A Smith's Creek Bridge
Sir--In the shire engineer's report at the last meeting of the "Copmanhurst Shire Council ("D.E." 15234), I notice the residents of Smith's Creek are referred…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
1,489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 75
No Road Settlers Unable to Reach Blocks. Bowraville
Mr. Crouch, chief engineer of the Mam Roads Board, accompanied by Mr. Hodgkinson, shire engineer, and the shire president (Cr. Lamph) went to Burrapine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes Sedan Car Turns Over Accident on Armidale Road
What appears to have been a remarkable escape from serious injuries was experienced by four occupants of a big Sedan car, which capsized at a turn on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Great Bridge Across the Golden Gate a Clear Span of 4200 Feet
San Francisco projects a Golden Gate Bridge. For years engineers have dreamed of spanning the swift waters of the Golden Gate, but hitherto the distance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railways Big Building Programmes Increase in Employment
As a further indication of confidence in the revival of British trade, the Great Western Railways announces a £2,000,000 programme of building and development…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyogle Railway Revenue
There has been a. substantial increase in the revenue at the Kyogle railway station. The number of tickets issued in January increased from 826 to 1156, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Killed
Hearing a crash, residents of Charlestown rushed out of their homes on Wednesday night to find two men lying unconscious on the main road. Beside them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dorrigo Coachwood Big Demand Railway Department's Big Orders. Dorrigo
During the week Mr. D. L. McGuinness, timber inspector, of the New South Wales Railways, was in Dorrigo inspecting timber being cut to the department's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Excursion Train Figures
North Coast excursion trains on sunday proved very popular, the following passengers being carried: Grafton-Coff's Harbor 360, Kempsey-Coff's Harbor 462,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Park Beach Bridge Two Accidents
Two accidents whilst pedestrians were crossing the creek at Park Beach last Sunday gave further definite proof of the necessity of a better…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrong Train Two Girl Excursionists Kempsey Instead of Grafton
Misses Marjorie Harrison and Jean Bullough, two youthful Grafton girls, who were among the many excursionists who travelled to Coff's Harbor by train on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Committed for Trial "Appeared to Be Road Hog." Mudgee
John Salttery, 27, Sally's Flat, was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the Coroner, Mr. Britz today after he had inquired into the death…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woolgoolga Road
Travellers over the Pacific highway from Grafton to Woolgoolga will be p'eased to hear that the new deviation over the coast range, for the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Falls Under Train
The presence of mind of a 15-year-old boy, Ronald Maher, of York street, Mayfield, saved him from almost certain death when he slipped under a coal train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smash in Italy Motor Coach and Train Sixteen Killed in Head-on Collision. Rome
Sixteen were killed and eleven injured at Leghorn win n a railway motor coach travelling at 75 miles an hour crashed into a train crowded with holidaymakers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 Suggested Council Loan for Roads and Footpaths Referred to Overseer for Estimates
The Grafton City Council gave consideration on Monday night to a proposition that £10,001 should be borrowed for concrete footpaths and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Decapitated on Underground Railway Was to Be Married to Day. Sydney
Feeling the train bump while passing through the city underground railway tunnel to-night, Driver William Jack informed a railway official, on reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Grave Risks' Jumped in and Out of Trucks Railway Trespassers Fined
At the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. J. Tarn and J. Pettet, J. 'sP., nine men, Kenneth Corridan (18), David Motherwell (23), Keith Pellew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crushed to Death While Repairing Motor Cab. Inverell
Stephen Hobbs. 49. was crushed to death yesterday when a motor car which had previously been placed on jacks and the wheels removed, slipped off and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Failed to Close Railway Gates
"It, should be apparent to the public that serious loss of life may ensue if gates on railway crossings are left open," stated Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., when…
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