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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

1,390 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 70

Registration Labels on Windscreens of Motor Vehicles

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

In some instances, uncertainty exists as to the necessity for presenting Vehicles at district motor registries in connection with the attachment of visible…

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'Plucking' Tram Conductor Dismissed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

For an offence known as ''plucking'' tickets a tramwap conductor has keen dismissed. This offence is very rare in the service. The system is to exchange…

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'No Leg Theory' British Motor Cyclists' Welcomed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 5

Tendering a civic reception to the team of English dirt, track motor cyclists who arrived here to compete against the crack Australian dirt track riders, the Lord…

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Woman's Long Tramp. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

Mrs. Page, with her nine-year-old daughter and a small, black kitten, who left Sydney, early in December on foot, have lefti, Adelaide. ho Walk' to Perth…

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A 'Slave-grown' Product Australian Wheat Railways' Should Carry It Free Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 5

The Victorian Chamber of Agriculture to-day passed a resolution that the Federal Government be urged to appoint a, committee to inquire into the position of…

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1882 Rowdy Meetings Railway Controversy Tenterfield or Glen Innes? the Wreck of the New England

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

The Mayor of Grafton received official correspondence to the effect that Grafton's application for a bridge across the river, also a water supply, was receiving…

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Proposed Land Grant Railway

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

The proposed expenditure of £15,000,000 of British capital in the construction of a railway line from Bourke to connect with Port Darwin, in the Northern Territory, will be regarded by most thoughtful people as very much to be desired, provided such expenditure of capital does not involve…

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Train Jumpers Five Men Fined

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

On the 18th inst., at Coramba Court, before Mr. W. S. Scott, J.P., the following offenders answered a charge of each travelling in a railway truck be…

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Coramba Police Court Unlawfully Using Motor Lorry

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

Henry C. McKenzie appeared before Mr. Hawkins, P.M., at the Coramba Police Court on a charge of using a motor lorry the property of Messrs. Burt, Bolton and…

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Picked Up Unconscious Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 4

Phillip, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Haley, who is attached to the engineering staff of the C.S.R. Coy. at Broadwater mill, who left Broadwater on Saturday…

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New Low Pressure Motor Tyre Aeroplane Principle Adapted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

Since the introduction of the first pneumatic motor car tyre, there have bee many changes in its, design. It has advanced from a crude, unreliable…

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Mail Train Delayed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

A washaway on the line at the old spot, Heron's Creek, between Wauchope and Taree, delayed the train service yesterday and to-day…

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Mountain Road Beliingen to Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

The mountain road between Bellingen and Dorrigo is an evergreen problem for Dorrigo people and the Bellingen Shire Council to grapple with…

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Bourke to N.T. Proposed Private Railway Minister's Statement. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

Referring to the proposition to build a railway from Bourke in New South Wales to link up with the Birdim-Darwin line, in North Australia, the Minister for the…

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

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

In December, 777 new members joined up with the N.R.M.A., which provides a further indication of the fact that the motor industry' in New South Wales is…

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CLOUDBURST 10 Inches At Wauchope Railway Washaway Trains Five Hours Late. Wauchope

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

Wauchope last night suffered the severest deluge ever experienced, resulting in 1019 points of rain being registered to nine this morning…

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Bridge on Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

A visiting motorist was surprised to discover the Little Murray Bridge, on the Grafton Dorrigo road, on fire whilst travelling through from Armidale to…

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To Safety Campers Make Dash Following Family Tragedy Roads Under Water. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

The danger of further floods in the southern coastal areas is causing anxiety. Though the floods which caused such tremendous damage and…

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Premier's Forecast Railway Losses Halved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, addressing the Motor Traders' Association to-night said he hoped that as the result of increased efficiency and the lowering…

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Brooklands Great Asset to Motor Industry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 6

When in 1907 the world's first motor racing track was laid down on Mr. H. Locke King's estate at Brooklands, near London, few even of the motoring…

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