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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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Road Transport Inquiry Far North Coast -- Tablelands

Northern Star · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 6

REGARDING the licensing under the State Transport MX (Co-ordination) Act, 1931, of commercial motor vehicles to operate in the Far North Coast and Tablelands districts, the Department of Road Transport advise that the…

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Motor Body Works Big Extension Machinery Started by Mr. Lyons

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Pressure of a small switch in the banquet hall of Scott's Hotel, Melbourne last night was…

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Byron Bay Railway Returns Byron Bay

Northern Star · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 2

The total revenue at the Byron Bay railway station during 1937 showed a decrease of £690 compared with that for the previous year…

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Flooded Roads Lismore-Coraki-Woodburn Impassable

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

It is not expected that the flood waters from Pelican Creek which have inundated nearly three-quarters of a mile of roadway on the Lismore-Coraki road will have…

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Bridge Notes. Woman's Clever Double Squeeze

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

The following hand, which occurred in the recent international tournament at Budapest, testifies to the skill of Mrs. A. M. Sobel, a member of the…

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Grant Sought Tuntable Falls Road Terania's Claim

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 9

Adopting a report from the engineer (Mr. G. L. Newton) on a proposed tourist road to Tuntable Falls, Terania Shire…

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Access Road Cawongla -- Lismore Deputation to Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

Pointing out that residents of the district required access to Lismore, a deputation from the Rock Valley branch of the P.P.U…

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Regional Inquiries Road Transport in Border Areas Department's Plan

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

With regard to the licensing under the State Transport (Co- ordination) Act, 1931, of commercial motor vehicles to…

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Motor Licensing Regional Inquiries in Border Districts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. A. A. Shocbridge, Administer, Department of Road Transport, writes: "With regard to the licensing under the State Transport (Co-ordination)…

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German Railways Suffer Self-sufficiency and Re-armament

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday:--The "Daily Herald," the Labor organ, states that the German authorities are making a desperate effort to recall…

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Camped in Railway Truck

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 4

For illegally entering on to enclosed property of the Queensland Railways Department, Leonard William Halls (23) and Thomas Clayton (25) were…

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Attack on German Railways London

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

GERMAN authorities are making a desperate effort to recall 10,000 current copies of "Die Reichsbahn," the official…

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Subway Urged Delays at Railway Crossing

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

The Lismore Municipal Council decided last night to ask the department of Railways to open up Crown-street by constructing a subway at…

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Waiving Demurrage on Trucks Railway Experiment For Three Months

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan has announced that he had approved of a three months' trial of extending the time…

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80,712 REGISTERED New Motor Vehicles In 1937

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

New motor vehicles registered in Australia in 1937 totalled 80,712, excluding an unknown number placed on the roads in country districts of…

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Kyogle Thirty Years Ago U.r. Railway League

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

The first meeting of the executive of the Railway League was held on Thursday last at noon. Unfortunately several members of the…

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Crossing Crashes Railways Opinion on Cause Excessive Speed

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

The Railway Department, replying to a request from the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that level crossings…

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Affected Highways Lismore-Coraki Road Clear

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 6

The District Representative of the N.B.M.A. (Mr. W. Lumby) said yesterday that the Lismore-Coraki road is now open to traffic, but between…

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Logan Bridge Toll Nerang Council Will Not Move for Abolition

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 6

Nerang Shire Council, at its monthly meeting yesterday at Mudgeeraba, refused, by 11 votes to 2, to co-operate in a proposed…

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ONE - Third Five Years Old Road Vehicles In Britain

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. -- The road vehicles census for the final quarter of last year gives new information, based on representative samples…

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