Freak Fog Closes Aerodrome
Thick fog prevented a newspaper service plane from Sydney landing at Evans Head aerodrome yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Repairs Next Year to Jubilee Bridge
Southport Town Council at its meeting yesterday was advised that the Main Roads. Commission had listed in the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Railways Department Secretary, Mr G. Nicholas, said today that fines totalling more than £1000 were…
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By the end of this week the old bridge oyer Brown's Creek in Keen Street will be gone. Workmen have already started…
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CASINO, Wednesday. — Pleading guilty to a breach of traffic regulations, John Charles Taylor, of Casino, was fined 30s, with 10s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further Trials Of Road Trains
Following the success of the recent trial of road transport of cattle from Central Australia, the Australian. Meat Board has made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cement Quota Insufficient for Road Work
Three hundred tons of cement are required by Tweed Shire Council to complete the concreting of roads in the…
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Kyogle Shire Council is to be asked by the Kyogle branch of the Road Safety Council to discuss with a deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Freda Cochrane Roundabout... Lismore Soprano To Train At Conservatorium
OPPORTUNITY to train under one of Australia's leading baritones has come to 21-year-old Lismore girl, Beverley Woodward. Beverley is wisely seizing it. Through the kindly interest of friends,…
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Mr S. T. Stephens, M. L. A., will be asked by Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce to make representations to the Minister for Local Government, Mr Cahill, regarding the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Position Better, but No More for the Motorist
CANBERRA, Friday: Although the petrol position has improved, the Commonwealth Government will not relax the present ration. It will continue, however, with the system of issuing special licences…
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TARROGONA (Spain), Sunday: At least three persons were killed and 32 injured when the Madrid-Barcelona express was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Replacement of Tatham Ferry By Bridge Urged
At the recent Tomki P.P. Union meeting a motion asking Tomki Shire Council to further investigate the replacement of Tatham…
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CAIRNS, Sunday: Traffic on the Cairns-Mareeba road have been disrupted for about 56 hours by the submerging of the Harold…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: A report that a dispute exists between employees on tramways and the City Council will be officially…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed in Motor Crashes
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two people died as the result of motor accidents last night at Maitland and Muswellbrook. Mrs. Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eyes on the Bridge
Cameras of all shapes and sizes were brought into commission as the liner Georgic steamed up Sydney Harbour yesterday morning. All eyes were on the bridge. The Georgic brought a complement of immigrants and war brides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tabulam Bridge Work Begun
Work has begun on the construction of a bridge over the Tabulam Rivulet to replace the one swept away in the flood…
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MADRID, Monday: Three Englishmen and one American were Among the 28 killed in the Madrid-Barcelona express…
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Workmen moving the last of the girders in Spinks Bridge over Brown's Creek, in Keen Street yesterday. Traffic is at present diverted across the filling on the eastern side of the bridge…
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