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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

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Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Kyogle Railway League

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 6

The regular monthly executive meeting of the above was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday. Mr. Sheppard made a brief report of his…

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Train Stops After Escape From Raider

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—A brief alert sounded in London early this morning, but no bombs were dropped. The alert was due to…

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Kyogle Shire £4000 Grant for Duck Ck. Road

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 4

KYOGLE, Tuesday. — Following long agitation by residents and councillors, the Main Roads Department advised Kyogle Shire Council…

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Measures to Stamp Out Railway Thefts

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Measures to stamp out pillaging on railways will be discussed at the next conference of the Commonwealth…

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District News Wyneden Kitchen Tea for Bridge-elect

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 7

Residents of Toonumbar, Afterlee, Eden Creek and Kyogle attended Wyneden Hall for a kitchen tea in honour of Miss Lorna Phelps…

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Italian Motor Works Destroyed in R.a.f. Raid

Northern Star · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—It is revealed that the famous Lancia motor works, employing 4500 and producing 12½ per…

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Coroner Advises Caution Notice Boy's Death in Dive From Bridge

Northern Star · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 4

A recommendation that the attention of Byron Shire Council be directed to the advisability of placing notices on the bridge over…

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Bombson Bridge in Burma

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

DELHI, Saturday: A USAAF communique states. Our bombers on February 12 dropped 20 tons of…

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Coroner's Inquest Brunswick Heads Fatal Diving Accident Warning Notices on Bridge Urged

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

A recommendation that the attention of Byron Shire Council be directed to the advisability of placing notices on the bridge…

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Motoring to Be Further Restricted

Northern Star · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday. — Severer restrictions on private motoring to conserve Australia's very limited stocks of rubber have been…

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Boy Jumps From 40 M.p.h. Train

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — Becoming frightened when he found a train, on which he was travelling, was not going to stop at Point Clare,…

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Railway Stock and Ships for Turkey

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 3

ANKARA, Monday: The Turkish Minister for Communications has announced that Britain has undertaken to deliver…

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Big Increase in Federal Railways Earnings

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The earnings of the Commonwealth Railways in the year ended June, 1942, exceeded working expenditure…

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Red Army Fights in Kharkov Orel Railway Link Cut: Pincer Thrust On Southern Cities

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — The German High Command communique admits that Russian forces have penetrated Herman defence Sines at Kharkov and are now fighting in the suburbs. Moscow reports say the Russians are now less than five tulles from the centre of the…

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Local and General Will Be Off Road

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 2

Unofficial calculations by Government experts based on tyre and snare parts expenditure tend to show that only 11 per cent of the…

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Motorist Fined No Tail Light, Masks

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 3

CASINO, Thursday.—Charged at the Casino Police Court this morning, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., with having driven a motor…

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8th Army Advance Continues Road Junction Taken

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The Cairo communique states: The 8th Army captured Foum Tathouine, 30 miles due south of Medenine which is 25 miles from the main Mareth Line…

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Local and General Tweed Heads Bridge Party

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the monthly bridge circle conducted by the Tweed Heads Church of England Ladies' Guild at the…

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Chinese Hold Jap Drive on Burma Road

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Sunday (AAP) —To-day's Chungking communique says the Chinese troops are holding up the…

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Railway Makes Move to Prevent Border Hopping

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 5

New regulations are being issued to check border hopping. A Transport Department official said yesterday that railway officers…

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