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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 66

Saturday's Road Race

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 2

The road race conducted by the South Grafton Cycle Club last Saturday attracted a good field. L. Rooke was successful in gaining the honors in the last, few…

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Fatal Fall From Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. Charles Frederick Chapman, who was seriously injured on the previous Monday night at the Toowoomba station, when he fell between the platform and…

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Line Damaged. Goods Fell From Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 3

When the officer at the North Arm railway station (Queensland) went on duty on Sunday morning he found the platform and line littered with pine…

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Found on Lines Tram Conductor Unconscious Attacked by Thieves. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 5

Two thieves boarded a tram at Bondi late last night and, after battering the tram conductor, E. A. Ward, into insensibility, robbed him of his bag and left…

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Railway and Aviation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 4

"The competition between the railway service and motors and aeroplanes has become a problem in Queensland, and steps will have to be taken to preserve…

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"Hopeless" South Australian Railways. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Railways, Mr. Denny, said to-day the railways were in a hopeless condition. They will probably show a deficit of £2,000,000 at the end of the…

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Interesting "Tramp" Cheats the Cuties

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

A "tramp," apparently a disreputable, specimen of creation, down and out, ragged and dirty, entered a hairdressing saloon in Talbragar street, Dubbo, on a…

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Motor Car Famine Possibility in Australia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 7

Mr. V. L. Stokoe, the managing director of Stokoe Motors, a large Melbourne distributing organisation, recently suggested the possibility of a motor famine in…

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Motor Car Burnt

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 4

When travelling to Woodenbong on Saturday to keep appointments there and at Urbenville in a car driven by Mr. R. Pembroke, Mr. Victor Crawford, dentist,…

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The Mountain Road the "Gazette's" Comment Cr. McNALLY Calls It Mudslinging!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

Cr. D. V. McNally. President of Bellingen Shire Council, appears to be somewhat annoyed with the "Gazette", which, under great…

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Motor World

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. says that of the 27,538 new motor cars registered in the four principal States of the Commonwealth during 1930, 16.1 per cent,…

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The Motor World. Notes from the N.R.M.A.

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

The N.R.M;A. Board of Management has decided to request the Government to introduce legislation to prevent the sale of adulterated petrol…

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Newspapers Freight on Railways Premier Makes a Correction

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday the Premier (Mr. Lang) corrected a statement made by him in Parliament last week that newspapers were carried…

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Noisy Motor Exhaust Costs £5

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

"You were making a tremendous noise and did not take a warning," said Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., at Tamworth Police Court, when fining Albert Edward Willis…

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Helping Premier Dismissed Railway Officer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

Although the Railway 'Commissioners have seen fit to dismiss C. J. Goode from the position as Southern Area Commissioner, he is still in 'the employ of the…

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Parachute Delivery From Aeroplane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 4

A parcel of spare parts was delivered at Goulburn on Wednesday by parachute from, a National Airways aeroplane, from a height of 6000 feet. It landed in the…

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Sydney Bridge Proposed International Exhibition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 5

The State Cabinet on Monday will probably discuss plans for the international exhibition to be held in connection with the opening ceremonies of the…

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East Africa to Paris Huge Railway Project Approaching European Powers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 6

A great new international railway, linking British East Africa with Paris, via a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, is envisaged by a French committee, which…

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Motor Notes Fluctuation's in Oil Pressure

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 6

There are many motorists who cause them [?]less worry by imagining that a falling on in on pressure as the engine reaches the higher operating…

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A Quarter Century of Motoring Without Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 6

A week or two ago we had the pleasure of passing an evening with one of Australia's motor pioneers, a gentleman, who for more than 25 years has been actively…

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