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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

1,966 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 99

Wool by Aeroplane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

A Melbourne report says that transport of wool by aeroplane is now being considered by the Australian Aerial Services, Ltd., which already have…

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Slaying Charge Man Killed Off Motor Lorry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

At Parramatta Court Jack Potter, 30, laborer, was charged with having feloniously slain Edward Randall at Wentworthville, on December 28…

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Motor Smashes One Killed; 20 Hurt in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

One man was killed and 20 persons injured in motor smashes throughout Victoria during the week-end…

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In Motor Smash Lord Beaverbrook Shows Gratitude £25,000 for Charity and Medical Schools. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

In gratitude for his escape in the motor smash at Surbiton on December 28, when himself, his secretary and chauffeur were only slightly injured, Lord Beaverbrook…

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Speeding Up Ford's Motor Factories 30,0000 More Employees. Detroit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

The Ford Company has announced that it will employ 30,000 more men and increase production of cars and trucks by twenty per cent. within the next two…

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Motor Camping Along the Murrumbidgee 1000 Miles Tour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 5

There is no better way of spending a holiday than a motor camping tour, and a description of one such trip may be of interest to others who contemplate…

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Fettler Killed by Train. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

Francis O'Neill, railway fettler, was killed early this morning, when his tricycle was run down by the Temora mail train…

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Iguana Derails Rail Motor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

A peculiar accident occurred to Thomas Coleman, a permanent way inspector, about 60 miles south of Mackay (Q.), on Thursday. He was making an inspection of…

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Accident in Motor Racing One Killed, Three Injured. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

B. Perrie was fatally injured at Claremont speedway last night. His motor cycle capsized, and he was struck on the back by the footrest of another machine…

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Nine Injured in Head-on Motor Smash, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

Nine persons were injured in a terrific head-on smash between a motor lorry and motor car at Campsie this afternoon. A nine-year-old girl sustained a…

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Lawrence Road Accident New Year's Morning Episode

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

Early on New Year's morning Constable wilson, of Lawrence, while, travelling along the Grafton road with Mr. T. Fletcher, also of Lawrence, met with a…

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Octogenarian's Long Tramp

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

Although he is 88 years old William Davy, an inmate of a Lincolnshire work- house, recently walked to London and back, a distance of 260 miles, because he…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

A feature of the recent British South Command military tattoo was the display of daring acrobatics and wonderful pattern weaving by motor cycle despatch…

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Motor Notes Cures for Petrol Leaks

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

As petrol is by no means a cheap commodity, it is just as well to stop all leaks that may take place. It often occurs that the plugs situated just beneath the jets,…

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Snake in Motor Tyre Little Girl's Narrow Escape. Palmer's Channel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

An incident that night have had a very serious ending befel Mr. H. R. Bailey's daughter. Joyce, recently. Mr. Bailey gave the children an…

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Motor Cylists Collide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. F. T. Davis, of Toowoomba, one of a party of six motor cyclists who came from Toowoomba on a round trip, sustained a fractured foot whilst…

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Campsie Motor Smash Little Girl Victims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 5

Patricia Plumer, aged 2½ years, who was terribly injured in yesterday's motor smash at Campsie, died this morning. Her sister, Peggy, aged nine years, who was…

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Accident on Deervale Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

There was another accident (the second during last month) on the Deervale road on Christmas Day, the victims being a party of Sydney…

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Fell Off Train Hurled Lover Precipice Into River. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 3

John Dempster, a holiday passenger on the Auckland-Whangarei tram, was standing on a carnage platform when the train took a sharp curve with the result…

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Letters to the Editor Guyra-dorrigo Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Sir,—The particulars contained in your issue of the 14th inst in regard to the above line require very careful consideration at the hands of the…

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