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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

1,802 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 91

Twenty Injured 'Bus and Tram Collide. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 4

Twenty persons were injured in a collision between a bus and a tram at Broadmeadows this afternoon. The vehicles struck head on. The injured…

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Motor Car Capsizes. One Killed Four Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 5

A motor car capsized at Brunswick to-day following the bursting of a tyre. One passenger named Rankin was killed outright. Four others received serious…

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Sydney Train Delayed. Flood Conditions Responsible

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

The train from the Tweed arrived at Grafton yesterday exactly five hours and eight minutes late. This inconvenient de day was brought about as a result of the…

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Fell Out of Train Woman's Lucky Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Bridget Sammon fell from train near Raglan while it was travelling about 30 miles an hour. She escaped with a few abrasions…

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Strange Story Kempsey Train Incident "Man in Woman's Clothes." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

When the Kempsey mail train arrived at Newcastle late last night, a passenger slated a person dressed in woman's clothes boarded the train from the wrong side at…

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Faster Service North Coast Trains Important Alterations Railway Commissioners' Announcements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

With a view of providing better train services to the North Coast districts, the Railway Commissioners have decided upon some important alterations which will…

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Letter to the Editor. Coast-tableland Railway

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 6

Sir,--Under the above heading a letter appeared in your issue of March 3, signed "Bolivia." As some of this gentleman's conclusions appear to be misleading, I will…

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Sensational Motor Smash

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

An accident which might easily have been attended with fatal results occurred on Friday afternoon, near the four-mile nee on the Armidale-Glen Innes road. It…

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Main Roads. Increased Grants Fore shadowed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 3

The Statement made by this Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. W. C. Hill) at the annual meeting of the National roads Association…

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Girl's Escape Fell Under Train But Uninjured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 5

Gabriel Carmichael, 11 years, had a miraculous escape from death to-day. The girl was standing on Norman Park railway station and, as a train was steaming…

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Motor Car Accident. Wealthy Grazier Killed. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Edwick, a grazier, of Tocumval, New South Wales, was killed at Murchison East, Victoria, when a motor car in which he was…

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Lightless Railway Carriages

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 2

In a letter to Mr. Roy Vincent, M.L.A., the Secretary for Railways states:— "With reference to your letter of January 29 last in which complaint is…

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Killed in Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 4

W. F. Edwick, grazier of Tocumwal, was killed at Murchison East, Victoria, when a motor car in which he was riding left the road and struck the fence. The…

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Girl Under Train Miraculous Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

Margaret Degiden, 10, fell from a moving train near Roseville this morning. She escaped with a few abrasions to the head and arms. Her escape from death was…

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Train Hits Car Sensational Accident. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

There was a sensational accident at a railway crossing near Hove station last night. A man na[?]ed Bagshaw, with his wife…

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Railway Improvements

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

The Railway Department intends to make two new crossing stations on the line between Grafton and Lismore. One of these will be at Leeville, arid the other…

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Motor Cycle Record. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

At the motordrome Hubert Opperman broke the Australian and English one hour records, the distance covered being 53 miles 969 yards…

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Another City Railway Eight Miles to Cost £649,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

The State Public Works Committee has approved of the electric railway from St. Leonard's to Eastwood. This work will include the construction of a bridge…

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Crane Drivers North Shore Bridge Workers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day before Judge Rolin, the Federal Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association submitted the proposed award to cover crane drivers on…

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'Red' Leader Kidnapped On Train While Going to Meeting British Fascists Blamed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

The "Daily Herald" reports an astonishing outrage upon the 'Red' leader, Harry Pollitt, who is general secretary of the National Minority movement…

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