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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,233 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 112

New Brisbane Bridge

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Tenders are expected to be called on January 30, returnable in eight weeks, for the construction of a high [?]evel bridge across the Brisbane…

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State of Roads N.R.M.A. Report Boggy Deviations

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

The Richmond-Tweed Rivers representative of the N.R.M.A. reports that the general heavy falls of rain over the North Coast and…

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Train Crew Cleared Woman's Death on Rails Goulburn

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

The crew of the engine which ran down and killed Mrs. Charlotte Arthur (21) a fettler's wife, at Towrang station on January 11, was…

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Bitumen on Footway Murwillumbah Bridge Experimental Span to Be Laid own

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

A section of bitumen is to be laid down on the footway of the Murwillumbah Bridge as an experiment towards providing a…

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£3,000 in Grants Sought Byron Shire Roads Engineer's Report to Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

It was reported by this Clerk (Mr. R. Brownell) and the Engineer (Mr. M. Smith) to Tuesday's meeting of Byron Shire Council…

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Road Works in Byron Shire Grants Applied for Byron Bay

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

It was reported by the clerk (Mr. R. Brownell) and the engineer (Mr. M. Smith) at Tuesday's meeting of the Byron Shire…

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Increased Traffic Railways More Popular

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday:--Figures showing the increased railway excursion traffic this year were issued by the Department of…

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Railways' Improved Business Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

Figures showing increased railway excursion traffic this year were issued by the Department of Railways today and reveal that the number of…

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Ballina Aerodrome BALLINA

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

A sub-committee which considered the improvement of the Ballina aerodrome recommended to Ballina Council last night that the Department…

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Aerodrome New BRISBANE

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 7

Referring to-day to the complaint by Captain Wilson, Mr. Hudson Fysh said that Qantas expects a further report from Captain Wilson, and it is…

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Murwillumbah-lismore Roads

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

The Richmond-Tweed Rivers representative of the N.R.M.A. reports that the general heavy falls of rain over Coast and Tablelands during…

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E. Ballina Bridge Council's Requests Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

After being shelved for several months the important question of the reconstruction of the northern approach to the East Ballina bridge…

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Flood Damage Terania Shire Grant for Bridge

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 9

As a result of the downpour of rain last Monday night in parts of the shire several bridges and culverts were badly damaged, the…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.r.ma Road Accident Figures

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 3

During the week ended November 24, last year, 146 persons died and 3880 were injured in Great Britain as the result of road accidents, against…

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Air Mail Can't Catch Train SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 7

The inwards air mail is being brought south by the "Hippomenes" and will not be delivered at Sydney until Monday morning…

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Girl's Daring Chase Along Road Armidale

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 6

A man who allegedly made off from a garage at Armidale in his lorry without paying for 23 gallons of petrol was chased in a…

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Escaped with Abrasions SGirl's Fall From Train CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 6

Ten-years-old Jean Jones, of Horseshoe Creek, had a narrow escape from serious injury to-day when she fell from a moving train near Casino…

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Record Coaching Kyogle Railway Statistics KYOGLE

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 12

A feature of the business transacted at Kyogle railway station during December, 1934, was the record coaching revenue, the amount—£1313—being…

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Common Causes Motor Accidents Concentration Advised

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 9

Every observant motorist who drives extensively on city streets or country highways, cannot help seeing many incidents that only…

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Starts To-day Monte Carlo Motor Rally Great Reliability Car Contest

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 9

The world famed Monte Carlo Motor Rally, the greatest sporting reliability car contest, conducted in the world, starts from various parts of Europe to-day, Saturday, January 19 and finishes at Monte Carlo, the famous Mediterranean…

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