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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Bridge Damage In Kyogle Shire May Exceed £48,000

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 5

KYOGLE, Monday. -- The estimate of £48,000 damage to bridges and £2000 to road surfaces in Kyogle Shire eligible for flood damage grant claim was only tentative and…

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Red Cross Monthly Meeting MRS. N. Bridge Elected New Treasurer

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 4

Mrs. N. Bridge was elected as treasurer to the Kyogle branch of the Red Cross Society on Tuesday afternoon at the monthly meeting held in the Diggers' Doom…

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Bridge Agitation Renewed

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 5

A public meeting at Woodburn last night renewed a 37-year-old agitation for…

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15-Ton Limit on Casino Bailey Bridge

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.--The Main Roads Department has fixed the maximum weight of vehicles that can use the…

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Grant for Road Works Only First Instalment

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 4

THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY the Premier, Mr. Cahill, that £260,000 would be granted to councils to assist them with the restoration of damaged roads and bridges is an important start to the tremendous…

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Direction Road Signs To M'bimby

Northern Star · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 8

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.--Road signs directing traffic to Mullumbimby will be erected immediately on…

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Bailey Bridge Sought

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 6

Kyogle Shire Council has decided to ask army authorities to make available Bailey bridges…

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£10,000 Damage To Roads in Woodburn Shire

Northern Star · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4

Flood damage to byroads within the Woodburn Shire Council area was estimated at £10,000, the shire engineer, Mr. J. G. Willis, told a meeting, of council…

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MAROONED Kyogle Becomes "Railway" Town

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 1

Kyogle has become a "railway" town again for the first time since 1929-30. Scores railway workmen are quartered in Kyogle…

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Delay in Train Travel

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 4

North Coast bound passengers were delayed several hours because of a derailment at Cowan, and had to…

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Wants Temporary Bridge Retained

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.--Tomki Shire Council wants the temporary traffic bridge to be erected at Casino retained permanently as a stock bridge. The council appointed a…

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Tomki Shire To Reseal Major Road Links

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 5

CASINO, Sunday.--The major links of Casino-Tatham Road and Casino-Kyogle Road in Tomki Shire will be resealed this year. The engineer, Mr. E.J…

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Ballina Roads Grant £800

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4

Ballina Municipal Council will receive a Commonwealth Aid Roads grant of £800 for 1953-54…

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Train Service To Kyogle In Few Days

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.--The Casino-Kyogle railway line is expected to open within a few days for passenger trains…

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Casino-kyogle Train Service to Resume

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- A train service between Casino and Kyogle would resume tomorrow, the…

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17 Injured In Brisbane Tram Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. Seventeen people were injured when a tram, packed with people on their way…

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Thrown to Road From Jumper Bar

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday.—A man who was carried several feet on the bumper bar of a car and then thrown to the…

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Railway to Spend Surplus

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Railway officials have recommended speeding[up of department expenditure in an…

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Train Leaves Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

The Department of Technical Educational mobile train tell Kyogle last week after having been here…

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Claims Heavy Trucks Damaging Roads

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 4

At a meeting of the works committee of the Lismore City Council last night, Ald. C. J. Campbell claimed that heavily…

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