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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

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Wing of Aeroplane? May Be Southern Cloud. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

In the hope that it may be the wreckage of the Southern Cloud, which disappeared in March, 1931, expert bushmen are going to investigate the report that…

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Alleged Manslaughter Hit and Run Motorists Remanded. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 2

James Landers and James Simpson; of South Melbourne, Were charged with manslaughter, at the City Court to-day, following the death last night of…

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Aeroplane Struck Antbed

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

Messrs. Bashford and Tuesley, of Toowoomba, arrived by aeroplane at Gatton last Saturday forenoon, the former piloting the machine. Their object was to…

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Railway Bridge Damaged by High Explosive London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

A high explosive was used in an attempt to blow up a culvert on a railway bridge spanning Barnesmore Gap, County Donegal. A number of keystones were…

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Mail Bags Stolen From Cairns Mareeba Train. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

When the Cairns to Mareeba train arrived at Kuranda it was discovered that the mail waggon had been entered and rilled of eight bags of mail for Mareeba…

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Ulmarra Council Aldermanic Clash Rates Levied Many Road Matters Mentioned

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Ulmarra Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday night. There were present the Mayor (Ald. F. Hall) in the…

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MAROONED Train Passengers Washaway Near Hughenden Assured Season for Cattle and Sheep Country. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

The western mail train ran into a washaway near Hughenden early this morning. The engine was derailed, and owing to the washaways on either side…

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Motor Cycle Races. Australia Wins "The Ashes." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

There was a record attendance at the Speedway Royal last night, when the fourth and vital test motor cycling match between Australia and England…

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The Riverina Railway Control. Albury

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 3

Following the recent railway conference at Jerilderie, Mr. R. T. Ball. M.L.A., communicated to the Victorian Railway Commissioners the desire of the…

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Restoration of Wages Cut Application by Tram Men. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

An application has been lodged in the Arbitration Court on behalf of the Tramway Employees Association for a rescission of the order under which wages of…

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Old Aeroplane Wing Part of Seagull Amphibian. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

Captain Johnson, Senior Aircraft Inspector for the Federal Government, said to-day that he was convinced that the charred and rusted parts of an…

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S. Grafton Council Omnibus Service Councils Agree Upon Route Aerodrome Proposal Again Mentioned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 3

A meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, last night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald…

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Northern Floods Train's Narrow Escape Heavy Week-end Falls. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 4

A railway tragedy was narrowly averted to-day when part of the structure of a bridge at the 27512 miles collapsed just as a passenger train had run on to the…

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Motor Drivers 'Influence of Drink' Grafton Police Court Cases

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, Lance John Cavanagh, a young man, was charged with having driven a motor…

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

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 6

Out of a population of 261,000 there are only some 400 cars owned by Venetian residents, who have at present to garage their [?]hicles on the mainland. However,…

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Unusual Accident Service and Motor Car Two Passengers Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

Two persons were injured and another had a narrow escape in a peculiar accident between a service car and a motor car, on the sharp bend in the road…

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Aeroplane Stowaway Returned to Darwin. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 4

T. W. ("Snowy") Dodson, who stowed away on Bertram's plane for Java, returned here by the Marella yesterday. Dodsonfell overboard when the vessel was two…

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Found Unconscious on Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 4

A passer by on the Guyra Glen Innes road about five miles above Guyra on Saturday night found a man lying in the middle of the roadway. Investigations…

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Railway Thieves Four Men Sentenced Department's Heavy Losses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day four men, who had been involved in the theft of goods which were dumped from a railway man and removed by a lorry were…

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£30,000,000 Annually on Maintenance and Repairs Motor Cars and Vehicles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 6

The value of repair work to automobiles in Australia in respect to employment and industry is little realised. It si known that there are some 10,000…

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