New Bridge Washed Away By Floods
BRISBANE, Monday. --The recently completed Brisbane Bridge, linking South Mitchell properties with the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Royal Couple View N.z. Scenery From Train
CHRIST CHURCH, Monday (AAP-Reuter). --The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh today saw some of New Zealand's loveliest and most spectacular country on their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Statistics Goods Revenue Shows Increase
Revenue from goods despatched from the Kyogle goods shed last year showed an increase over 1952's figure. A total of £41,223 in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20 Ft. Fall From Bridge
CASINO, Tuesday.--A man who fell 20 feet from a bridge at Casino this afternoon, was admitted to Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Man's Death; Fell From Train
One of Lismore's best known residents, Mr. Thomas Winterton, 60, of Anstey Street, was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Top Priority For Uralba Road
The Uralba Road will be given first priority after the completion of work on South Ballina Road and Sneath's Road, Tintenbar Shire Councillors decided on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Tax Loan for Road Works Sought
A motion that the State Government should float a road works loan to be financed out of Petrol Tax revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tried to Race Police; Motor Cyclist Fined
A Brisbane motor cyclist was fined a total of £9 plus £116- costs on three charges of breaches of the Traffic Act in the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions by Mr. J. R. Scarlett, S.M…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →60 Believed Bead In Train Smash
KARACHI, Friday (AAP).--About 60 people are believed to have died wheen the crack Pakistan Express…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Change In Royal Tour Plans: Road Not Fit
The return route of the Royal Party to Evans Head on February 10 has been altered because of an uneven road surface on a section of the Casino-Coraki Road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spend Money on Theresa Creek Bridge
The sum of £40 will be spent by Kyogle Shire Council on the Theresa Creek bridge. Cr. Manning brought the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Urbenville Court of Petty Sessions Didn't Know The Bend In The Road
"It is a very bad bend and I didn't know the road," was the reason given by a Toowoomba man, Edward John Williamson, for an accident which resulted in a negligent driving charge, on June 12, last year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broke Leg in Jump From Motor Cycle
MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.--A New Australian who thought a motor cycle on which he was pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Press For Ballina St. Bridge
Lismore City Council will ask district members of Parliament to place before the State Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Used Motor Cycles; Man Gaoled
MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday:--A young man who pleaded guilty to charges of illegally using motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casino To Request Tender Date For Aerodrome Works
CASINO, Wednesday.--Casino Municipal Council is seeking information on when tenders will be called for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Crossed Centre Line, Hit Cow; Fined £3
MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.--For crossing the centre line on the Pacific Highway and colliding with a cow, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fight to Save Hobart Bridge
HOBART, Thursday.--A leak in one of the pontoons of Hobart's pontoon bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ask again for high level bridge
A meeting of about 30 residents of the Ironpot-Ettrick area of Kyogle Shire on Tuesday morning decided to again ask Kyogle Shire Council to cease rebuilding of the Hannah's bridge over Ironpot Creek and to erect a high level bridge instead at a spot a mile and a half distant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ratepayers Demand Repairs to Road
A well attended meeting of ratepayers and residents was held in Bungawallyn Memorial Hall to discuss the state of the road from Coraki to Swan Bay and Buckendoon…
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