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Premium Content Subscriber only Tweed Heads police are investigating a fire at the Kingscliff football club which started in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A NSW Fire & Rescue spokesman said crews from Kingscliff, Tweed Heads and Banora Point attended Shell St in Kingscliff to a building fire at 2.31am. He said crews worked to contain the blaze until 3.15am. Fire crews attended a blaze at the sportsclub in Kingscliff at 2.30am on March 16, 2021. Photo: Fire and Rescue NSW Station 347 Ki...

TODAY, road traffic offences and accidents are generally associated with the advent of the motor car. But dangerous driving, speeding and road accidents were also a serious problem in the age that preceded them. Nowadays the police have the benefit of car registration plates to identify offenders. Although these did not exist in the 19th century, the law did require all backboards and tail gates on waggons and carts to clearly display the name of the owner and their town or village. Heavy...