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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

517 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 26

Swimmers Train for Leander Visit

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 6

Evidence that swimming club members are maintaining training for Inter Club contest with the Brisbane Leander club was shown by the continued improve…

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Federation Support For Road Move

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Strong support for the raising in status of Kyogle Murwillumbah road from that of a main road to a…

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"Fair Cop" Gives Advice to Road Users

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

Section 7 of the Motor Traffic Act states that it is an offence for any person to give any false or…

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Hints To Motorists

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

Carbon monoxide, a deadly, poisonous gas, is always present in the exhaust of your car says the N.R.M.A…

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Jiggi P.p.u. Seeks Bridge Repairs

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 6

Jiggi P.P.U. held its regular monthly meeting, when the delegates reviewed the decisions made at the last quarterly…

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Railway Gang Negligent in Fatal Bushfire

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Wednesday.— Two men died from burns received in a bushfire near Macedon on February 4 as the result…

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Electrocuted On Top of Train

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A New Zealand naval rating was found dead on the roof of an electric train at North Sydney station…

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Road Race for Cycle Club on

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 5

Kyogle Cycle Club, which has been in recess since last October, will re-commence activities on Saturday…

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Railways Out Of Step With Transport

Northern Star · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Australia's greatest, bottleneck today is the shortage of transport facilities…

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5 Killed On Vic. Roads

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—At least five people were killed in road accidents in Victoria during…

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Cost Sought of Footpath For Ballina Bridge

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

BALLINA, Sunday.— Ballina District Chamber of Commerce wrote requesting Ballina Council to ascertain the cost of construction of a footpath over North Creek, at Missingham…

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Spur Railway in S.A. Uranium Plans

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday. — The Premier, Mr. Playford, will fly to Canberra tomorrow to confer with the Prime Minister,…

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Road Grants "Banked" by 8 Councils

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Minister for Local Government, Mr. Cahill, said today that at least eight local…

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Build Link Road Soon C. of Com. Request To Shire Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A well attended meeting convened by Kyogle Chamber of Commerce on Friday night discussed at length the proposed Toonumbah-Duck Road and decided that the Shire Council should he urged to again…

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State Must be Ready In Railway Dispute

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 4

ANY MERIT WHICH might exist in the claims of industry generally for a revision of marginal increases is hopelessly weakened by such irresponsible stoppages as those which now threaten…

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Landslide on Train

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

LISBON, Tuesday (AAP).— Ten people were killed and 38 injured when falling rocks crushed a train near Lisbon…

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No F.n.c. Train Cancellations

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 5

A Casino railway, official said yesterday that, he had not received any notification of cancellations of trains due…

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Leadership School To Train Youth

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 1

The opportunity for district youths and young women to receive valuable training to suit them for…

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Carelessness In Growing Toll of Road

Northern Star · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 6

Without the wholehearted co-operation of the general public, there was little hope of stemming' the present…

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More Dairies If Road Put in

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 7

Thirty additional dairies could be established in the Duck Creek area if a suitable access road to Kyogle were provided, said Mr. F. J. Murphy in a report to Kyogle Chamber of Commerce last week…

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