ald. Russell) said that since the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Roads Association
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— An extensive movement has been launched to form an organisation called the National Roads Association of Australia. The objects embrace a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Byangum Bridge
Mr. Gerald Parker, who is a candidate for "B" Riding in the forthcoming election, writes to deny the statements that have been made to the effect that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railwaymen. Conciliatory Spirit Evidenced. LONDON
There appears to be a conciliatory spirit on both sides, the railway delegates expressing readiness to meet the Government a considerable way if the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Labor. Conference with Railwaymen. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Tuesday.—Sir Eric Geddes and Sir Robt. Horne had an interview with the railways men lasting for half an hour. Subsequently the Ministry of Transport issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retired Railway Officer's Death
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The death occurred this morning at the age of 72 of Mr. Frederick Nield, a retired officer of the railway department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress in Travel. Cycles, Railways, and Cars
When the first bicycle made its first appearance. It was known as the "hobbyhorse." The horseman sat astride his uneasy steed and propelled himself by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dyraaba Roads
At Monday's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council a communication was read from the Local Land Board, stating that tenders had been accepted and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Roads Association
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Local Government said the Government would welcome and encourage the operations of such a body as the National Roads…
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