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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Hurry-up Wedding Celebrated at Railway Station

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

The waiting room at the Bathurst railway station was the scene of a dramatic wedding in the early hours the other morning between a local girl…

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£750,000 for New Equipment Big Railway Order

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY: The New South Wales Railway Department has authorised the expenditure of about £750,000 on the…

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Petrol Rationing 3000 Miles a Year for Private Motorists?

Northern Star · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Recommendations on petrol rationing submitted to the War Advisory Council include the cutting down…

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Two Evils In Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 10

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State, but to the whole…

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Shire Wants Relief Labor For Roads Plenty of Scope Suggested

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 4

A concerted effort to secure the use of relief labor for repairs to surveyed access roads to enable producers to market their goods…

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Less Motor Car and Truck Chasses From N. America

Northern Star · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for Customs (Mr. Harrison) to-day announced large reductions in the numbers of motor car and truck chasses…

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Minister Defends Roads Dept. Policy

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 2

Although allowed 90 days to complete 90 miles of a strategic road in Central Australia, the N.S.W. Department of Main Roads finished the job in 60 days…

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Road Fatalities Near Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A militiaman and a girl were killed and seven men were injured to-day in two motor smashes in the Penrith district…

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Main Arm Roads (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 8

Sir.—I should like to draw the attention of the general public to the conditions we live and labour in at Main Arm, via Muliumbimby,…

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Germans Seize Danish Motor Torpedo Boats

Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 5

STOCKHOLM (AAP), Sunday.—The "Dagens Nyheter" declares that the German navy, despite the Danes' protest, has taken over 10 Danish torpedo…

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Ambulance Girls Train

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 1

A long pull and a strong pull by girls of the Women's mechanised Transport Corps in Brit ain, members of a party of 58, training for ambulance duties in Kenya.--Department of Information picture…

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Kyogle Patriotic Bridge Club

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 6

Mesdames E. L. Vincent, A. N. Hobbs, H. Griffiths and C. Kenyon were hostesses at Saturday's meeting of Kyogle Patriotic Bridge Club,…

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Burma Road Cut?

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 5

NEW YORK (AAP), Sunday —The New York "Times" Shanghai correspondent states that Japanese bombers…

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Burma Road Bridges Destroyed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday:--The correspondent of the "New York Times" at Shanghai says: Japanese bombers effectively…

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New Developmental Road Terania Application

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

Teania Shire Council advised Kyogle Shire Council yesterday that application had been made to the Main Roads Department for the…

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Lifting Motor Truck

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 4

Mr. Stuart Kennsdy, of Tyagarah, via Byron Bay, lifting a motor truck weighing 15 cwt., a feat he performed twice during…

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Local and General Mail Train Late

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 4

The mail train was 58 minutes late on arrival at Murwillumbah railway station last night. Cause of the delay could not be ascertained when…

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Kyogle Attitude Developmental Road Plan

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 10

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—"The proposed road would probably bring trade to Kyogle. but I do not think there is much chance of the application being…

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New Culvert on Inner Pocket Road

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 5

BYRON BAY, Tuesday.—A number of requests for attention to roads and other works were received at Byron Shire Council…

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New Culvert for Inner Pocket Road

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

A number of requests for attention to roads and other works was received at Byron Shire Council meeting yesterday, but in most cases the Council…

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