£1 Fine, £11 Costs After Road Accident
CASINO, Friday.—A fine of £1 and costs amounting to £11 were imposed on Robert John Rutledge, timber cutter, of Mongogarie, who…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Road Smash Near Brisbane Couple Killed and Two Tweed Men Injured
BRISBANE, Friday: An elderly Brisbane couple, James Joseph Kelly, 69, and his wife, Anne Kelly, 75, were killed, and two young men seriously injured, when a car overturned on the…
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Motor vehicles, both old and new, are breaking down on the roads in record numbers. New vehicles involved are…
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MR ALFRED BARNES, British Minister of Transport, opened an exhibition of Motorways Models in the main hall of Berkeley Square House, London. Mr Barnes explains a model of a road roundabout to (extreme left) Mr T. G. Richards, engineer, and Major H. E. Aldington, Ministry of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Axle Delays Train
BRISBANE, Sunday: Four Brisbane bound trains were delayed up to five hours today when an axle broke on a sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Accident at Coomera
Two men were injured in a motor cycle accident at Coomera yesterday morning…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: I an Huddleston, 11, ran 50 yards home to his mother at Cook's Hill, Newcastle, today after a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goods Train Hits Rail Tricycle
GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Two railway bridge examiners had narrow escapes when a motor tricycle on which they were riding near Banyabba was run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steel Coaches For British Railways
LONDON.—A new type of passenger coach is being designed for the railways of Britain. It is made entirely of steel, and can be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fingal Anger At Road Work Delay
Fingal Progress Association advised Tweed Shire Council yesterday that it took a serious view of the delay in having road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Grant for Tyalgum-byrrill Creek Road
The Forrestry Commission, through Mr S. T. Stephens, MLA, has advised Tweed Shire Council it cannot grant £300 for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor (Letters to the Editor should not exceed 250 words). Condition of Riley's Hill Road
Sir,—Many months ago bus travellers and others were pleased when it was learned Woodburn Shire Council was going to spend £1,600…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casino Move on Railway Dispute
CASINO, Wednesday.—The dispute concerning the internal administration of the Railway Department will be discussed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Running Of N. C. Mail Train
The North Coast mail train has a habit of running behind schedule. As the time varies from half-an-hour to one and a half hours behind the set…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ballot on Tram and Bus Stoppage in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Thursday: Tram and bus employees today decided to hold a secret ballot before February 22 to decide whether…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Motor Cycles Annoy Southport People
Government legislation may curb reckless motorcyclists along the Queensland South Coast,it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1948 Railway Transactions Reduced Number Of Passengers From Kyogle
Passenger revenue at the Kyogle railway station in 1948 was £300 less than in 1947. Figures prepared by the station…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Southport Council Aerodrome Project Abandoned
A 400-acre reserve at Labrador, which Southport Town Council earmarked years ago for a local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Crushed Under Tram
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—A woman was crushed to death by a tram in Tudor Street, Hamilton, last night. She was Adelaide Bashford, 57…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Theft of Watch on Train
CASINO, Tuesday.—As a sequel to the theft of a wristlet watch on the Sydney-Murwilumbah train on Saturday, Conrad Hugo Craig, 29,…
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