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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

1,624 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 82

Motor Ships, Buses and Trains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

The North Coast Company's new steamer, Wollongbar, is reported to have given a first-rate account of herself on her trial trip to Byron Bay…

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Wiped Out. West Clare Railway Threat to Shoot Line Repairers London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 5

The rebels have wiped out the whole of the West Clare railway, 27 miles, says the "Daily Mail's" Dublin correspondent. There were concerted attacks on stations,…

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Train Alteration Likely

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

Although nothing official can be learnt regarding the matter, it seems certain there will be an alteration in the train service on the North Coast…

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Shire Roads. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

Members of the Shires Association saw the Minister yesterday regarding the Maintenance of country roads. Mr. Fitzpatrick promised to appeal to…

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Train Runs Into a Jinker. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

On Monday, as the Wauchope mail train was proceeding to Sydney crowded with, passengers, it collided, with the jinker of a bullock waggon. On the…

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Casualties. Another Death From Motor Accident. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

The fatal motor accident at Coorparoo on Friday when the motor driver and a lady passenger, were killed outright and three others critically…

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Policy of Ruin. Rebel Railway Outrages. Two Inspectors Kidnapped James Larkins Free. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says the well-known singer, John McCormick, while returning by train to his native town, Athlone, was held up by…

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Back Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

The Wingham "Chronicle", whose editor is a brother of the Minister for "Local" Government, says:—"There is something wrong with the…

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Telegrams. Roads Problem. Motor Tax Suggested. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 3

Deputations from the Shires' Association and the Municipal Association to Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government,…

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The Jetty Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

Whether or not our recent paragraph as to the deterioration of the Jetty Road is responsible, we are pleased to notice that some very…

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New Magazines. How an Aeroplane Drives a Ship

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

Perhaps the greatest miracle wrought by wireless is the control of a giant ship by a man in an aeroplane. Twenty thousand tons of steel, bristling with…

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Train 'S Speed Averts Disaster. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

How the Dublin nail train with 200, passengers, leapt a yawning chasm and miraculously escaped destruction has just come to light…

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Train Leaps a Chasm. Miraculous Escape. Irish Rebels' Outrage. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

How a Dublic mail train with two hundred passengers aboard leapt a yawning chasm and miraculously escaped destruction has just come to…

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Train Jumps Chasm. Speed Averts Catasirophe Irregulars' Organisation Women Despatch Eiders and Spies. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

The Government secret service has discovered that the rebels possess an engineer-in-chief, who plans the operations of the flying gangs. Hundreds of…

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Recent Railway Accident. Magisterial Inquiry

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 3

A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. F. T. Stennett on Tuesday at Megan Hall as to the cause of death of Robert Charles Byrnes…

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Controlling Coal Exports French Seize Railways. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Essen correspondent states that in pursuance of the policy of controlling coal exports the French have seized all the railway stations…

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CASUALTIES. Twenty-Eight Persons Injured. Seven Taken to Hospital Cable Tram Derailed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Twenty-eight persons were injured,five badly, when a cable tram jumped the points at South Melbourne last night. The tram was crowded with people…

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Another Serious Motoring Accident Narrowly Averted

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 3

An account comes to hand of a motoring accident which, though resulting in no great loss of life, [?]still take a leading place in the annuals of [?]…

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French Control Railways. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Reuter 's Essen correspondent reports that in pursuance of the policy of controlling coal exports the French have seized all railway stations in the Ruhr…

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Nimbin-lismore Railway

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

The Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, in a communication received by Mr. Nesbitt has again stated that the Railway Commissioners have not altered their…

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