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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

2,224 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 112

Letter to Editor Woolgoolga-coff's Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

Sir.-- In reply to your report in the "Daily Examiner" of December 21 last, re £20,000 grant Woolgoolga-Coff's Road, I would like Cr. Mulhearn to come out in…

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Jumped From Bridge Second Suicide in Week. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Alfred Hanscomb, a tramway motorman, committed suicide by jumping from the Grafton Bridge, making the second similar suicide within a week…

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Complete Failure Old Road Making Methods Inverell Tackles Problem

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6

At last meeting of the Inverell Municipal Council Ald. Butler said that he thought the town engineer's proposed programme for the coming year wanted…

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Record Floods Situation In Belgium Inland Sea in France Train Traffic Disorganised. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Brussels correspondent says the King and Queen of Belgium have subscribed two million francs to the national fund for the victims of the floods,…

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Primary Industries and Developmental Railways. Speech by Mr. R. S. VINCENT

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 3

Speaking in the Assembly the other day, Mr. R. S. Vincent, during a lengthy speech has the following to say regarding primary industries and…

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Guyra-Dorrigo Railway "North-west Fooled." Mr. Drummond's Views

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Information has been received to the effect that it is the intention of the Public Works Committee 10 take evidence on the Guyra-Dovrigo railway…

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Toll of Motor Car 109 Deaths Last Year. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

It is stated that 621 persons came to untimely ends in 1925, compared with 561 in 1924. There was a big increase in motor…

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Was He Drunk? Tram Driver Arrested Policeman's Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

At the Central Summons Court to-day Constable Robinson charged Edwin Charles Robson with being drunk while driving a tram…

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Tram Sections Commissioners Against Change. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Mr. Flannery, Minister for Railways, to-day made available the report of the Railway Commissioners on the tram sections…

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Serious Charges. Against City Motor Driver. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

At the Central Police Court to-day Mervin McCarthy, a motor driver, was charged with having feloniously slain Thos Brunton, also with having on one occasion…

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Off the Rails Q'sland Goods Train Shock for Joyriders Little Damage--no One Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

A main northern line goods train met with a serious accident at one o'clock this morning. The train, which was bound from Brisbane to Rockhampton, had…

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Two Killed Bellingen Motor Smash Story Told by Eyewitness. Evidence in Coroner's Court

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

The Bellingen District Coroner, Mr. J. C. Cawood, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of David Arthur Woodroof and his daughter,…

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Drunken Tram Driver. Six Months--but Sentence Suspended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

The case in which Edwin Robson, tram driver, was charged with having been found drunk while on duty, was concluded in the Central Summons Court to-day…

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Cloud Burst Railway Under Water Terrific Storm Near Wagga. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

A terriffic storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night. As a result the railway line for about 20 chains on the north side of Harefield station was…

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Motor Mechanic Killed While Repairing Car. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

Percy Fuller, motor mechanic, was under the chassis of a Sydney-Goulburn coach examining the speedometer when the driver started the coach in response to…

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Tramway Organ Violent Attack on Judges "Satellites and Snobs." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

The Australian Tramway Employees Association's official organ the "Record," in its last issue, makes a violent attack on judges, particularly those of the…

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Both Legs Broken Man in Motor Smash Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and motor car at Brunswick to-day, the driver of the former was thrown into the car and had both legs…

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Bulk Motor Spirit Country Benefits Same As City. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Motor Traders Association to-day, the president, Mr. Willsford, said that country centres are now being supplied with bulk…

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World's Largest Passenger Aeroplane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

The largest passenger aeroplane in the world has recently been passed over to Imperial Airways, Limited, for the augmentation of their fleet. This is a…

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Nymboida Council Lilydale Bridge Estimates for the Year Not Much for by Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

All the members were present at the meeting of the Nymboida Council held at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, yesterday, the president (Cr. D. N…

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