Coffs' Harbor Train Passenger Duped
The story of how a young University student was duped on the North Coast mail train, while journeying from Sydney to Coff's Harbor, might well be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,381 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 70
Car Overturns on Glen Innes Road
While travelling by car from Grafton along the Glen Innes road, Mr. R. Grossman, accountant of the Bank of Australasia, South Grafton, who is on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opinions of Our Readers "Safety First" -- the Toll of the Road
Sir, -- Your commendable leader, "Safety First," in your issue of 21st inst., giving statistics of the "Toll of the Road" was finely edited, but I have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eliminate Loss N.S.W. Railways Drive Profit in Three Years. Sydney
A tremendous effort is to be made by the Railway Department early in the new year to encourage travel on country lines, in an endeavor to turn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS Christmas Season Traffic Another Record Established. Sydney
Although no figures will be available for some time the Secretary for Railways announced to-day that the number of travellers by the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legs Severed Man Struck By Tram Life Despaired Of. SYDNEY,Tuesday
Knocked over by a tram in George street West, to-night, Walter Smith (42), had both legs severed. He suffered a fractured skull and lacerated scalp…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nearly Perished Motorist And Family Search for Water After 2000 Miles Journey. Brisbane
After travelling by motor cycle and sidecar over 2000 miles from Newcastle to within 20 miles of Cloncurry. Mr. f. Davis and his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Inquiries a Stolen Motor Car
The police at Grafton were making inquiries yesterday concerning a motor car which was reported as having been stolen from near the 16-mile peg on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A "Bridge" Year
The touring department of the N.R.M.A. points out that 1935 may be regarded as a "bridge" year, in view of the number and importance of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ran Into Train
Believing that a landslide was about to occur, Charles Warren, of Munni street, Erskineville, ran out of .the shelter shed at Lilyvale on Friday in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Engines Sent From France to Italy? Paris
An official inquiry has been opened into the allegation that a French firm sent aeroplane engines to Italy, via Hamburg, in contravention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coff's Railway Excursion
Numerous residents from Grafton, South Grafton and district, celebrated New Year's Day by visiting Park Beach on the Coff's Harbor excursion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr. Crotty a Farewell Message Train the Children Bathurst
In a farewell address the retiring Anglican Bishop of Bathurst, Dr. Crotty, who will leave for London at the end of the month, said one need that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queer Facts About An English Railway Hike Round Paddington Station. London, December 14
Queer facts taken from a small magazine that circulates among the staff of the Great Western railway. Paddington station covers 72 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Women As Traffic Police
In Chickasha, Oklahoma, twenty-two women on the relief rolls have been appointed as traffic police. Waving red flags, they direct traffic from roads…
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Mr. R. Robinson, who has spent the greater part of his life in wheat and fruit farming in Canada and California, and who is at present on a world tour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Harbor Bridge
Despite all taxes, the Harbor Bridge reveals a loss of £47,395 on last year's operations (says an exchange). The check-up shows that 99,786 persons go…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by Train Man Charged with Blackmail. Adelaide
Walter Dick (42), photographer, jumped in front of an oncoming train at Bowden to-day and was killed immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Straying on Railway Line
Teddy Power, aged about two and a half years, was found straying on the railway line with his tricycle, near the Wagga railway station, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister's Warning Road Accidents in Britain. London
Since the motor car was invented the number of road deaths in Britain had mounted, until last year, when there was a reduction of 822, compared with…
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