Mem "On The Road" Seek Jobs
GRAFTON, Friday. -- The increasing number of unsettled men seeking temporary work while roaming between Sydney and Brisbane is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
794 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 40
Tram Strike Settled: Men Return to Work
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The tramwaymen agreed this afternoon by 3000 votes to 6 to the terms of settlement in the Melbourne tramway strike. The men will return to work as from the first all-night trams to-night. The strike cost the men £58,000 in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£ 1220 Grant to Improve Back Roads
Tweed Shire has been allocated a grant of £1220 from the Commonwealth Aid Roads Fond towards improvement of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Move Against New Vic. Act
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Inter-union shop committees in the Victorian railways have been called on to organise for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket Waratahs, Railway Win at Casino
CASINO, Sunday.--The remaining three High School wickets fell quickly in the Casino Association match against Waratahs on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tax Allocation for Roads
A sum of £286,000 allotted to the N.S.W Government by the Commonwealth will be spent on roads in sparsely populated timber and rural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North-south Road Beaudesert Action
The Kyogle Chamber of Commerce and Development League has asked the Beaudesert Chamber of Commerce to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Holiday Exodus Train Seats to Sydney Are Scarce
The relieving Kyogle Stationmaster (Mr J. Smith) said yesterday that the demand for seats to Sydney was particularly heavy. He said that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Scuffle Brings Taxi Drivers to Court
For years it has been the custom of taxi drivers, clustered around the entrance to the railway station at Lismore, waiting for the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Campaign Against Unsafe Motor Vehicles
Lismore police this week will join in a State-wide campaign against the use of defective motor vehicles on New South Wales roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Sgt. Injured in Road Accident
Riding to his home in Casino Street, South Lismore, early yesterday afternoon, Sergeant W. J. Good, of Lismore Police, sustained slight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blow To Motor Haulers
SYDNEY, Tuesday : The State Government, through the Liquid Fuel Control Board, took action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wage Increase for Motor Mechanics
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Wages of approximately 20,000 motor mechanics in New South Wales were increased to £8s 4s per week under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundurimba Road Resumption
Sir,--Concerning the resumption of land for a road through Larrescy's paddock, Gundurimba Shire: I was amused to see that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rate Increase for "Farmers' Roads"
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. --Tweed Shire Council today decided to increase its general rate from 3d to 3½d in the £ and devote the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposal for Bridge at Tumbulgum
Tweed Shire Council will again write to the Minister for Transport (Mr O'Sullivan) requesting that a bridge be built across the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work on New Bridge at Mullumbimby
MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.-- Work had commenced on the construction of the new bridge over Saltwater Creek, the Town Clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in Rates to Gravel Shire Roads
Tweed Shire Council decided yesterday to increase its general rate for 1948 from 3d tp 3½d in the £ and devote the additional revenue produced in making a determined start in restoring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sodium Chlorate Test Likely on Lantana on Roads
Sodium Chlorate, which has given pronounced results when sprayed on hemp agrimony in Tweed Shire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terania Council Road Works Pruned No Increase in Rates
There will be no increase in Terania Shire rates this year, but the financial position of the council is such that an increase will be imperative in 1949. The rates to be levied will be the…
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