Repairs Under Way Cannot Explain Bridge Subsidence
The reason for a sudden subsidence, which The bridge, a wooden struc- low level bridge at Listure, was built by the Main Roads Department to carry…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
517 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 26
Crossings in Road Safety Campaign
CASINO, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Casino Road Safety Council it was decided to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning-off Appeal to Railways
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Liberal M.L.A. for Albury, Mr. D. G. Padman, has made an urgent appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.n. Bomb on "Truce" Bridge
MUNSAN (Korea), Thursday (AAP-Reuter). —A jet plane, believed to be Allied, dropped two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eltham P.p.u. Request to Railway Dept
The monthly meeting of the Eltham P.P.U. branch was held in the Masonic Hall, 11 members being present. Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway "Services" Extended
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An extended liquor service on railway stations and improved train refreshment…
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The safety fence, kerb girders and decking of the temporary bridge over Wilson's Creek, Lismore, had been removed yesterday afternoon by Main Roads employees. The bridge is being pulled…
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Advice has been received by Mr. N. C. Hewitt, a life-long friend, of the death at the age of 87, at More Hall, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballina Court Motor Cyclist Fined on Two Charges
BALLINA, Sunday.—Luigi Simeoni, of Rock Valley, at Ballina Court of Petty Sessions, pleaded guilty to having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Fined In Accident Sequel
A motor cyclist was yesterday fined £5 by Mr. K. Anderson, S.M., in the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helpless Trawler Hits Bridge Aground at Ballina
With her engines out of action, the 66-foot trawler Boomerang last night drifted and crashed into the bridge at East Ballina. Early this morning she was towed away from the bridge, but stuck fast on the sand spit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move for Bulk Payment Of Road Grants
Woodburn Shire Council will be asked to make a direct approach to the Minister for Local Government for the payment in bulk of moneys allocated to councils under the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Transport to be Co-ordinated Air, Railway Plans
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Transport, Mr. Sheahan, said today N.S.W. air services would be examined as part of a plan to co-ordinate transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.i.b. to Probe Railway Theft
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two detectives were today assigned to join detectives investigating the theft of £3700…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plan to Raise £3000 to Improve Road
MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.—In a proposed scheme to raise £3000 to improve their road residents of Wilson's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Complaints of "Pigsty Smells" From Railway
Residents and shopkeepers in Union Street, South Lismore, claimed yesterday that the South Lismore railway goods yard smelled like a pigsty after wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist in Fatal Crash
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Ray McKenzie, 25, of Harper's Hill, Greta, near Maitland, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federated Chambers Endorse Local Road Status Action Kyogle Mur'bah Route Move By C. of C.
The motion which Kyogle Chamber of Commerce passed on Friday night, urging reclassification of the Kyogle-- Murwilluinbah road from main to trunk road status was endorsed by the Northern Rivers Federated Chambers of Commerce quarterly…
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THE district as a whole will be shocked by the disclosure yesterday at the Board of Tick Control that cattle losses in the board area totalled more than 10,000 head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bonalbo Petition on "Nightmare" Road
The eight miles of extremely rough road approaching Bonalbo was heatedly discussed at a well attended Bonalbo Chamber of Commerce meeting. It was claimed that some…
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