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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Still Dislocated Train Service in North

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

TULLY, Friday:—Train services in the North are still held up to-day. This morning the Herbert River was 8-feet over the rails and the Tully 6-feet…

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Excursion Train Byron Bay Popular CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

Encouraged by the prospect of ideal surfing weather. Casino and Kyogle residents took full advantage of the cheap excursion trains to Byron Bay…

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Big Road Scheme Tweed District to Benefit

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: — The Unemployment Relief Council has decided to make available £250,000 of which…

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Spending Road Money Who Knows Best? Tweed Councillors Argue

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

How to allocate the revenue from the Shire Loan Rate for the current year which, by a resolution of the…

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Pleas for Road Repairs Council Pressed. Ten Applications Presented

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

Requests from individuals and organisations throughout the Shire for repairs to roads formed an exceptionally large proportion of…

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Three Bridges Will Develop Road Transport New Order Replaces Old Boyd's Bay, Barney's Point Brunswick

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

One of the greatest transition stages in the development of arteries of the extreme Far North Coast is in progress. The construction of the Boyd's Bay, Barney's…

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Trade Revival British Railways' Testimony

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:— In addition to the substantial increase in retail prices recorded by the Board of Trade this week, further…

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Motordom Colossal Taxes British Motor Users' Heavy Burden

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 10

A check up on the colossal special taxes paid by motor users in the leading countries of the world reveals figures that are staggering…

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Hints for the Motorist Curing Brake Snatching

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 10

Brake snatching or "shudder" at low speeds is a subject which has during the last few years been mentioned several times in these notes, and…

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Casino Road Race Casino

Northern Star · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

Casino club's point score competition for the Campbell Cup was advanced a further stage yesterday afternoon when a 10 miles road race was…

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Road Train. Suggested for Central Australia

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Negotiations are proceeding between the British and Commonwealth Governments for official tests to be carried out in Australia of a new…

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Main Roads. Ten Years of Road Improvement

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

The publication of the eighth departmental report concerning main roads is a reminder that, prior to the 1st January, 1925, this State had…

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Brunswick Foot Bridge

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 6

At a meeting of the committee which organised the recent switching on ceremony, a debit balance of about £4 was shown. Donations were made by…

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Road Work

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 4

There is quite a lot of activity in the township lately. A large number of men are camped near the dip yard and are working on the section of…

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Kyogle Road Race KYOGLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

A ten miles road race conducted by Kyogle Cycling Club on Saturday resulted: A. Gardner (31 mins. 15 secs.) 1; J. Collins (31.16) 2; B. Brindle…

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Further Floods North Queensland Train Service Dislocated

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Monday:- Contrary to expectations, the northern mail service again was interrupted to-day. As the result of heavy overnight rain,…

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Crushed by Train Boy's Fatal Fall on to Line

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

TOOWOOMBA, Monday W. Tuckerman (10), suffered a terrible death to-day when he was crushed between a train and a platform at Cambooy…

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Motor Bandits New Form of Crime

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 3

A startling development in motor car stealing is disclosed by the experience of a resident of Malvern, who was forced to pay £50 to a gang of…

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Railway Ticket Facilities

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 8

Week-end visitors to Brisbane during the holiday period are justly annoyed with the arrangements that exist at the South Brisbane station…

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Rickshaw Men Oppose Motor Trucks Serious Rioting SHANGHAI

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

The advent of modern transportation by the introduction of a motor truck service between Shanghai and Chinkiang, a…

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