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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

1,907 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 96

Sequel to Motor Smash on Bellingen Dorrigo Road Motorist Fined After Collision Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

The sequel to a motor smash on the Bellingen to Dorrigo road was heard in the Bellingen Police Court, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at this week's sittings,…

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Bellinger River the Need for a Raleigh Bridge. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

The definite need for the construction of a traffic bridge oyer the north arm of the Bellinger River at Raleigh, on the main North Coast highway, was…

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Aerodrome for Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The question of the establishment of an aerodrome in Casino was introduced at the meeting of the Casino Chamber of Commerce last week by Mr. Heathwood,…

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Grafton Council Boulevard Improvements Proposed Aero Club Clarence River Bridge Approaches

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night, there being present: Ald. D. W. Macpherson (Mayor) and Alds. W. H. Henson, B. C…

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Armed Thieves Foreigner Held Up on Road. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

A Jugo Slav laborer was held up on a road by two armed men in a motor car at 4 o'clock this morning. His pockets were searched, but the thieves failed to…

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Motors and Railways a United States View Railroad Stocks Advance in Price

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

The railway authorities in Australia complain that the expansion of motor traffic is having the effect of reducing their incomes. A similar contention was…

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Motor Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that the bush fire season is now with us, and that particular care is necessary when breaking motor camps to…

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Motor Collision. Man Fined £5 with Costs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

The sequel to a motor smash on the Bellingen to Dorrigo road, about six miles from Bellingen, was heard before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd in the…

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Driving Under the Influence Motor Mechanic Fined £15

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

Yesterday at the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, R. S. G. Hoskins, motor mechanic, pleaded guilty through Mr. F. McGuren, jun., to a charge of driving a…

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A Railways Govt. Works Minister's Statement. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

The Minister for Works, Mr. Butten shaw, speaking at the official opening of the West Wyalong-Wamboync railway, said the present Government spent more…

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A Developmental Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Kyogle Shire Council is at present constructing about a mile of broad on the Cedar Point-Bentie road which will make a big difference to settlers in that…

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Main Roads Expenditure in City and Country. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

The Main Roads Board annual report shows that in five years £4,000,000 has been expended in the county of Cumberland and £6,719,000 on country roads…

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Two Killed When Motor Lorry Capsized. Quirindi

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Two men were killed and another seriously injured when a motor lorry capsized near Wallabadah this morning. Those killed were a man named Forley,…

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Constable Fined Brutal Treatment Alleged Row at a Railway Station. Orange

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

First-Class Constable Alfred Oldfield was fined £3, with £3 costs, at the Orange Police Court on a charge of having as saulted Harold Lawrence Plummer…

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Wool Down Railway Freights Up Graziers and Commissioners Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 5

Graziers point out that while wool prices are down nearly to pre-war standard transport charges are emphatically postwar. They are asking for a reduction in…

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Queen Bees by Aeroplane

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 3

For many years queen bees from Queensland have been sent, by rail and post, to all parts of Australia, also to New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, South Africa…

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German Aeroplane Coy. in Financial Difficulties. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

The Rohrbach company, builders of the famous flying boats and giant aeroplanes, are in finonciol difficulties, and are discussing the early closing of their works…

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Motors V Railways Albury Council's Decision. Albury

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 7

The Municipal Council negatived a motion to give 10 per cent. preference to the railways as against road transport. Ald. Logan said he did not see why…

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'FLAPDOODLE'. Page's Tourist Scheme Terania Councillor's Comment Hawkesbury Bridge Proposal. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 5

"Flapdoodle" was the pointed, if inelegant, comment of Councillor A. J. Clarke, at Terania Council meeting to-day, when Dr. Earle Page 's letter…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

For the convenience and pleasure of all who were unable to take advantage of the cheap excursion trains arranged by the Railway Department…

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