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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,866 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 94

Railway Transfers

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4

Recent transfers and appointments at the Murwillumbah railway station include: Mr. E. Sheely (Narrabri), who has been appointed clerk; Guard…

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Motor Boat Club Formed Races at Ballina To-day

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11

At a well attended meeting of motor boat enthusiasts at the Hotel Gollan in Lismore last night, the Northern Rivers Motor Boat Club was formed…

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Mullumbimby Railway Returns MULLUMBIMBY

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11

During 1937,57,716. cases of bananas were despatched from the Muliumlimby railway station, while 33,235 cans of cream were forwarded from…

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Cut to Pieces by Train

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 8

PERTH, Wednesday:--Falling from the platform of a carriage, a young woman named Katherine Caveridge, of Boulder, was cut to pieces by the…

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Wallangarra Road Tenterfield

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 12

After years of representations to the Department of Main Roads that the traffic on the road from Tenter- field to Wallangarra warranted the…

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Bridge Over Richmond (To the Editor)

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 4

Sir,--The recent floods which have held up traffic on the Woodburn-Lismore road for several - days brings to mind the agitation for a bridere…

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Special Train to Byron Bay Children's Picnic Byron Bay

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 6

A special train. which started from Kyogle, brought about 300 holidaymakers to Byron Bay this morning. Many…

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Advance Halted Japs. on Lunghai Railway LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 7

According to the "Times" correspondent at Shanghai, reports reaching there suggest a holdup in the Japanese advance alone the strategic…

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District Roads Clear

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

The district representative of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. W. Lumby) said yesterday that all district' roads would be clear for vehicular traffic…

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Bridge Expert Divorced

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 9

Ely Culbertson, world contract bridge expert. Yesterday, he and his wife were divorced…

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Bridge Across Richmond

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 8

BRIDGES have been built across the Clarence River at Grafton and Mororo, the Tweed River has been bridged and the…

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Latest Telegrams. Toll of the Road. Motor Cyclist Killed. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 5

While travelling towards Sydney to attend yesterday's celebrations, Harold Honnenmacher, 23, bootmaker, was flung from his motor cycle when it left the…

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Bridge Notes. New Five Suit Game

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

A young Austrian, Dr. Walther Marseille, him invented a five-suit bridge game, under the rules of which a match is in progress between him and Dr…

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Niagara Falls Bridge Swept Down Stream

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wednesday. One of the worst ice jams in history swept away the Niagara Falls view bridge linking the…

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Bridge Swept Away Huge Ice Jam at Niagara

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday: The worst ice jam for years swept away the Niagara Falls View Bridge, linking the…

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Floods in North Queensland Goods Train Held Up

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Soaking rain, reaching 633 points at Kuranda, has fallen all over the Cairns District, with the result that the various…

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Access Road Cawongla-lismore Route Deputation's Plea

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 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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Motorists, Study This! It May Save You Pain—and Cash

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

Motorists who have committed breaches of the Traffic Act since the beginning of the year have found that there are no "beg pardons" about the new…

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Town Hall Struck by Lightning Fireball Crashes on Tram Violent Thunderstorm Sweeps Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday:- A violent storm swept over Sydney this afternoon, causing considerable damage to the city and suburbs. The lightning was most vivid and Sydney Town Hall was struck, but not damaged. At St. Peter's two…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Crashed Into Ferce

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:- When a motor cycle skidded off the road on Hume Highway, about eight miles on the Sydney side of Camden, to-day…

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