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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

484 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 25

Lecturer Found in Camp: "Been Building Road"

Northern Star · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday. —Police today located the missing university lecturer, Professor Patrick Eldon Daunt, 26, working in a Main Roads camp near Miriamvale in the Rockhampton district. Professor Daunt said he was in…

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Manslaughter Charge Follows Motor Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. — A man appeared in Tweed Heads Court of Petty Sessions this afternoon on a charge of…

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Woodburn Bridge Project

Northern Star · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 4

A public meeting, which will be attended by representatives of shire councils and public bodies, to further a move to have a bridge…

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Road Grant

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Kyogle Shire Council has been advised that the Department of Main Roads has given approval for constructional work to be…

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No Roads---no Rates

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Amongst the usual batch of letters the Shire Council receives each month relating to desirable or essential road repairs there is occasionally an odd letter or two from the individual who protests at paying his rates when no work is done which…

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Letters To The Editor Bridge Across Richmond

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 8

Sir,—A report of a meeting held in Lismore by the Northern Rivers Association of Municipalities and Shires appeared on March 1. I feel…

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Double Draped Brocade Gown With Train For Week-end Bride

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

A small train fell from the double draped gown of brocaded satin worn by week-end bride, Edna Williams, when she wed Henry George Collett, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Casino, on Saturday…

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Estimates Adopted For Risk Bridge Greater Height Cheaper In Long Run--President

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Kyogle Shire Council have adopted an estimate for a new medium level bridge at The Risk, designed to replace the old structure, damaged beyond repair in the recent flood. Two estimates were placed before…

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Motor Cyclist Fined £8/10/

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 8

Mr. F. C. H. Tompson, S.M., imposed fines and costs totalling £8/10/- on Raymond Claude Marchant, of Keen Street, Lismore in…

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Motorist Fined on Two Charges

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 7

BALLINA, Monday.—At Ballina Court of Petty Sessions, Bernard J. Bradley, 25, of George Street, Greenwich Point, North Sydney,…

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Key Road Town Captured

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAPReuter). —United Nations' troops in Korea today captured the key village of…

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Partial Restoration Of Train Services

Northern Star · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) said today that, following a review of coal stocks, it had been decided to augment to some extent long distance country services at present…

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Approach to Minister Case for Bridge at W

Northern Star · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 4

WOODBURN, Wednesday. —A public meeting at Woodburn tonight decided to urge the Minister for Local…

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Two Men Fatally Injured by Train

Northern Star · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Two men were fatally injured when struck by a train at Neath last night…

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Construction Not Justified --Cost £15,000 Per Mile Sextonville-bonalbo Road

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

Advice has been received by Kyogle Shire Council from the Department of Main Roads stating that the construction of a road from Sextonville to Bonalbo did not appear justified. The Department pointed out that…

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Fatal Head-on Collision on Casino Road

Northern Star · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 4

One man received fatal injuries and four others were injured, two seriously, when a car and a moto[?] cycle collided head-on on the Lismore-Casino Road last night…

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Motor Cyclist Awarded £4221

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A Supreme Court jury today awarded £4221 to a motor cyclist who lost his left leg following a collision with a…

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Railway Flagman Killed by Train

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — Roy Tanner, 54, of Cross Street, Maitland, railway flagman, was killed on the line between Victoria Street…

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Shared Road Tax Essential C. of C. To Urge Concerted Action

The Kyogle Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

A well-attended meeting of the Kyogle Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night was unanimous in its decision to urge the Transport Commissioner to use a half of the Road Tax imposed on transport vehicles for the upkeep of rain roads, instead…

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Took Motor Cycle Without Consent; Fined £10

Northern Star · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—Alexander Lachlan Webb was fined a total of £12 in Casino Court of Petty Sessions this afternoor on charges of…

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