Three Flung to Road From Car
MURWILLEMBAH, Monday. -- Mrs. G. Verardo, of Biliinudgel, and her two daughters aged seven years and four months, are in Tweed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
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Melbourne Tram Strike Emergency Transport Postponed
MELBOURNE, Monday: The State Parliament has been called together from recess to meet next…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Armed railway guards will patrol the line between Portland, near Lithgow, and Cullen, from tomorrow, to check vandals who…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--An emergency meeting of the Victorian Parliament will be called this week end and the Government will assume powers enabling it to organise emergency transport during the currency…
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Construction in progress on the new road which is being built from Wembley Park Station to Wembley Stadium, and which will be completed in time for the Olympic Games to be held m July and August this year. The new road will be about half a mile long, 45 ft. wide, and it will have a 10-ft. sidewalk on each side. It will be lined with trees. This is…
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In reply to a request for an alteration in the departure time of the afternoon train from Murwillumbah, the secretary of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Grasshoppers stopped a goods train near Manilla, a small town outside Tamworth, on Monday night…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday.--In reply to a request for an alteration in the time-table for the departure, of the afternoon train from…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Premier Hallway today appealed to trade unionists not to precipitate a general transport stoppage. He said a general stoppage would only result in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) said tonight that he had allocated to shire councils…
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Sir: The article by "Fisherman" in your Forum 5148 is worthy of attention. I am one of the oldest residents at the Headland and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr Cahill) said tonight that he allocated to shire…
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CORAKI, Wednesday.--Woodburn Shire Council to-day rejected estimates which made prevision for an increase of 38d in the £ in the General Rate of 2¾d. No provision was…
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=MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. -- Murwillumbah Motor Registry business was handed over yesterday by Murwillumbah Police to Mr. Arthur…
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MONTREAL, Thursday: Nine were killed and 56 injured, four seriously, when a Canadian National Railways express smashed…
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The Secretary of Mullumbimby Race Club (Mr J. W. Irvine) has received advice from the District Superintendent of Railways (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vic. Govt. Takes Power to Declare State of Emergency No Electric Trains or Trams Today
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Legislation empowering the Government to declare a state of emergency was rushed through both Houses of the Victorian Parliament tonight. As a direct result of its introduction,…
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"When, I think of our N.S.W. railways in comparison with those of the Japanese, I blush with shame." This is an extract from a letter…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.--The Secretary of the Mullumbimby Race Club (Mr. J. W. Irvine) has received advice from the District…
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The Lismore Memorial Amateur Swimming Club has recently appointed a panel of four coaches for its members. Great credit is…
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