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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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District Road Works RAPPVILLE

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 8

Good progress is being made with the road work being carried out by the Copmanhurst Shire Council on the Wyan-Busby's Flat road. The new…

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£19,365 Road Works Programme

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 8

DETAILS of the £19,365 road works programme to be carried out in Gundurimba Shire with financial assistance from the…

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Bridge Over Brunswick Deputation 50 Years Ago Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 5

Discussing a report that a deputation had gone to Sydney 50 years ago seeking assistance in having a bridge erected over the South Arm of the…

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Startling Charge Made Captain Not on Bridge ? Inquiry Into Port Phillip Disaster

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday:-- The Marine Court of Enquiry into the collision in Port Phillip Bay between the steamers Caradale and…

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Search for Basis of Settlement U.S. Motor Strike Roosevelt Orders Third Conference

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 5

DETROIT, Thursday:--Following the end of a second abortive conference regarding the motor industry strike this afternoon, a…

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Hints for the Motorist Age and Body Noises

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

The standard of Australian-made car bodywork has in all classes improved beyond measure during the last few years, and to-day, the…

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For £99/10/ Well Equipped Motor Caravan

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 14

That Australian business is alive to the big possibilities associated with the increasing popularity of motor caravaning and the use of…

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Special Fruit Train

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 4

Consignments of bananas by the special fruit train from Murwillumbah on Saturday: To Sydney: Murwillumbah 1284,…

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Silver Jubilee Train. Another Record Established

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 6

The London and North-eastern Railway's Silver Jubilee train, Britain's fastest long-distance express, timed to travel from Darlington to…

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U.S. Motor Strike Nothing Accomplished At Conference

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 4

DETROIT, Saturday:--Only President Roosevelt's telephone messages kept the motor strike conference alive to-day, at which nothing was…

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Motor Strike Abortive Conferences DETROIT

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 5

Only President Roosevelt's telephone messages again kept the motor strike conference alive during the day in which nothing was accomplished. The…

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Wrecked Aeroplane. Almost Total Loss. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

Only the instruments and some fittings will be salvaged from the Royal Australian Air Force 'plane which was wrecked on the slopes of Mount Cleveland…

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Train To Surf Carnival

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

A surf carnival will be held at Byron Bay on Sunday. An excursion train will leave Kyogle at 7.10 a.m. on Sunday. The return fare will be…

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Casino-kyogle Road Casino

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 8

The Tomki Shire Council is calling tenders for the supply of 1060 cubic yards of fine crushed rock for a section of the Casino-Kyogle road from the…

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Councillors To Inspect Road Works

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

Members of Kyogle Shire Council are taking a keen interest in the progress of work done under the £60,000 roading scheme. So that they will be…

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Loan for Town Work Approved Improved Footpaths And Roads

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

A letter from the Local Government Department to yesterday's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council stated that approval had been given for…

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Train Air Pilots £40,000 College MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 8

Companies operating air services, and radio concerns, have agreed to provide £40,000 to establish a college for the training of pilots. It is feared…

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"Paddy Melon Track" Grady's Greek Road Criticised Deputation To Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 4

Reference to the difficulties of transport between The Risk and Cougal was made by residents of the district who interviewed…

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Good Progress on Road Works Completion Near On Several Routes Officers' Reports to Shire Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 7

Good progress is being made with the work being carried out under Kyogle Shire Council's £10,000 roading scheme, the engineer, Mr, A. J. Muntz, informed a meeting of the council yesterday…

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Motorist's Feat. "Act of Bravado."'

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

A plea of guilty was entered on behalf of Henry Charles Peek at Maclean Court, when Peek was charged with a breach of the motor traffic regulations…

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