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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Ferry Service At Bonalbo Until Bridge Built

Northern Star · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

Food for cattle was ferried across Peacock Creek, Bonalbo, yesterday morning. One and a half tons of cow meal was transported by truck from Casino and ferried across the creek by flying…

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£40,000 Shire Damage Phenomenal Downpour Creates Havoc with Roads Fridges, Properties

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

Damage from the deluge of rain which hit Kyogle Shire last Monday afternoon, causing rapid and severe flooding of all local creeks and watercourses, will cost…

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Ballina Protest On Aid Roads Cut

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—A protest will be made by Ballina Municipal Council, to the Federal Government in connection with the allocation by the State Government of only £1000,…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two men were killed in weekend road accidents in N.S.W. Frank McClure, 69, of the…

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"Zebra" Type Road Markings Not Favoured

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY.—A suggestion by the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union for the…

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Lost Bridge Replaced at Bonalbo

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 5

Kyogle Shire workmen have erected a temporary low level bridge over Peacock Creek, near Bonalbo,…

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£1,000 Grant for Casino Road

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

Mr. Ian Robinson, M.L.A., has been advised of a grant of £l000 to Casino Municipal Council from Commonwealth…

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Progress on Strategic Railway

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).—The Belgian Congo was making rapid progress on a strategic railway line…

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Four Killed in Road Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two persons have died in N.S.W. in Easter holiday road accidents. A youth was killed instantly and another fatally…

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Bonalbo Commerce Meeting Opinions Differ On Road Expenditure

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 7

When adopting the Federated Chamber of Commerce delegate's, report, it was stressed by a delegate at a meeting of the Bonalbo Chamber of Commerce that the report that £11,000 had…

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Heavy Easter Road Toll in Victoria

Northern Star · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—As reports of further accidents continue to pour in from all over the State, police are already predicting that last Easter's grim road toll of 16 dead will be…

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Road Safety Meeting Bad Holes At Cemetery Bridge

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

Kyogle shire council is to be asked to give urgent attention to the road surface at the bridge on the Kyogle side of Cemetery Hill. At their meeting last…

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Holiday Road Toll—8 Dead

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The deaths of four people today brought the Easter holiday road toll in N.S.W. to eight dead. Those killed today were a…

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Inventions to Reduce Accidents on the Road

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

A report that a Brisbane engineer has produced a device that sets a motor horn tooting when the car…

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Motor Car Win

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. —A Lismore resident won second prise of a Ford Project Sedan in a consultation drawn…

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League Side to Train for Trials

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 8

Richmond Rugby League representative team will train tomorrow night at Oakes Oval…

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Drop in Easter Road Deaths

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although at least nine people were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. during Easter, the…

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High Road Death Roll in Victoria

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Victoria's Easter holiday toll rose to 15 deaths today—nearly half the total of 35 for…

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Motorist's Lapse

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 5

CASINO, Wednesday.—A motorist was fined £1, with 12/costs, in Casino Court of Petty Sessions today on a charge of…

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Motor Cyclist Fined on Two Charges

Northern Star · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 5

CASINO, Wednesday.—A Casino motor cyclist, Brian R. Morgan, was fined in Casino Court of Petty Sessions today…

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