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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Goods Thrown From Train; Two Arrests

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Goods consigned to Brisbane to the value) of £250 were thrown from a fast moving goods train at…

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Buffet Car Sought for N.C. Mail Train

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Murwillumbah and District Chamber of Commerce at its meeting on Monday night decided to support Bowraville…

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Repairs to Casino Railway Booking Office

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 10

CASINO, Tuesday. — The Railway Department advised Casino Municipal Council, in a letter read at tonight's meeting, that some of…

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Regional Committee Asks for Evans Hd. As Civil Aerodrome

Northern Star · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. McKell) is making representations to the Prime Minister to have Evans Head aerodrome made available as…

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Tweed Shire Roads (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 5

Sir: Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to comment on the deplorable and neglected condition of the by or…

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Washaway on Carool Road

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

SCENE of the serious road slip on the Bilambil-Carool Road during last Friday night's torrential rain. The washaway occurred about three quarters of the way up the hill leading from Bilambil. For a width of two to three chains the road was completely washed away, leaving a chasm about one chain deep, with precipitous slopes…

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Proposal for Road From Kyogle to Laravale

Northern Star · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

KYOGLE, Wednesday. — The Shire Council has decided to investigate the proposal to build a road from Kyogle to Laravale,…

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Two Hurt in Motor Cycle Crash

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

William Arthur Ballinger (22), RAAF, crashed heavily on to the bitumen road from his motor cycle, near the border gates at…

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Striking Motor Workers' Demand

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

DETROIT, Wednesday: General Motors Corporation offered the striking automobile workers a wage increase of 18½ cents an…

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Gen. Motors Offer Rejected

Northern Star · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

DETROIT, Wednesday (AAP). — General Motors Corporation has offered the striking automobile workers a wage increase of 18½…

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Reasons for Poor Support of Ballina Booyong Railway

Northern Star · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

"Several sound reasons for the meagre use of the Ballina-Booyong railway line have been submitted to the Director of Reconstruction and Development," said the Secretary of the Richmond-Tweed Regional…

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Juniors Seek Better Roads

Northern Star · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Lismore Junior Council of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales junior members read in…

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Murwillumbah Coun Cil Double Traffic Lines Sought on Bridge Lines Sou on

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 5

With the object of bringing more order into the progress of traffic across Murwillumbah bridge, Murwillumbah Municipal…

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Travelled on Train Without Paying Fares

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 3

Two colored youths, Mervyn Slockie and Victor Morgan, pleaded guilty at Murwillumbah Court on Thursday on charges of…

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Stole Motor Cycle from Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 5

On remand from Tweed Heads, Cecil James Cullen appeared at Murwillumbah Court on Thursday, before Mr. V. Johnston,…

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Special Train Service

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4

The District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. S. Harding) advises that, commencing from today, a special daily service will be run…

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No Connecting Train on Sundays

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4

Railway officers at Lismore stated yesterday that the new afternoon train between Casino and Lismore to connect with the "up"…

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Tomewin Road (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 5

Sir: There have been letters published in The Tweed Daily about the state of country roads. The writers ought to come to…

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Pleads Guilty to Stealing Motor Cycle

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 5

At Coolangatta Police Court yesterday Cecil Joseph Cullen (32) of Tweed Heads, pleaded guilty before Messrs. W. Stafford…

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N. Coast Train Service

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 3

In response to his representations concerning the desirability of allocating some of the proposed new air conditioned carriages to…

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