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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Tourist Traffic Appeal of B'wick Heads Bridge to Surf Brunswick Heads

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 13

Speaking yesterday of the attractions of Brunswick Heads, where he and Mrs. Nelson have a cottage for the holidays, Mr. J. W. Nelson (town…

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Holidayers Have Bad Luck Many Accidents on Motor Trip

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 8

Messrs. M. A. Ryan, R. Hesaltine, Ken Clark, J. Browne, and Noel Grice set out by car from Melbourne and headed for Albury to spend their…

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Hints for the Motorist Ignorance of First Aid

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 5

Although we do not ask country readers to believe us, it is nevertheless a fact that a motoring friend who in some respects is a person of much…

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Two Hurt Road Collision Hood Torn Off

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

Two women suffered head and facial injuries and shock, necessitating their removal to hospital, when a motor car…

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Train Falls Into Mud! Guard Walks 11 Miles for Help

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday: -- Capsizing, on a washaway, a train consisting of an engine, tender and brake van was thrown from a slight embankment…

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Two Killed Lorry and Motor Cycle Collide SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

William Delahunty (54), and his grandchild, Shirley Delahunty (3½), of Buckingham Street, city, were killed yesterday when the…

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£400,000 Plant General Motors' Enterprise

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 9

With a general improvement in trade, General Motors-Holden's Ltd. has placed in hand the building of a great new plant at Fisherman's…

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Railway Line Collapses Fireman Hurt SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 7

Arthur Wright, fireman, sustained a severe leg injury and shock, and several other men narrowly escaped injury when a…

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Contract Bridge Players

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Contract bridge circles, in Murwillumbah owe much to the zeal of Mr. W. Earls, who arranged for a party of players from the Sydney Bridge…

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Collision on Bridge Approach

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

Two motor cars were seriously damaged in a collision on the Grafton approach to the Clarence River bridge. W. Russell, of Brushgrove, who was in…

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Tower Bridge Considerable Traffic Block

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Traffic over the Tower Bridge was held up for 380 hours 22½ minutes last year while the Bascules were rased to allow shipping to pass. This…

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Road Work Rappville P.P.u. Requests RAPPVILLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Rappville branch of the P.P.U. was held at the Public Hall, Rappville, Mr. R. E. Reeves, president in the chair. The…

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Latest Telegrams. Big Industrial Upheaval Feared. Miners Expected to Come Out. Rail and Tram Men Invited to Join Strike. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

It is believed in mining circles that the miners will agree to the recommendation placed before them by their leaders that they should cease work on Friday…

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12,500,000 in Need Germany Railways Nearing Insolvency

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: The "Chronicle's" Berlin correspondent says that despite the Nazi leaders' attempts to create an impression…

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Speeded Up Soviet Railways Big Development Moscow

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Under the driving force of M. Lazar Kaganovitch, the Commissar of Transport, and Soviet Russia's outstanding man of "push…

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Collision Sequel Motorist Charged Negligent Driving

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

There was a sequel at Lismore Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., to the collision between two motor lorries in…

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Veteran Cars Road Race Rigours of Motoring In Old Days

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

Those who took part in the veteran car run from London to Brighton recently returned home with a full sense of the rigours of motoring in the…

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Ridding the Road of "Old Crocks" Serious Problem for Australia

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

The problem of ridding the road of "old crocks" is beginning to assume serious dimensions in Australia, just as it is doing in Great Britain and…

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Sydney Trams in Collision One Car Thrown From Rails

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday:—When a tram to Balmain from Circular Quay, via Forest Lodge, was standing at the Barnes Street crossing, Balmain, at…

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Road Discipline

Northern Star · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 6

WITH the increased amount of motor traffic on the roads during the holiday period it was inevitable that accidents,…

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