Eight Hurt in Cairns Rail Motor Smash
CAIRNS, Monday: Eight persons were injured this morning in a collision at a railway level crossing between a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Resumption By Tram and Bus Employees
SYDNEY, Monday: A vital amendment which was carried by 3669 votes to 719, decided on the ending of the Sydney tram and bus stoppage at, midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hints on Summer Motor Tours
Special care should be taken by motorists to avoid trouble and discomfort on summer motor tours, according to the chief engineer of the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney tram and bus men voted in favour of returning to work at midnight to-night at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Tuesday, January 21, 1947. Another Tram Strike
TRAMS and Government-owned buses in Sydney and Newcastle stopped all day yesterday, regardless of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Fined £5 Drove Without Licence
A fine of £5 was imposed on Ronald Woodruff, who was charged at Lismore Court yesterday with driving a motor car without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dunoon Road Cutting
Sir,—I wish to draw attention to the dangerous condition of a piece of road on the boundary of the City of Lismore, known as the Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Decisions on Road Works
Petitions for bitumen surfacing of their streets were presented to Tweed shire Council meeting on Monday night from residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Lands with One Motor Out
BRISBANE, Tuesday: The Philippines Airlines Skymaster, with a number of prominent men from the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Motors Prices Increased
DETROIT, Wednesday (AAP).— General Motors have increased the prices on most of its 1947 models, but Chevrolet are excluded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Released on Bond Illegally Used Motor Lorry
CASINO, Weanesday.—Charged at casino Court today, with having on August 24, 1946, driven a motor lorry without the consent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans Freeze to Death in Polish Train
LONDON, Thursday: Poland did not carry out the expulsion of some Germans who reached the…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — A youth was killed and' another injured when they were struck by a tram at Bondi last night. The boy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Isolate Some Qld. Towns Sough Coast Road and Railway Cut
BRISBANE, Sunday: Though rain ceased generally at midday today, floodwaters still isolated the South Coast and many adjacent mountain towns from Brisbane tonight. Two men lost their lives in the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured, Rode Motor Cycle to Hospital
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Though seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed through the plateglass window of a restaurant in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Campaign For Road Safety LONDON
M[?] devi[?] are [?] day how to keep death of Ital[?] reads. They are [?] of an ma[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Forum Improving Doon Doon Road (To The Editor)
Sir: Having noticed in the Tweed Shire Council report that the Engineer is to inspect the Doon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Killed in Train Derailment
LOGANSPORT (Indiana), Tuesday: At least four were killed and eight injured when a passenger train from Cincinnatti to Chicago…
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A survey car made a return trip from Lismore to Brisbane, arriving back at 8 o'clock last night with a report that the main road was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Damage in Nerang Shire Totals £6000
Flood damage to roads and bridges in Nerang Shire, area was estimated at £6000 by the engineer…
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