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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

1,509 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 76

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

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

"There has been a very marked decrease in traffic congestion on the main traffic routes leading into the city, during the rush hours, since the new…

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Motor Truck With Load Of Liquor Driven Through Steel Door Daring Melbourne Thieves. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

Using a high speed motor truck, four thieves staged a daring robbery from W. and A. Gilbey's bond store, West Melbourne, about 4 o'clock this…

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Sold Motor Bike Forgot About License Renewal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 3

For not having renewed a motor cycle rider's license on December 1. William Walter James Windley, of Armidale road, South Grafton, was fined, at the Grafton…

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New Railway Tabletop for Taree

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 6

Taree loco. staff were busy last week installing the new 75-ton tabletop for turning railway engines and tenders. The new tabletop, when installed, will be…

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Motor Cycle Stolen at Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 4

Casino police are searching for a motor cycle which is alleged to have been stolen from Canterbury street, Casino, between 10.30 p.m., and midnight, on Friday. When…

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Two Killed Five Others Injured Motor Car Smash on Armidale Road. Sydney, Wednesday, 2 a.m

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

Two persons were killed and five injured when a motor car capsized and overturned on the Armidale road, two miles from Meninghi, late…

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Harbor Bridge Year's Deficit Nearly £47,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 1

About 32,197,000 passengers passed over Sydney Harbor bridge last year in trams, trains find motor vehicles, but the number is many thousands short of the…

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Motor Lorry Mishap

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

When a motor lorry struck the rails of a culvert at East Maitland on Saturday a piece of timber was forced through the radiator, tearing off the plugs and going…

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Rocky Creek New Bridge To Be Built Estimated Cost £500 Copmanhurst Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

Yesterday's meeting of Copmanhurst Shire Council decided to expedite the building of a new bridge at Rocky Creek, at an estimated cost of…

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Sherwood Creek Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

Mr. R. S. Vincent. M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Secretary Main Roads Department:—"Dear Sir,—With further reference…

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Park Beach Bridge Public Support Needed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

Mr. C. W. Booth, hon. secretary of the Park Beach Bridge, Committee, writes:— A move is afoot to construct a…

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Lightnings Pranks Train Crew's Experiences. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 4

The crew working a train from Dorrige to Glenreagh had a nerve-racking experience during a storm. When the guard. Harry Tattem…

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Nymboida Shire Council Monthly Meeting Inspection of Minor Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council was held at the chambers, South Grafton, on the 7th inst., when there were present Crs. P…

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Cut in Halves Shunter Killed by Train. Ipswich

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

When assisting in [?]ting operations at the North [?]swich railway yards this morning, the acting shunter, Oliver Alexander Robertson, married, of [?]mer fell…

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£90,000 Tc Be Spent on N.C. Line to Increase Train Speeds Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

Continuing the general policy of providing faster train services wherever possible, particularly on main line routes, the Commissioner for Railways. Mr…

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The Railway Big Traffic Expansion Need for Better Service

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night, the President (Mr. J. H. Davis) said that figures that he…

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Motor Traffic Breaches

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

The Motor Traffic Department is not obliged to let holders of motor licenses know when they are due for renewal, but when it does it expects…

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Struck by Motor Lorry Fatal Fracture to Skull. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

Struck by a motor lorry after he jumped an to the roadway from a horse-drawn lorry, at Waterloo, late this afternoon, Albert Owen, 11, of Alexandria, was…

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Yamba Road Unemployment Relief Council Replies to Harwood Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 6

With reference to efforts by the Harwood Shire Council to procure funds for the reconstruction of the Yamba road from Harwood ferry to Yamba, a…

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Train Wreckers Two Deliberate Attempts Concrete Slabs on Line Narrow Escapes Near Hornsby. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 5

Two deliberate attempts to derail laden passenger trains occurred near Hornsby last night. A driver noticed a concrete slab, which was…

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