British Road Safety College
THE Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in Britain, acting as agents for the Ministry of Transport, have just…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
615 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 31
London Reduces Road Accidents
Road accidents in London have decreased by more than 22 per cent, since restrictions were placed on vehicles…
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Courtesy on the roads is the theme of the Road Safety Council's campaign for accident prevention during February, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farrell's Admissions During Timber Case Inquiry Served Sentence in Boggo Road
SYDNEY, Thursday: Edward Farrell, 60, mining engineer, said today that he had met a man who later introduced him to Hancock and Gore while they were both serving jail sentences at Boggo Road Prison, Brisbane. He also admitted that in 1936 he had tried to form…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday: No specific claim on behalf of Australian war prisoners who were forced to work on the…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Housing accommodation at Mt. Isa was so short that people were sleeping in the Mt. Isa railway…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: No ban will be imposed by the Brisbane Tramways Union on any alternative transport means when…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Heavy rain caused two accidents which injured 11 people in Sydney today…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Mines in the Cessnock field, which produce more than 6000 tons a day, were idle because of a…
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WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—Doubt whether the proceeds of the sale of the Burma- Siam railway could be made the subject of reparations, was expressed today by Far Eastern Commission officials…
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TOWNSVILLE, Friday: After reaching their peak of 2ft. 7in. over the rails at 11 p.m. on Thursday at the Inkerman bridge…
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Tweed River Cycle Club conducted an eight mile road race on the Boatharbor course on Saturday afternoon…
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BALLINA, Sunday. — Charged with operating a goods vehicle in opposition to the railways on a iourney exceeding 50 miles, between…
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BRISBANE, Monday: At midnight tonight Brisbane City Council tram and bus services closed down for 24 hours. The last trams…
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BRISBANE, Monday. — At midnight tonight, Brisbane City Council tram and bus services closed down for 24 hours…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Cecil Crowle, middle-aged, of Wyalong Street, Willougby, fell out of an electric train just as it roared from the…
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So Australia is to produce a car at last! That is what thousands of people have been saying since the first official announcement that General Motors-Holden's Ltd. was to enter the field with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramless Brisbane Workers Had to Walk In Rain
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Thousands of people were forced to walk to and from their homes in drenching rain as a result of the…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—Advice has been received from the Department of Main Roads that the road from Woodenbong, via Kyogle and Casino, to South Grafton has been proclaimed a trunk road and the…
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One person was killed and two injured every week in 1948 in road accidents caused by intoxicated persons…
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