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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 5 of 112

Refund of Motor Tax. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 4

Returned Diggers whose measure of disability is 75 per cent. and over are eligible to claim a refund of 90 per cent. of the motor tax paid by them…

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Attack on Judges by Tramway Employees' Paper

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 8

The Australian Tramway Employees' Association, through its official organ, the "Record," has made a most amazing attack on judges, particularly of the…

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Tax on Motors £900,000 for Roads Minister at Motor Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

The motor exhibition arranged by the Motor Traders Association opened on the Sydney Showground last night. The value of the machines is estimated at…

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Road Signs Necessary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

No fewer than half a dozen cars to the writer's knowledge, arrived in Bellingen during the holidays thinking they were on the main North Coast road. One car…

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Mosquitoes Carried by Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

The health inspector's report, submitted to the Kyogle Shire Council's meeting last week disclosed the fact that the work of mosquito eradication was…

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Train Post Office (North Coast Line)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

At last Friday's meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council the president (Cr. Tonks) presented a minute as follows: "As it would make for a great…

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Fell Out of Carriage Boy Holed by Passing Train. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5

Sydney Elberfield (15), Coburg, was returning from a picnic on Saturday night when he fell out of a train near Box Hill. When discovered it was found he had been…

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Railway Notes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

The sub-branch of the Australian Railway Union met on Sunday morning at the Trades Hall, Grafton, when many important matters came up for discussion, and…

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Motor Notes Obscure But Important Tappet Matters

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 7

We have often made allusion to the question of tappet adjustment and the vital necessity for the owner-driver keeping a watchful eye on this part of…

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Railway Excursions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

The Railway Department announces that the first series for the current year of excursions applying the State will be run between 1st to 13th…

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Rebels Cut Railway Fighting in Syria. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Damascus correspondent says the French are massing troops at Ezraa preparatory to attacking the Jebel Druse when the weather improves. They will…

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Rail and Road Motors

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

Slightly more than 12 months ago the Railways Department of South Australia decided to use motor vehicles on the roads and on the rails. Twelve rail motors…

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Australian Steel for North Shore Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 5

At the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's work, Newcastle, yesterday, the first steel rolled in Australia for the harbor bridge was produced. This steel…

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Law Suit Abandoned. North Shore Bridge Tenders. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 3

The law suit instituted by Sir William Arrol and Company, successful tenderers for the North Shore bridge against the N.S.W. Government has…

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Motor Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

A school teacher and his wife and family, who were travelling through here, very nearly met with a very serious accident recently. They had…

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Motor Tax Act Removal of Anomalies Refunds to Country Councils. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

A Bill to amend the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act was given notice of by the Chief Secretary in the Legislative Assembly this morning…

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Motor Notes Emergency Light Outfit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 6

As long as they work, the electric lights on a car leave little to be desired, but at times even the best electrical systems develop faults and short circuits, and the…

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Agric'l Bureau The North Coast Branch Conference at Dorrigo Railway Requirements Discussed. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

The fourth annual conference of the North Coast branch of the Agricultural Bureau opened in the Memorial Hall, Dorrigo, this morning…

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Will Not Interfere Ipswich Railway Dispute Conference with Premier. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. McCormack) this afternoon had a conference with the Commissioner for Railways in connection with the Ipswich railway dispute and…

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Nine Persons Injured Two Motor Cars Smashed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

When two motor cars collided at Randwick to-day nine persons were more or less injured. Mrs. Vera Fay was the most seriously hurt, her thigh being…

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