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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

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Railways Decision

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Railways Commissioner could not agree to meet the superannuation payments for the employees in the…

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Tourist Traffic by Motor to End

Northern Star · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Tourist traffic by motor vehicle is to be stopped entirely in New South Wales from the end of this month…

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North Coast Mail Train

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

In reply to a request for more corridor carriages on the North Coast mail traii by Nambucca Shire Council, Mr R. S. Vincent…

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Local and General Tourist Traffic by Motor to Cease

Tweed Daily · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

Tourist traffic by motor vehicle is to be stopped entirely in New South Wales from the end of this month. This was announced in…

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Worthless Motor Tyres

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 7

Motorists are warned by the N.R.M.A. that some unscrupulous tyre repairers are retreading worthless tyres and passing them on as…

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Stop Tourist Motor Trips

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 3

From the end of April motor vehicle tourist traffic will be stopped entirely in New South Wales. Announcing that in Sydney, the…

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Russian Railways Under Martial Law

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Moscow Radio says: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet issued a decree putting all railways under…

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Constructing Bangkok-rangoon Railway Australian Prisoners Used

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: The United Press correspondent at Chungking says: The Chinese military spokesman said that the…

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"Nation Cheated by Motorists" Check on Petrol Use

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The nation is bein cheated by the selfishness and greed of a number of vehicle owners, declared the Road…

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Road Accidents Kill More British Than Deaths in Services

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday: Mr. HoreBelisha, speaking at an accident prevention campaign meeting, referred to the needles national…

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Road Accident Toll Higher Than War

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

Compared with the 145,032 casualties in killed, wounded, prisoners and missing suffered by the armed forces of the…

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War TollSecond To Road Accidents

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Compared with the 145,032 casualties in killed, wounded,…

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Easter Motoring

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, which is also Anzac Day, garages will not be permitted to…

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Release of Motor Trucks

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.—The Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) announced today that motor trucks supplied to Australia under the…

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Lismore Aerodrome Short of First Class Needs

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 5

Runway facilities at the Municipal Aerodrome are a long was short of those demanded for a modern A class aerodrome,…

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Three Dead in Car-tram Smash

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Walter Henry Barker, 42, of Rosebery, the third victim of last night's traffic smash at Mascot when a…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Thursday, April 22, 1943. Lismore's Aerodrome

Northern Star · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 4

AT the suggestion of Ald. Walters, Lismore Council's Works Committee has been asked by the council as a whole…

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Bridal Couple Went Home in Brisbane Tram

The Kyogle Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 3

Because they could not get a car, a bridegroom and his bride had to travel home in a Brisbane tram on Tuesday night…

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Jungle Fighters Train "The Hard Way"

Northern Star · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 5

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA.—In the course of his tour of inspection of Northern operational areas the Commander of Allied Forces in…

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Soldier Injured Stepped From Moving Train

Northern Star · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Palling heavily to the platform and striking the back of his head when he stepped off a moving train as it…

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