Road Endowment
City politicians never grow tired of complaining that North Coast shires are treated too liberally in the matter of road subsidies and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
3,809 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 191
Main Roads Casino-bonalbo Proposal
SYDNEY, Friday.—In reply to a proposal submitted to the department on behalf of the Casino Chamber of Commerce by Messrs. George Nesbitt and W. T. Missingham,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Making Lessons From Queensland
In the January number of "The Commonwealth Engineer," Mr. J .R. Kemp, M.I.E., Aust., the chairman of the Queensland Main Roads Board, has an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shreds and Patches Bantam Holds Up Train
A tiny bantam cock held up a train for several minutes at Guiseley, Yorkshire, recently. After strutting up and down the platform,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Tweed Daily' Forum Shire Roads and Finances. Mr. F. W. Stuart Has Another Say
Mr. F. W. Stuart writes: The Tweed Shire President (Cr. R. T. Gillies) has made a feeble attempt to reply to my letter of last Tuesday's issue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The House Cow. Mr. Chaffey Refuses to Permit Stock to Run on the Roads and Streets
The members for Byron are in receipt of letters from Chaffey (Minister for Agriculture) concerning their representations on behalf ' of the…
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At the Mullumbimby P.P.U meeting on Wednesday Mr. J. D. Condon referred to the increased taxation on motor ears. Private owners had to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What the Motorist Pays. Heavily Taxed Class
Permit me to draw the attention of your reader to some of the taxes paid by owners of motor cars, trucks, etc.. in New South Wales for the year…
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Melbourne, holds man records for crime Even motor, thieves are more numerous perhaps,, in that city than in any other in the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways. Burringbar Branch P.P.U Wants Raised Platforms at Small Stations. Also Watering Troughs for Pigs at Crabbe's Creek
At the meeting of the Burringbar branch of the P.P.U. it was stated that passengers were put to inconvenience and even danger in boarding and…
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Grafton was reached on Monday by a venturesome motor cyclist, A. W. Grady, of Perth, who is engaged in an undertaking to travel round Australia…
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Mr. C. A. Hodgson, the new railway Metropolitan Area Commissioner, giving evidence before the Public Works Committee in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Mishan
Sydney, Friday.--A locomotive crashed through the buffer stops at Bankstown last night and left the rails. Fortunately the engine did…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—A locomotive crashed through the buffer stops at Bankstown last night and left the rails. Fortunately the engine did not overtura, and the enginedriver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stolen Cars Camouflaged As Motor Lorries Detectives' Suspicions
MELBOURNE, Friday.—For months the detectives specially detailed to investigate the hundreds of motor robberies in the city have held the belief that a great number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Who Pays Taxation of Country Burden Railway Freights on Goods Advantages of City Residents (Contributed.)
A country's railways are supposed to be arteries through which the blood of successful commerce flows. What is supposed to be and what is, are two vitally different…
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At the annual meeting of the Bangalow Primary Producers' Union on Thursday last the matter of the increase in the motor tax was discussed. It was decided to protest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Institute Valuable Educational Work Meeting of Lismore Branch
The annual meeting of the Lismore branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute was held on Wednesday when there was a good attendance of members. Mr. McLeod, of the…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Dr. J. Bradfield, who went, to London to finalise matters in connection with the North Shore bridge contract, returned to Sydney to-day. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino-Bonalbo Road
Recently the Casino Chamber of Commerce urged that the road from Casino to Bonalbo via Doubtful Creek be pro-claimed a Main Road. Representations…
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