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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 6 of 99

Drunken Motorist Heavily Fined

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

Patrick Mitchell, 21, a miner, of Upper Grady's Creek, Kyogle, appeared in Murwillumbah Police Court on Monday, before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M., charged…

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Casino Railway Works to Recommence

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

It is learned from the railway authorities that work on the Grafton-Casino-Kyogle section of the through line to South Brisbane will re-start early in…

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Looted Car After Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

Three young men, William Ashton Callaghan, 19, Herbert Tozer, 23, and Herbert Ernest Pike, 19, were charged at Tamworth Police Court on Monday with…

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Coff's Jetty Road Request for Improvements Deputation to Dorrigo Shire Councillors

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 6

A deputation arranged by the Coff's Harbor Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Dorrige shire councillors, when they reached Coff's Harbor on Monday…

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Hospital Patient Body Found on Train Line. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Thomas Clark, 40, returned soldier, who escaped early this morning from Liverpool State Hospital, was later found dead on the railway line near the local…

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Overcome by Heat Engine Crew of Train. Katoomba

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

During the intense heat last week a fireman on a goods train travelling to the west collapsed and the driver put him off at Warrimoo, where first aid treatment…

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Heel in Rails Woman Killed By Train Driver Couldn't Pull Up Shocking Accident at Toowoomba. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

Mrs. Edward Perkins, wife of the manager of Perkins' Castlemaine Brewery, was run down by a train and killed, at the local railway…

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Good Progress Grafton Motor Cycle Club Wednesday's and Thursday's Events

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

The Grafton Motor Cycle Club has made splendid progress since its reestablishment in 1926. Many obstacles have been overcome. This is only as it…

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Flood Rains Southern Queensland 19 Inches in Nambour District Railway Bridges Under Water. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

The heat wave on the South Coast of Queensland has been succeeded by very heavy rain, which has also fallen in Brisbane during the…

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Local and General Careless Motorist Causes Street Blaze

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

Carelessness in exposing a naked flame while filling at a petrol bowser was responsible for a fierce blaze in the main street of Kempsey. A traveller pulled into…

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Rail Motor Fatality. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 4

When a rail motor, containing 17 passengers, left the rails on January 9, Mrs. Isabel Tyquin, 56, suffered shocking injuries to her legs. She died last night…

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Developmental Road Grants. Do They Rob By-roads?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

The burden of interest on developmental road grants on the funds available for by-roads was the subject of discussion at the Dorrigo…

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Killed by Rail Motor Train. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

An unknown man, aged about 60, was run down and killed by a rail motor train between Dudley Park and Ovingham railway station to-day…

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Coffs Aerodrome. License to Be Granted. "Smithy" May Land Here

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

The Defence Department has given the shire council a very satisfactory report on Coffs aerodrome site and has intimated that a license will he…

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Rival Road Routes. Letters to Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Theres are two rival route for the road from Glenreagh up Sherwood Creek, and Dorrigo Shire Council heard something about both of…

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The Jetty Road. Council's Provision This Year

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

The allocations for main roads maintenance for this year passed by the shire council on Friday, provided £539 for the Jetty road, between…

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Dead End Road. Money Granted and Withdrawn

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

What's the use of one council making a good road to its boundary if an adjoining council turns it into practically a dead end through not…

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Road to Bucca Creek. Free Grant Asked For

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

The shire council at Friday's meeting decided to instruct the engineer to prepare plans, specifications and estimates at an early date for the…

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Man Shot Quarrel in Train W.A. Shooting Sensation. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

Further particulars of the shooting in the train near Strawberry show that there was a quarrel, during which it is alleged that Bollinger attacked his assailant,…

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Grafton Council Water Board Election Bridge Approach Suggestions Complaints About the Punt

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the Grafton City Council was held at the Town Hall last night, when there were present: The Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), Alds. B. C…

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