Outsize Banana Train
The biggest loading oh bananas for several years left the North Coast for the southern markets by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
794 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 40
Two Motor Cycle Smashes
Two men were injured on the Tweed yesterday--one at Dunbible and the other at Tumbulgum--when the motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Increase in Q'land Road Tax
BRISBANE, Thursday: The travelling public will pay the State Government at least £80,000 a year as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways Nationalised
LONDON, Thursday: In what is probably the greatest property transfer in history, without ceremony or any change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Trip By Prison Tram
SYDNEY, Thursday: The prisoners' tram, which has made four trips daily between Long Bay jail and Darlinghurst police…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).-- Without ceremony or change in the routine of 600,000 employees, the four main railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →12 Killed in Missouri Train Smash
NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).-- At least 12 holiday passengers were killed and many injured in a Mis[?] train smash to-day. Death roll may possibly be 16…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Swimmers "Train" in Horse Trough
Police do not know what motive impelled two young gentlemen to go swimming fully clothed in a horse trough in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →505 Fatal Road Accidents in 1947
SYDNEY, Friday.-- The total number of deaths in road accidents in N.S.W. last year was 505 compared with 508 in 1946, an executive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First British Motor Show for 10 Years
Britain's first International Motor Show for ten years has now, been arranged to take place at Earl's Court, London. It is to be…
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Forum Cudgera Creek Bridge
Sir:-- Before the erection of the narrow, single-span bridge across the pretty Cudgera Creek, the headland was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Qld. Railway Men Want Five-day Week
BRISBANE, Sunday: Railway stationmasters, assistant stationmasters and night, officers have been advised by their union not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Strike in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A mass meeting of Melbourne tram men was held this afternoon to review yesterday's decision to strike for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Kills 10 Children
ARCHBOLD (Ohio), Monday: A Chicago-bound New York Central passenger train knifed through a bobsled jammed with children…
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CHICAGO, Monday (AAP).--Ten children were killed and two injured yesterday at Archbold, Ohio, when the Chicago-bound New York…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Holiday Call For Road Help
The holiday period had been an extraordinarily busy one as regards service to vehicles on the roads, said the District Superintendent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Trams Yesterday In Melb
MELBOURNE, Monday: Melbourne is still without trams and tramway buses and there is no indication…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vic. Cabinet Talks On Tram, Bus Shrike Crisis
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Premier (Mr. Holloway) cut short his holiday at Point Lonsdale to attend a special Cabinet meeting to-day to deal with the tram and bus strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Motor Cycling Is A Menace
There are more than 30 motor vehicle drivers in the State to every motor cyclist and yet more of these cyclists are killed in road accidents…
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