Branch Of N.S.W. Road Safety Council Formed In Kyogle
A branch of the N.S.W. Road Safety Council was formed in Kyogle on Friday night. Mr. Harold Crouch became the branch's first president. Mr. Crouch was chiefly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
794 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 40
Jews Loot British Train
JERUSALEM, Tuesday: Jews attacked near Rehoboth a British troops and ammunition train travelling…
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The damage to shire roads by heavy timber traffic was criticised by the Shire President (Cr. E. L. Vincent) at a shire meeting. He said the Council…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Thousands of workers were forced to hitch-hike home in the southeast suburbs…
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BERLIN, Tuesday: The commanders of two regular British military passenger trains between the British zone of Austria and Vienna flatly refused to produce special identity cards for passengers when the Russians halted the trains at the Semmering checkpoint this morning…
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CASINO, Tuesday. -- In describing the overhead bridge at Casino Railway Station as "a real bottleneck" Mr. A. R. L. Small at a…
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Lismore City Council had purchased land for an aerodrome on the recommendation of the Civil Aviation Department and then the department had refused to grant a licence for the field, said Mr. S. J. Hosie…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Rushing in front of the Gympie mail train at Geebung today, Mrs Evelyn M. Morton (52), widow,…
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ATHENS, Wednesday: Rebel forces are reported to have broken into an American engineering equipment park, 10 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Revolutionary Motor-cycle
A four-cylinder, internal-combustion beam-engine, the first of its type in the world, has completed fully successful trials in a revolutionary British motor-cycle which is now going into production. Picture shows a demonstration of the spring frame. Road wheels…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A Road Safety Council official said today that young motor cyclists had come to be regarded as the…
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CANBERRA, Thursday: The allocation from petrol tax revenue for the maintenance of roads in country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.M. Terms Motor-Cycle Speedster "Dangerous Lunatic"
"A dangerous lunatic" was the description given to Keith Charles Alvey, of Lismore, by Mr F. C. H. Tompson S.M., in Murwillumbah Police Court yesterday after he had…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--A Road Safety Council official said to-day that young motor cyclists had come to be regarded as the worst menace…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.--"A dangerous lunatic" was the description given to Kenneth Charles Alvey, of Lismore, by Mr. F. C. H…
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Faced with an increasing number or requests tor the removal of lantana from shire roads, the President of Gundurimba Shire (Cr. G. Oliver) said at a meeting that the council might soon have to consider an all-out…
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The new Ewing Bridge, at Corndale, which is the largest engineering achievement of Terania Shire Council, will be completed in about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Train Smash Someone Pulled Communication Cord and 23 Died
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).--If someone had not pulled the communication cord of the Glasgow-London express 23 persons would not have lost their lives and another 34 would have…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The Road Transport Workers Union is threatening a regulation strike by May 1, and an overtime ban…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Derailment Causes Train Delays
GRAFTON, Monday.-- The derailment of a goods engine and a number of trucks at Wingham railway station on [?]nday afternoon…
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