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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Goods Train Derailed On North Coast Line Five Trucks Jump Track Passengers Transferred From Both Expresses

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

Whilst travelling from South Grafton to Casino, a goods train, comprising a water tank and four trucks of ashes, jumped the rail…

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Escape From Death Man Unconscious on Railway Line Watchful Driver Saves Life. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

A remarkable escape from death was experienced yesterday by Harold Place, 24, of Gosford. While walking on the permanent way,…

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Two Killed Driver And Mechanic Motor Road Race Tragedy Crash at 100 Miles Per Hour. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Bounding into the air when travelling at 100 miles an hour in the Cowes 300 miles motor road race to-day, an M.G. Midget machine driven by G…

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Through the Clarence Valley the Road to Brisbane Work to Be Completed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

It was recently announced that a grant of money was to be made available for the completion of the Grafton to Brisbane road through the Clarence…

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One Killed, Two Injured Car Crashes Into Bridge Falls 30 Feet to Bed of Creek. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

One person was killed and two others injured—one seriously—when a motor car crashed into a bridge and fell 30ft. to the bed of a creek…

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

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

In holiday times there is a tendency on the part of many car owners to overload their vehicles, states the N.R.M.A. Safety Department. This is a dangerous…

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Rappville Railway Delays

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

The train service were delayed on Saturday on account of trucks on the morning's goods train becoming derailed near Camira Creek, making the Brisbane…

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Saved From Suicide Caught in Fence Rescue on Harbor Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

As J. Paxton, of Redfern, was walking across the Harbor Bridge this morning, he saw a man about to slide to death from the suicide prevention fence into…

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Rails Save 50 Feet Plunge Four Ladies in Sedan Crash Into Bridge Fence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Four ladies in a sedan motor car, which was being driven from Grafton to South Grafton over the Clarence River bridge, narrowly escaped a 50ft…

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Train Derailed Piece of Timber on Line Damage at Darling Harbor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

A piece of heavy timber lying across the permanent way is believed to have caused the derailment of the engine and tender and ten trucks of a goods train…

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Civil Aviation Establishment of Aerodrome South Grafton Proposition

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

Advice has been received by the South Grafton Municipal Council from the Lands Department, which controls the Commons, and the…

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Excursion Train to Coff's

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

Picking up passengers along the Dorrigo-Glenreagh line an excursion train which left Dorrigo at 5 a.m. on New Year's Day arrived at Glenreagh…

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DEVELOPMENT Barkly Tablelands Area Chilled Beef Industry Roads and Meatworks. Canberra, Thursday

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Failure of the Government's plan to lease the Barkly tablelands to chartered companies for development has led the Federal Cabinet to…

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Boy Rescued Seven Men Required Fall From Ballina Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Falling from a safety zone on the East Ballina bridge on Thursday morning, Arthur Marsh, 8 years of age, was rescued after six men had entered…

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Duke in N.Z. Train Trip Up Mountain Most Novel Experience. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Easily the most novel experience of the Duke's whole tour was the ascent, fate this afternoon, of the famous, spectacular Rimutaka, a 2000 feet ridge. The…

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Motor Notes All About Cars an Interesting Development Coil and Accumulator System

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

An interesting development, reflected in the design of the modern motor car, is the decline of the magneto as a sole device for producing the high-tension…

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Girl Struck by Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

Ruth Lawrence, aged 3, of Bangalow, was knocked down by a car on Tuesday while playing in tall grass on the Brunswick Heads reserve. The driver of the…

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More Old Coins Copper and Silver Token of Sydney Railway Opening

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

During the past week a number of old coins owned by residents of Grafton have been written about in these colunms. The earliest coin lodged at the "Daily…

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Murder Charge Incident on Railway Line Alleged Blow with Shovel. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

At the police court to-day, Joseph O'Donnell (54), fettler, was charged with the murder of Arthur Parker. The charge was a sequel to an incident which…

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Bridge Over Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

At the last meeting of Tenterfield Shire Council a letter was received from the Kyogle Shire Council advising that that council will co-operate in an endeavor…

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