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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,233 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 112

Local Government Tweed Shire Council Cudgen Canefields Road

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 3

Almost with the persistence that characterised the Mt. Warning Bridge discussions a few years ago, Tweed Shire Council has been…

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Main Road Proposed Alstonville to Wardell BALLINA

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 7

A notification from the Tintenbar Shire Council that it proposed to apply to the Main Roads Department to have the Alstonville-Wardell road…

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Principal Awards Monte Carlo Motor Rally

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

MONTE CARLO, Thursday:-- The principal award in the Monte Carlo rally, the International Cup, was won by a Frenchman, Lahaye Quatresous…

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Women Collapse Cyanide Fumes in Railway Carriage

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday:-- Two women cleaners, Hilda Kenso and Isabella. Wiegand, both widows, were overcome by cyanide fumes while cleaning…

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Unification of Railways Premiers' Conference to Consider Matter

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday:--It was officially announced to-day that the State Premiers would meet in conference in Melbourne on February 12 to…

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Hints for the Motorist Alternative Top Gears

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

He would be a hardy man who dared in this age of quick development to forecast what will be the car of the future, but we will take the risk of…

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Remarkable Motor Coach Development

Northern Star · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

Only those Australians who have visited overseas countries where motor coaching has been permitted to develop in keeping…

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Good Roads Enticed Motorists

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

THIS GENERAL VIEW of the party on the Tooloom Range conveys an idea of the extent to which motorists availed themselves of the excellent roads to attend the ceremony…

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Aeroplane Wanrs Surfers Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 6

Sharks scared hundreds of surfers from the water on Sydney beaches, warnings from an aeroplane arriving when the…

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Five-year Plan Improvement of British Roads

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 6

LONDON, Saturday:- Major L. Hore Belisha (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) announced that the Government has decided on a five year…

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"Snip" Went the Scissors and the Road Was Opened

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 5

Mrs. N. Johnston, wife of Cr. Norman Johnston, chairman of the committee handling arrangements for the opening of the network of roads serving the Clarence and Richmond valleys, cuts through the ribbon and declares the road officially open…

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£300,000 Network Border Roads Official Opening of N.S.W. SCHEME

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

KYOGLE, Sunday:-In the presence of a large gathering, including Dr. Page (Federal Minister Commerce) Colonel Bruxner…

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Motor Cycle Road Racing Phillip Island Record Made in Sidecar Event

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:-- The Phillip Island tourist trophy meeting, the classic motor-cycling road race meeting of Australia, which…

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Local and General Cows on Shire Roads

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

"Owing to the large amount of rain having inundated the low-lying country, most of my grass has been under water with the result that I am…

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Largest of Season Excursion Train Crowded CASINO

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 6

The promise of ideal weather conditions, coupled with the fact that it was Band Day at Byron Bay, was responsible for one of the largest crowds of…

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A Road Is Built! Developing a New Province Upper Richmond and Upper Clarence Valleys

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

THE ROAD is one of the great fundamental institutions of mankind. We forget this because we take it for granted. It seems to be so necessary and natural a part of all human life, that we forget that it ever had an origin or development, or that it is as much the creation of man as the…

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Strife Caused by Onions Victorian Farmers Bags Slashed on Railway Truck

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday:--Onions and the method of their marketing have caused strife in the Colac district. The fact that a minority…

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Illegal Trek on Trains to Fruit Orchards Men Pit Wits Against Railway Officials

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Once again the battle of wits has begun between the Railways Department and men who are anxious to get to…

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How Motor Accidents Are Faked Frauds on Insurance Companies (From a Special Correspondent.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

London, Jan 12. (By Air Mail. British motor insurance companies are convinced that they pay out thousands of pounds a…

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Motoring Made Easy Summary Road Justice "On the Spot" Fines

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

"Stop! Draw up to the kerb. You're fined. 25 lire for the violation of traffic rule No. x. Here's your receipt." Such is the greeting of the Italian…

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