"The Road to Victory" War Loan Song
Bing Crosby's number, 'The Road to Victory,' has been selected by the War Loans organisation as the official song for the Third Victory Loan…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
652 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 33
Foot Caught Under Train
Alfred Mercy, an aborigine, of Coraki, had his right foot almost severed when it was caught under a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Hurt in Fall From Motor Cycle
Falling from a motor bicycle in a collision with a bus at the intersection of Casino and Union Streets about 5.45 last night, Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patriotic Bridge
At the Patriotic Bridge Club's party on Saturday the highest score for bridge was held by Mrs. H. H. Evans and for 500 by Mrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Byron Shire to Submit New Roads Estimate
To comply with a request from the Regional Committee for the council to submit plans of proposed new roads and feeder roads, which would enable it to form a rough estimate of casts that might be incurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rhine Train Bridge Built in 11 Days
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The first Allied train yesterday crossed the Rhine over a bridge built by American engineers in 11 days,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High-level Bridge for Burdekin
BRISBANE, Tuesday: "The State Government intends to build a high-level bridge over the Burdekin to replace the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Road to Victory" Official War Loan Song
Bing Crosby's number, "The Road to Victory," has been selected by the War L[?]ans organisation as the official song for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manpower to Direct Men to Railways
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: An urgent request has been sent by the Manpower Director-General (Mr Funnell) to the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Strike Plan Deferred
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Members of the A.R.U. decided to-night to defer consideration of the proposal for a one-day strike of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Repairs
Murwillumbah Municipal Council decided on Wednesday night to re-surface the decking of Murwillumbah bridge, to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured in Fall From Train
Robert James Bridger, of Treed Street, North Lismore, trying to board a moving train at Byron Bay, caught the handrail of the last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Americans Bridge Last River Before Berlin 60 Miles From City Himmler Demands Death Stand: Huge Prisoner Bag
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—Smashing the first bridgehead across the Elbe, the East great river defence barrier before Berlin, an armoured column of the American Ninth Army is reported between 60 and 70 miles from the German capital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Hit Back for Key Railway
CHUNGKING, Thursday (AAP). —The High Command announces that the Chinese killed 5000 Jap[?]nese at Chunyangtien, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Hold-up Averted
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The threatened Commonwealth-wide railway strike has been at least temporarily averted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Salutes First Train
General Douglas MacArthur stands at the salute as the first train steams into a station in devastated Manila after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gundurimba Shire PostWar Road Programme Estimated Cost £180,200
A post-war read reconstruction programme providing for an expenditure of £180,200 was approved and adopted at a Gundurimba Shire Council meeting. The cost of new ferries at Wyrallah and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Manpower for Railways
SYDNEY, Friday—Railway Union officials will confer with the Minister for Labour (Mr. Holloway) and the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rhine Bridge As Memorial
LONDON, Monday: A foot and railway bridge across the Rhine on the 3rd Army sector has been dedicated as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2563 Tender For Emu Park Road
The Acting Divisional Engin-, eer for Main Roads has advised Woodburn Shire Council of approved of the acceptance by the…
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