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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Train Hold-up Suspects Arrested

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The Associated Press correspondent in Jerusalem says: Seventeen suspects were arrested after a…

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Man's Nose Broken in Bridge Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Joseph Watkins, 39, a farmer, of Tomki, received a compound fracture of his nose when the horse he was riding…

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17 Arrested for Train Rorrery in Palestine

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Monday (AAP). — Seventeen suspects were arrested today after a search of the Jewish colony at Hedera, Central Palestine,…

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Priority System to Return Train Services to Normal

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A priority system will operate in returning New South Wales trains to prerationing schedules. This was…

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Increased Country Train Service

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) tonight announced further restorations in country train…

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New Use for Bridge Span

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

A span of the present railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River will be used to replace an existing bridge near Lismore after…

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Request to Restore Train to Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

As decided at Monday night's meeting, Murwillumbah and District Chamber of Commerce has made representations to…

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Stationmaster Hurt In Railway Yards

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—While assisting to place some trucks in the butter factory siding this morning, Mr. T. Ryan,…

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Additional Train From and to Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

One additional train from Sydney to Murwillumbah and back each week has been promised…

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One Extra Mail Train in New Time-table

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 4

Railway officials, interviewed last night, said the increase in North Coast rail services, announced by the Commissioner…

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Extra Train

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Thursday: The additional train between, Sydney and Murwillumbah. each week would commence next week, said…

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Flew Sunderland Under Sydney Harbor Bridge

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Flying-Officer H. George, RAF, who flew a Sunderland flying-boat under Sydney Harbor Bridge…

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Nazi to Die for Wrecking Train

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: A Russian military court has sentenced to death, a German railwayman and ordered the confiscation of his…

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An Expensive Road Work Overseer's Report to Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

Reporting to the Shire Council this week the overseer (Mr. A. R. Olsson) stated that the Lower Pigman Creek road would be impassable in wet weather, and a considerable amount of money would have to be spent to make it traffickable for heavy cream lorries and other heavy…

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How Qld. Police Train Cadets

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 3

EIGHTY-FOUR cadets, of ages ranging from 16 to 19, are receiving intensive training for the Queensland Police Force…

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Train In from Sydney Tonight

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

The additional North Coast' mail train, promised earlier in the week, was sent out front Sydney last night, will arrive…

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New Railway Deal Wanted

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

"A NEW railway deal for the Far North Coast" would be a good motto for public bodies from Casino to the Tweed. It is…

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Byron Shire Over-Spendson Road Work

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

At the January meeting of Byron Shire Council, the clerk (Mr Browne[?]) in dealing with the…

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Railways May Strike to Enforce 40 Hour Week

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—According to the State President of the Australian Railway Union (Mr. L. P. Austin) the A.C.T.U. Executive, of…

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Chemicals Fire at Railway

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 4

At 8.55 a.m. on Saturday, Lismore Fire Brigade was summoned to the Railway goods yard at South Lismore to extinguish a large…

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