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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Railway Strike Threatens U.S.

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— A big railway strike now threatens the United States, ending gravely to the nation's industrial unrest…

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Roads in Need of Re-surfacing

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 2

A list of 62½ miles of Tweed Shire roads which would require bi[?]men re-surfacing in 1947, or sooner, was submitted by the…

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Three Convicted of Evading Railway Pares

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday.—At the Mullumbimby Police Court, before Mr. A. J. Bryant, P.M., John Henry Flick was charged with…

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Train Services

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

The morning train, from Casino to Murwillunabh resumed yesterday after being off the schedule for seven weeks due to coal…

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Bernborough To Train For Melb

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — Bernborough will begin left handed work at Victoria Park early this week. Trainer Harry Plant has been…

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Blowing Up Of Train

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

AT the fewest, 11 Japanese civilians lost their lives when four munition-laden cars of a train…

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Floods May Affect Route of Railway

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Owing to widespread flooding west of Longreach in the area of the proposed Western Queensland…

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Clear the Track! An Incident in Railway Working (S.G.H.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

"Well, Good-night, old man, we've had a long day, and now to sleep." Thus said the superintendent to the engineer before leaving for their respective homes; the time almost 11 p.m…

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New Rule on Cattle Crossing Bridge

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

At Murwillumbah Municipal Council meeting last night, the Mayor (Ald C. J. Snow) said he understood that cattle now could…

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Some Left Behind in Rush for Train

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday: In a scramble for a doorway of the leading carriage as the first division of the Sydney mail train…

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Public 'Phone for Casino Railway Station

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday. — For over two years efforts have been made by public bodies in Casino to secure the provision of a public telephone…

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Letters To The Editor (Letters to the Editor must be limited to 350 words.) the Cemetery Road

Northern Star · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

Sir,—Allow me to express my appreciation to Aid. G. W. Walker for again bringing before Lismore Municipal Council the necessity…

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Motor Tyre Position Improving

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

The position in relation to the availability of materials and manpower for the manufacture of motor tyres is steadily improving…

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To Train As Missionaries

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2

Two full-blooded aborigines, Alan and Emma Polgen, arrived in Newcastle from Palm Island yesterday to train at the Church Army Mission School at Stockton…

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Better Train Service Sought For Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 4

Members of the Kyogle and Upper Richmond Development League complained on Friday evening of what was described as the indifferent train service given to Kyogle, and it was decided to urge that the first division of the express be scheduled to stop here. The letter is to be…

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The Mystery of the Missing Train

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 4

AMONG his short stories the British novelist. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, wrote an imaginative tale of a train which…

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Kyogle Wants Better Train Service

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 5

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—The Kyogle and Upper Richmond Development League has decided tc urge that a better train service be given to…

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£20,000 Train Robbery In Egypt

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 1

CAIRO, Tuesday: Several men hidden in the postal compartment of a train travelling between Upper Egypt and Cairo…

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Special Train for B. Bay Surf Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 4

Advice was received at a meeting of the Byron Surf Club Committee that its application for a special train for the surf carnival…

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Move For More Junior Road Safety Branches

Northern Star · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 6

Every effort will be made this year oy Lismore branch of the Road safety Council to promote junior branches and ensure the…

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