Lack of Road Courtesy Causes Colour Change
The committee of Kyogle District Ambulance has reversed a previous decision regarding the colour of the new Ambulance…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
794 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 40
State Delay To Aerodrome Plans at Casino
CASINO, Tuesday. -- The present delay to the implementation of an all-weather aerodrome at Casino had been caused by the State's refusal to relinquish its authority to the Federal Government for the extension of…
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An exhibition racing motor cycle and a T model Ford were involved in traffic charges in the Court of Petty Sessions in Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It Happened 60 Years Ago (Extracts from the "Northern Star" file of 1888, from February 20 to February 27, 1888.) Brown's Creek Bridge
We had the pleasure this week of inspecting the fine new bridge over Brown's Creek, now completed. It has three 30 feet spans, and is…
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The Kyogle stationmaster (Mr. G. L. Nebauer) said yesterday that goods traffic from the station had been restored to normal…
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Next Tuesday's special fruit train would run 2½ hours earlier than ordinarily, the B.G.F. general…
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Edward Charles Dale, of Alstonville, was charged in Alstonville Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. F. C. H. Tompson with driving a…
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CASINO, Sunday. -- Dyraaba R.S.L. branch has invited the President and Engineer of Kyogle Shire and the two councillors for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods Train Derailed by Hoodlums
LITHGOW, Monday. -- Police and railway officials investigating the derailment of a goods train on the Western Line between…
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At the February meeting of the Wholesale Meat Operators' Association, held in Casino, a report was received from a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport in Sydney to Stop on
SYDNEY, Monday: Sydney's road transport services will be disorganised on Friday when 7000 transport drivers in the metropolitan area hold a 24hour stoppage. The State Council of the Amalgamated Road Transport…
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SYDNEY Monday: The tramway men may refuse to work after March 21 on trams they consider obsolete…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Qld. Strike May Be Extension To Trams, Buses
BRISBANE, Monday: A move was made by the strikers' central disputes committee today to tie up…
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Lismore City Council has decided to advise Lismore District Sports Association that it does not look favourably upon the proposal to…
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On January 1 the British Transport Commission took over Britain's railways, and the fourth largest experiment in…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Queensland's crippling railway strike today entered upon its fourth week with mass picketing of country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kalgoorlie Train Passengers Stranded
PERTH, Wednesday: All railway lines centred on Kalgoorlie are still out of order as a result of washaways caused by…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Despite a warning to-day by the full bench of the Industrial Commission that the proposed…
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At Tweed Heads Court on Wednesday, Allan Douglas Hayes (19), of Chinderah, pleaded gui[?]ty to three traffic breaches in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Growth of Pilfering on Railways
SYDNEY, Thursday: Loss by pilfering on the New South railways had increased from £18,000 in 1938-39 to £220,000 in…
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