Waters Recede, But Roads Still Blocked
Although flood waters continued to fall steadily throughout the Richmond district yesterday, two main roads were still impassable last night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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No More Money Available for Road Programme
Terania Shire Council could make suggestions for a variation of the programme laid down, but no more grant money was available for works on main and trunk roads during 1953…
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Sir,—For the past seven days the road from Lismore to Casino, called The Top Road, via Naughton's Gap, has been used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bonalbo-Mallanganee Road Money 'Wasted' on Repairs, Claim Commerce Members
Approximately six months after the sum of £11,000 has been spent on eight miles of the main road linking Bonalbo and Mallanganee, this portion of the road has deteriorated to its former…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Liquor Service To Be Extended
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Service of beer nd spirits on country, trains will be extended following the success of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vehicles Bogged on Main Road
CORAKI, Tuesday.—Traffic was bogged last night and to-day when heavy vehicles broke the bitumen surface of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Service Balances Year's Deficit
There is ample evidence to show that a published deficit by the Department of Railways does not necessarily mean that the system is a burden on the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goolmangar Ppu Wants Road Levels Raised
At a meeting of Goolmangar P.P.U., the secretary, Mr. D. Hyde, was instructed to write to Terania Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£3M. Claim From Railways
SYDNEY, Friday.—Writs totalling £3 million have been issued against the Railways Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Road Sought At Evans Hd
Strong representations are to be made by the Evans Head Ratepayers and Citizens' Association to have a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jiggi P.p.u. Wants Road
At the montthly meeting of Jiggi-Georgica P.P.U., presided over by R. S. Armstrong, the following matters were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Tax Protest
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Graziers' Association of N.S.W. decided at their annual conference today to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2762 Damage to Shire Roads Tintenbar Report
Flood damage to roads in Tintenbar Shire Council was estimated at £2762, said the engineer, Mr. A. H. Hicks at the monthly meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Probe On F.N.C. Roads Sought
MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—Tweed District Council of the P.P.U. wants the Premier, Mr. Cahill, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Protest on Road Transport Limit
Further protests are to be made by Lismore City Council over the setting of a 50-mile road transport limit, council considering that a limit of 100 miles should be fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Byron Shire Seeks Report on Road Damage
Byron Shire councillors yesterday discussed at length the amount of money necessary to repair flood-damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over £3000 Flood Damage To Byron Roads
The recent flood caused between £3000 and £3500 damage to Byron Shire roads, according to estimates prepared by the engineer, Mr. E. R. Thompson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Co-operation To End Road Deaths
Unless there is wholehearted co-operation of the general public, there will be little hope of reducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Drowned in Bridge Crash by Blazing Truck
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—A man was drowned when a heavy motor transport truck tore 60 feet of pipe railing from the north approach of Boyd's Bay Bridge, Tweed Heads, about 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Managing Director For Gen. Motors
MELBOURNE, Friday. —Mr. Earl C. Daum, assistant managing director of General Motors-Holden's Ltd. since 1950,…
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