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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Motor Chassis. Last Year's Import Decline Has Been Continuous. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

The quarterly figures of Imports into Australia of motor chassis show a continuous decline. The value of chassis from the United…

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Freelance Venture Trampship of the Air British Flishers Leave on Novel Tour. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 5

Flying Officers Newell and Vincent, accompanied by a mechanic and photographer, left Staglane aerodrome in a Siddeley aeroplane for Singapore, via…

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COPMANHURST Shire Council Meeting Roads at Ewingar Carr's Creek Railway Crossing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held at the Shire Council Chambers, Victoria street, Grafton, yesterday morning. There were…

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Three Toes Torn Off Motor Cycle Accident on Glen Innes Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 4

Albert Ransanuy, 28, who is believed to be a resident of Lawrence, had three toes torn off his left foot, in motor cycle accident on the Glen…

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Boy Charged Echo of Railway Tragedy

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 4

The boy who was with George Strickland, of Newtown, when the latter was killed on the North Coast railway, on Saturday morning, was brought before…

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Railway Finances Committee to Investigate. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, stated to-night that Cabinet had decided to appoint a Departmental Committee to investigate railway finance…

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City Electric Railways Clyde £541,900 Tender Accepted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 4

Cabinet to-day accepted the tender of the Clyde Engineering Coy for the supply of rolling stock for the metropolitan electric railways service. The price was…

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BUSES V. Trams "People Will Get What They Want." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

Speaking at the annual dinner of the Motor Traders' Association, Mr. J. A. Gilbert characterised the attempt of the Lang Government to attempt to legislate…

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Youth Killed Fell Under Motor Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

Jumping off a moving lorry in Central Square to-night Harold Johnson, 17, of Lakemba, slipped and fell under the wheels, which passed over his stomach. He…

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Motorship Captain Missing Scotland Yard Searching. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 5

Captain Robert Cant, who was sent to take charge of the New Zealand motor ship Manipomare, has been missing since November 29, when he left Dublin for…

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Succa Crack Road. Main Roads Board Engineer Inspects

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

Mr. E. F. Crou[?], Main Roads Board engineer, was here on Tuesday and inspected the road from Woolgoolga road to Bucca Creek, via…

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Fernbrook Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

It is said that the bulk of the £1000 grant recently received. for the Fen[?]brook road is to be spent on a deviation below the hill near the turno[?]…

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Amusements "The Golden Road."

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

"The Golden Road," to be screened at the Garden Theatre to-night, is a film of an unusual type, and one which has real value as its title suggests. It is not a…

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Joys of Motoring on the Deervale Road a Few Holiday Thrills

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

Down on the Coast a few years ago there used to be a bullocky who made good money when the suu was not shining. He lived not a hundred…

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Saving Public Roads the South Australian Plan

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

New regulations designed to minimise damage to roads by motor vehicles, particularly of the heavier type, have just been put into force in South…

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Timber Train Bolts. Sensation at Briggsva[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

A sensational bolt occurred en the Briggsv[?]le tram line, owned by Messrs. G.L. Briggs and Sons, Ltd., on Wednesday week. Several trucks of…

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Telegrams Run Down by Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

While working near Summer Hill station to-day, Robert McDonald, 64, foreman bricklayer, was knocked down and Killed by a train…

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Train Derailed Fishplate in Points. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

A workmen's train was derailed near Chullora to-day, but no one was hurt. Later it was found that a fishplate had been wedged between the points…

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Letter to the Editor. Armidale Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

Sir,--I wrote you early last year re the deplorable state of this road in several places, and I am pleased to say that a considerable improvement has been made,…

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Money for Roads Additional Petrol Tax Suggested. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Collier, supported a suggestion of Mr. Jenkins, Minister if of Lands in South, Australia, that the Commonwealth should levy a petrol tax of a…

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