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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

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Air Pageant Coff's Harbor Aerodrome Official Opening To-day

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

The official opening of the new aerodrome at Goff's Harbor will take place to-day, at 1 p.m., and it will be followed by a grand air pageant, starting at 1.30…

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Big Road Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

The longest length of work yet let by the Main Roads Board in one contract, says the N.R.M.A., is for the formation and draining of over nine miles…

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The Man on the Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

At no time of the year is the practice of safety on the road more imperative than during holiday periods, the N.R.M.A. Safety Department points our in…

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Two Dead Shocking Motor Accident Run Down by Car While Walking Along Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

A shocking motor accident, occurred on the road a few miles on the Macksville side of Frederickton at midnight on Thursday last. Two men are…

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äÄLOCAL and General Goods Train Cancelled

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

The goods train which ordinarily leaves South Grafton at 8.35 a.m. will not run to-day. Passengers bound for Glenreagh or in that vicinity may travel by an…

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Motor Notes Spring Shackle Lubrication

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

Despite the fact that certain 1930 models are equipped with special self-lubrication spring shackles, the fact remains that a majority of owners at the…

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

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 2

The system of marking white lines on the roadway has been greatly extended throughout the city of Brisbane. A modest start was originally made at one…

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Air Pageant Stunting At Coff's Harbor New Aerodrome Official Opening

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Although the weather was dull and the sky overcast the conditions generally were favorable for flying yesterday when the new aerodrome at Coff's Harbor was…

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British Train Speeds an Unexpected Inertia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

Giant locomotives are now common enough on our railways to be observed without comment. They are so numerous that, for the first time in the present…

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Bullet Through Window Shot Fired at Electric Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

An electric train from Sydney to Parramatta was fired at while passing through Flemington last night, land a bullet shattered a window. Nobody was hurt…

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Main Roads Board £12,000,000 in Four and Half Years. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

During the four and a half years that the Main Roads Board of New South Wales has been in existence the expenditure under all funds has approximated…

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Motor Notes "Toe In" and Camber

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

A setting which must be checked periodically is that of the "toe in" of the front Wheels, a term which is most easily defined by explaining that it is…

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New Aerodrome Coff's Harbor Pageant Speeches at Opening Ceremony Visiting Airmen Entertained

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Many tributes were paid by visiting airmen at Coff's Harbor on Wednesday, both to the excellence of the new aerodrome as a landing place for aviators and…

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Left Rails Hurstville Electric Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Passengers in three carriages of an electric train bound from Sydney to Hurstville last night had an alarming experience when the cars left the rails near…

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Awful Smash Family Wiped Out Train Hits Motor Car Man, Wife and Child Killed. Burnie (Tas.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Three persons were killed and four injured, in one of the worst level crossing smashes in the history of Tasmania, which occurred at a crossing…

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Train Crews Will Not Take Trains to Rothbury. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

Newcastle train crews have refused to take trains to Rothbury. They have asked the Commissioners to find some other means of taking goods trains from…

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Church on Wheels Strange New Uses for Motor Cars

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

Two uncommon motor vehicles have just been completed to special order by British manufacturers. They are a travelling bathroom, ordered by an Indian…

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Motor Registration Payments

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

A number of interesting amendments of the motor traffic laws, says the N.R.M.A., have just been introduced in South Australia. They are made the more…

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Buses Replace Trams in Rome's Main Streets. Rome

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 5

The city's transport was revolutionised in a single day, which happened to be wet, causing endless confusion. Tramcars have been entirely banished…

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Local and General South Grafton Goods Train

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

The goods train, which ordinarily leaves South Grafton for G'enreagh and other centres at 9 a.m, will depart at 7.30 a.m. on Monday…

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