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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Found-- Motor Cycle in Well

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.--Investigations are being made by Mullumbimby police following…

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Most Roads Open to Traffic

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 2

Late last night roads were open to most centres in the district, with the exception of the Lower Rivers area…

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Fruit Train Today

Northern Star · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Arrangements have been made with the Railways Department for a fruit train to load at Old Casino station…

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Extensive Damage to Railway System

Northern Star · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Railway systems on the Far North Coast would be out of service for more than a month, the Railways Commissioner, Mr. Winsor, said today. Floodwaters had completely…

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State Assurance On Assistance For Road Repairs

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Government did not expect local councils to pay the full cost of restoring flood-damaged roads, according to the Minister for Public Works, Mr. Renshaw…

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Train Smash Inquest Driver Asked to Take Control ... WITNESS

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY.--A Peakhurst train guard had asked a driver named Harding to take control of the disabled Bankstown train after the Sydenham train smash, the City Coroner's Court was…

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Bailey Bridge Parts Reach Casino

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Monday. -- A traffic bridge link between Casino proper and South Casino is expected to be available in three to four days…

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Liberal Govt. Aid for Roads Minister's View

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government and Public Works, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, said last night in Lismore that he would do everything in his power to see that the district was helped…

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Lismore Visits By Road Safety Field Officers

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 5

A Road Safety Council field officer will visit Lismore district twice yearly, according to a letter from the N.S.W…

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Must Have More Technical Enrolments May Lose Train School

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 7

Unless there are at least eight enrolments received by the end of this week for trade courser available from the Mobile Instruction Unit in Kyogle railway siding the unit will cease to make…

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Flood Damage Experienced in Almost Every District Roads, Fences Worst Affected By Downpour

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 7

No district in Kyogle has escaped completely unscathed from the flood. Washed out bridges, scoured roads, paddocks covered with silt, ruined crops and dead…

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Pedestrians to Use Casino Rail Bridge

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

CASINO, Tuesday.--Casino railway bridge, at present the only within the municipality between Casino and…

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Heavy Cost Of Repairing Flood Damaged Roads

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

While damage to the water supply and sewerage department would be limited to a few hundred pounds, that to roads and streets would cost thousands to repair, stated Lismore City…

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£1 M. Damage to North Coast Roads, Bridges

Northern Star · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Flood damage to roads and bridges on the North Coast would total more than £1,000,000, the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Renshaw, said today. A conservative estimate of the damage to…

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Casino Bridge Link Restored

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

The break in the Irving Bridge at Casino has now been spanned by a section of one of the famous Bailey…

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Move for Bridge at Woodburn

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

WOODBURN, Thursday. -- The Lions Club of the Mid-Richmond will sponsor a public meeting to discuss the…

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Efforts to Restore District Road Links Tomki Shire Decisions

Northern Star · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday. -- Tomki Shire staff have started repairing Lagoon Creek bridge to open the full length of the Casino-Kyogle road to traffic by Sunday, if possible…

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Irving Bridge Reconstruction

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Monday. -- Officers of the Main Roads Department will confer with Casino Municipal Council…

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Sufficient Enrolments Technical Train To Continue

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 2

The Mobile Technical train of the Department of Technical Education will continue to come to Kyogle…

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Lock-up Escapee Still Free Police Block On Roads

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

Despite one of Lismore's most intensive manhunts, William Nolan, who escaped from the Lismore lock-up on Sunday night, was still at large early this morning…

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