Weeds and Grass Hinder Road Vision
Prolific growth of weeds and grass was interfering with visibility on many sections of Tweed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
794 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 40
Train Wreck Attempt Discovered
BRISBANE, Monday: Detectives are investigating an attempt to wreck trains between Walloon and Rosewood on the…
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BRISBANE, Monday: About 11,700 of the 23,000 State railway men remain on strike. Men still involved include 4000 members of the AEU, 6700 members of the ARU and 1000 vehicle builders, boiler makers and carpenters…
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[?]SGT. P. Costello and Constable W. Brett, of Kyogle, arrested Augustus Jones (37), labourer of Blacktown, on the Kyogle-Wiangaree Road, about half a mile from Wiangaree on Saturday morning…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Brisbane City Council today, after five hours' discussion, adopted a recommendation that after Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumbulgum Road Footpath
At Tweed shire Council meeting yesterday, the ganger-in-charge (Mr R. Cox) submitted an estimate of £668 for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Road Hauls Yet; NSW to Qld
SYDNEY, Wednesday: The complicated and illogical procedure in obtaining permits from the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Sabotage Efforts on Queensland Railways
BRISBANE, Thursday: Two more attempts have been made to sabotage trains in Queensland. They occurred only two miles apart, on the Townsville - Charters Towers line, on consecutive nights this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Somersaults On Bridge
While returning from Dungay on Saturday night a car owned by Mr. J. B. King and driven by Mr R. Smith overturned and…
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GRAFTON, Thursday. -- In an endeavour to obtain a first class aerodrome at South Grafton to serve the Clarence district, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge at Bangalow
The J. G. Snow bridge, which has just been completed at Bangalow and was recently opened to traffic. It has replaced a low level bridge at the northern part of the town near the intersection with the Pacific Highway. The bridge…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan), through Messrs. J. T. Reid and W. Frith, M's.L.A., has refused representations by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast News Move for Aerodrome
In an endeavour to obtain a first class aerodrome at South Grafton at serve the Clarence district, the Grafton and South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed Road Accidents
BRISBANE, Sunday: Two were killed and six injured in road accidents in Queensland today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria May Get Railwaymen And Houses for Them
LONDON, Monday: No difficulties will be experienced at this end if the proposal of the Victorian Minister for Railways (Mr. Kent Hughes) is adopted for the transfer of 1000 British railway workers to Victoria, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Motor Cyclist Injured
MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- Frank Le Cornu, 22, motor mechanic, of Lismore, and employed at Casino, was treated by Coolangatta…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A man who was to have faced an Indecency charge at Liverpool Court to-day was run over by a train at Canley…
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Frarik Le Cornu (22), motor mechanic, of Lismore, employed at Casino, was treated by Coolangatta Ambulance for a compound…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strike Way Paved for Settlement of Qld. Rail Strike
BRISBANE, Wednesday: Although no proposal for an immediate resumption of work was made at the mass meeting at Rockhampton today of 400 railwaymen, who included a fair percentage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man on Bridge Beforedeath Inquest Evidence
Three witnesses who yesterday gave evidence at the inquest into the death of pensioner Joseph Quilkey described how they saw Quilkey lying on Slater's Creek bridge. North Lismore, on the…
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