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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

3,190 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 160

Motor Gar Thefts Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

During last year 2626 motor vehicles were reported stolen in various parts of N.S.W., chiefly in the metropolis. This represents a daily average of…

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Veteran Railway Worker

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 9

What is probably a record in length of time in railway construction work has been made by a worker on the section of lime between Kyogle and…

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Main Roads Board

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Reviewing the work of the Main Roads Board Mr. Bruxner said its policy was to construct a network of highways throughout the State that…

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Main Roads. Highway Contract

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

In carrying out construction of the new road to Canberra along the shores of Lake George between Goulburn and the Federal Capital, the…

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Trams Collide Eight Persons Injured Sydney Smash

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Eight persons were injured when a tram car, driven by J. Barker, crashed into a stationary tram at a junction near the White…

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Employment Applications. Railways Inundated

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Sydney Tuesday.--During last year nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the railway department. During the same…

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Motoring Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Presence of mind saved a catastrophe in a car mishap on Burringbar Range on Friday afternoon. To have seven children, his wife, and another…

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Brisbane-kyogle Railway

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Shortly after he assumed office as Minister of Markets and Transport in the Federal Cabinet Mr. Parker Moloney definitely laid it down that…

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Motor Car Fatalities Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

According to police returns the number of persons killed in motor accidents in the metropolitan area during the past twelve months was 237…

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Casino Inquest Railway Ganger's Death Inquiry Adjourned

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 10

Mr. Elsmer Jones, J.P., coroner, at Casino held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Edward Rooney, a…

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Woodenbong Road Bridge

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

A commencement has been made by the contractors, Messrs. Hornibrook Ltd., of Brisbane, with the construction of the bridge over the Maryland…

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Lismore Aerodrome

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 8

Mr. H. G. Murray, engineer to the Lismore council, stated yesterday that it would take about five weeks to Spend on the aerodrome the money…

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Unemployment Relief. Work on Roads

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. R. F. H. Green, M.H.R., is in receipt of the following communication from the secretary to the Minster for Works regarding the monies made…

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Hunting Trip. Thrills for Prince. Aeroplane Flights Over Jungle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

A new thrill awaits his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales when he resumes his hunting trip in Africa, which was interrupted owing to the…

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Train Services Suspended Serious Floods in Queensland

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- As the result of further heavy rains, the train service between Townsville and Cairns is suspended, water…

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Queensland Main Roads Laying Down a Mile a Day

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

It is difficult to get an emotional reaction from a multiplication table, and therefore the mass of figures embodied in the annual report of the Queensland…

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Tintenbar Shire Council Meeting Road Work and Estimates

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 7

The president (Cr. D. A. Robins) occupied the chair at the regular meeting of Tintenbar Shire Council at Alstonville on Monday, last, and there…

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Girl's Honesty Saves Sydney Firm £180 Money Left in Train

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The honesty of a 16 years-old girl saved a city firm £180 which it had given up as lost. The manager of Travesi Jones…

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Venice and Mainland To be Linked by Bridge Providing Long-felt Want

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 4

Venice, the city of splendid isolation, soon will be joined to the mainland by a wide road on which tramcars and motor car traffic will be…

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Allen Jay Injured Collided With Motor Car Condition Serious

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 2

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Allen Jay, son of Mr. W. G. Jay, storekeeper, of Grafton, was riding a motor cycle along Port Macquarie Road, nine miles…

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