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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Wrestler to Rescue When Man Fell From Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

It is revealed that when a man jumped from the Harbor Bridge last night Frank Graham, amateur wrestler, dived into the Harbor, thinking the victim was…

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Flood Conditions in Rappville District Motorists' Trying Experiences. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

Flood conditions are prevailing in parts of the district, all the low-lying land being inundated. The creeks have broken over their banks in several parts,…

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Narrow Escapes Seelands Motorists Experiences with Speeding Drivers. . SEELANDS

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Hit and run motorists appear to be still at work. While Mr. W. S. Friar was proceeding to Grafton on Christmas Eve the driver of another car ran him to the…

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Special Motor Roads

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

Italy is finding the building of special motor roads or autostrada, as they are called, a lucrative business. An example is the highway for automobile use only,…

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Iluka Road Drying Well. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Tourists coming from Iluka to-day stated that the road through Goodwood Island is drying up well, although bumpy, and is quite safe for traffic…

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Motor Cycle Records

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

Some really wonderful records were recently established at Brooklands (Eng.) by a tiny engined English motor cycle, a 175 C.C. ''Excelsior-Jap.'' outfit. Ridden…

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Motoring Notes Free Air Service

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 3

Now that so many motor owners avail themselves of "free air service" at garages, few owner-drivers worry about carrying a tyre-garage in their tool-kit,…

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Presentation 34 Years in Railway Service

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

At the Grafton railway station on Saturday night, Mr. J. Marsh, ganger, was entertained by his fellow-employees on the eve of his retirement from the…

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Another Cheap Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to travel…

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Sydney Mail Train Late

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

Owing to an engine falling at Boambee, the Sydney-Murwillumbah mail tram arrived at South Grafton three hours late yesterday…

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Local and General Passenger Train Figures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

The trains which passed through South Grafton yesterday carried the following passengers:--Sydney-Brisbane express 162, Brisbane-Sydney express 107,…

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Broome's Head Road Conditions Harwood Shire Council's Attitude Complaints by Ratepayers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 3

The disgraceful state of the Broome[?] Head road during the Christmas holidays was the just cause of many complaints by holiday-makers and the public…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

It has been arranged to hold a public meeting at Maida Vale on Saturday next, to restart the agitation for resumption of work on the…

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Resigned Melb, Traffic Cop Merely Warned Erring Motorists. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

Because he simply warned motorists for having committed breaches of the traffic regulations, instead of prosecuting them, higher officials spied on him and caused…

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Breach of Motor Traffic Regulations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday, Arthur Alexander Conroy pleaded guilty to a charge of having permitted his motor…

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Harbor Bridge Suicide Story of a Lottery Ticket Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 5

The body of Frederick Bootman, 33, who jumped from the Sydney bridge on New Year's night, has been recovered from the harbor…

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Piles Driven Without Supervision Broome's Head Bridge Orara Council's Decision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 3

At yesterday's meeting of the Orara Shire Council consideration was given to a special report prepared by the en[?] Mr.M. Short, on Broome's Head…

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Another Cheap Train at Single Fare for the Double Journey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 4

Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable, to travel during the ordinary…

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Second-class Sleepers on North Coast Mail Train Trial Period Extended Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 5

It was announced by the Railway Department to-day that whilst the average daily number of second-class sleeping berths occupied on the North Coast mail…

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May Forsake Arbitration Move in Railways Union. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

The general secretary of the Australian Railways Union, Air. Chappie, stated today that there is a move among his members to establish job committees to…

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