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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Chinese Railways Monopolised by Military. Peking

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 5

The Diplomatic Corps to-day sent a note to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling attention to the serious inter motion in the traffic on the Chinese…

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Motors Worth £4935 Man Charged with Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 4

Drury Small. 23, electrician was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day on nine charges of breaking and entering garages and stealing motors…

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Sensation Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 4

Probably the most sensational motor accident in the history of the district occurred on the Urunga to Bellingen road on Sunday afternoon, says the…

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Motor Driver's Story Breaking and Entering Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 5

Leslie Campbell, 33, Leslie Thompson, 38, and Patrick Jackson, 30 were before the Ryde Police Court on two charges of breaking and entering…

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Senasationl Accident. Motor Gar Overturns. Nine Pinped Beneath .Vehicle. No Serious Injuries Received

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 3

Probably the most sensational motor accident in the history of the district occurred on the Urunga to Bellingen road on…

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Railways Union Clarence Sub-branch Formed

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. J. Hudson, New South Wales organiser of the Australian Railways Union, paid a visit to the Grafton District last week, and as a result of his…

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Bandit on Bicycle Tramway Employee Held Up. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 2

William Simmons, a tramway employee, was held up and robbed while going, home at an early hour yesterday, morning The bandit, who covered him with…

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Telegrams Bus Falls 25 Feet. Motor Vehicles Collide. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 2

A motor bus collided with a motor car near Tom Ugly's Point this morning and the bus fell 25 feet over the bank. This vehicle contained about a dozen…

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'No Promise.' Grant for Tullymorgan Road. Harwood Shire's Complaint. the Minister's Reply

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 3

Messrs. W. T. Missingham and G. Nesbitt, M's. L. A., have received the following from the Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, to the…

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Two Men Killed Train Hits Motor Lorry. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

Two men were killed to-day when a motor lorry was struck by a train at a level crossing near Glenelg. Bota bodies were horribly mutilated, and a portion of…

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Council's Road Rollers Taxed!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

It has not taken long for the Mayor of Petersham, Ald. Maundrell, to discover a startling anomaly in the new Main Roads Act. In a special minute…

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Dragged Off Train Two Boys Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

Two boy members of the 39th Battalion met with a peculiar accident near Seymour, Victoria, while being conveyed to a compulsory training camp in a train…

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Jumped From Train Believed to Be Murder Suspect. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

A man who jumped from a train between Wagga and Albury is said to be identical with Alexander Thomas, for whom the police are looking in…

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Tyringham News. Guyra-dorrigo Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

A protest meeting regarding the rejection of the Dorrigo-Guyra railway proposal by the P.W.C. was held here on Saturday, February 14. Most of…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 2

In our article in a recent issue regarding the Guyra-Dorrigo railway we [?] that all members on the Public Works Committee who were…

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Indignation and Pessimism Guyra-dorrigo Railway. "Perfectly Hopeless Outlook."

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

Every railway line in the State leads to Sydney. Every new one sanctioned leads to Sydney. It's quite clear nothing but such lines are likely to get…

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Guyra-Dorrigo Railway Inverell Viewpoint

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

The chorus of Northern indignation ever the final jettisoning of the railday from Guyrg to Dorrigo continues to be sounded. Inverell. "Argus," in…

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Dorrigo-guyra Railway Resolution of Armidale Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 3

The following resolutions were passed by a public indignation meeting held at Armidale on February 11:-- "That this indignation meeting,…

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Tram Accident Three Women Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

While two trams were proceeding up an incline approaching Central Station this morning the leading tram for some reason not yet explained ran back on the…

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Motor Car Burnt

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 4

A Dodge motor car owned by Mrs. F. McLennan and Mr. V. Ramano, of South Grafton, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Mr. Ramano had driven a passenger to…

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