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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

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Man Hurt in Fall From Train

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

Arthur McDermott, laborer, of Upper Burringbar, received a large lacerated wound to the right eyebrow, a contused wound to the…

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No One Has Monopoly of Road Rights

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 8

No individual has monopoly rights to the use of the road. Some people fail to appreciate this, and so tragedy comes--for themselves…

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No Petrol "Quiz" of N.s.w. Motorists

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Liquid fuel control officials in the city said tonight that so far there had been no individual petrol…

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Melb. Tram Strike Both Sides Adamant

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Efforts today to settle the tramway strike ended in a deadlock and the stoppage…

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Not Injured in Fall From Train

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

In yesterday's issue of The Tweed Daily it was stated that Arthur McDermott received wounds to the face when he fell, from…

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Qld. to Make Rail and Road Freights Uniform

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Uniformity in road and rail freights is expected to be announced soon by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Duggan), who has submitted to Cabinet a…

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Melbourne Tram Strike Continues

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Settlement of the Melbourne tram strike is unlikely before the weekend at the earliest…

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Govt. To Protect Public In Vic. Tramways Strike

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The Government will introduce emergency transport if striking tramway-men disobey an order by the Arbitration Court to return to work. It is expected that the Court will order…

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Train Kills Man

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A 30years-old man was literally cut to pieces when he fell in front, of an electric train at Wynyard…

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Russia-Kashmir Road Impractical

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Thursday (AAP).--Indian official circles to-day denied reports that the Soviet Union proposes to build an all-weather road between Russia and Kashmir…

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Plan for Soviet-india Road Denied

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Thursday: The Indian Minister for Works (N. V. Gadgil), thhe Kashmir Premier (Sheik Abdullah) and…

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Motor Registry Office to Open on

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

The Department of Road Transport and Tramways wil[?] take over Murwillumbah motor registry from the Police…

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Tram Strike Settlement Possible Today

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday -- Hopes for settlement of the tram strike now centre on tomorrow's conference between…

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Premier Refuses to Intervene in Tram Strike

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Premier (Mr. Holloway) today declined before union representatives to negotiate a settlement of Melbourne's…

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£75Mil. Claim against U.S. Motor Firms

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday: The Ford Motor Company and Dearborn Motors Corporation, Henry Ford II., and other officers and directors of those companies yesterday were sued for damages totalling 251 million dollars…

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Tram Strike Settlement Not in Sight

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Settlement of the tram strike is still remote. The Conciliation Commissioner…

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Tramway Men Defy Commissioner

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Striking tramway men were told by the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Blackburn) to-day immediately after his arrival from Adelaide that he would refuse to deal with the dispute until…

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Serious Turn in Melbourne Tram Dispute Pickets Ready If Emergency Transport Comes

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Hundreds of pickets will be posted on all main highways leading into Melbourne by the Tramways Employees' Association if the Victorian Cabinet, as is expected, decides at a special meeting tomorrow to introduce emergency transport…

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Railway Development North-south Link First

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday: Under the plan to standardise Australia's main railways. the Federal…

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Bus Hits Crowd Waiting for Tram

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: Five were killed and 13 injured when a bus collided with a crowd of shoppers who were queuing up for a…

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