No Munitions on Djibouti Railway. Paris
The Ethiopian Minister has protested to M. Flandin regarding the refusal of the French owners of the railway to carry munitions between Djibouti and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,381 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 70
Yamba Road £5000 For Improvement Preliminary Estimate
Following the refusal of the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) to give consideration to the proposal of the Harwood Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COST £85,000 Indooroopilly Bridge Opened by Queensland Governor. Brisbane
Using a gold knife to cut the ribbon stretched between the two pylons, the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, to-day officially opened the Indooroopillv toll…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died in Desert Schoolmaster's Body Found Near Motor Cycle Seeing the Interior Canberra
The dead body of Ellis Bankin, a Victorian schoolmaster, who travelled into Central Australia on a motor bicycle, has been found near his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Bridge Near Lismore
Ironbark piles, 74 feet long, are being driven to carry the decking of the new bridge which will span Hanging Rock Creek, on the Lismore to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage Queensland Deluge Roads, Bridges Covered Boy Swept to Death Brisbane
The official records show that. 16.35 inches, of rain fell in the. Innisfail area during the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Under Train Woman's Fatal Injuries Hand Severed at Wrist. Sydney
Six hours after her hand had been severed by an electric train at Canterbury this morning, Mrs. lima Mabel Foskett (37), of Rosyln street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Madman Steals and Wrecks Train Frantic Call to Clear Line
A maniac stole a train, drove it at full speed down the main line, crashed into a shed and, after' a series of terrific fights, was taken into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grafton City Council Street Lighting Questions Main Roads Programme Emergency Relief Works
The ordinary meeting of the Grafton City Council was Meld last night, there being present Aids. P. W. Farquharson (Deputy Mayor), W. B. King, B. C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers and Settlers Lower Clarence Branch Road to Broome's Head
The February meeting of the Tyndale and Lower Clarence branch of the F. and S. Association was held at Maclean, on Saturday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm at Dorrigd Bridge Approaches Washed Away 217 Points of Rain. Dorrigo
There were 217 points of rain recorded here in the 48 hours ending at 9 a.m. to-day. At West Dorrigo the storm was torrential, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opinions of Our Readers Bitumen Roads
Sir,--I see in the reports of shire council meetings that I have become famous as an authority on bitumen road construction. As I have not to date…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tit-bits for the Oiildkln Bridge Houses
Old London Bridge, as you probably know, had quite a number of nouses on it, and these were, perhaps some of the strangest ever seen in England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C.w.a. Bridge Evening Successful Coff's Function
The Coff's Harbor branch of the Country Woman's Association held a successful bridge party on Monday night, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbor Bridge Profit, £56,696 for Six Months. Sydney
Figures issued to-day show that during the first six months of the current financial year, Sydney Harbor Bridge made a profit of £56,696, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bitumen Roads
Mr. R. C. Braithwaite writes:--An error has occurred in the letter in yesterday's issue that gives a rather meaningless impression of the point I wished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rappville Roads and Bridges
The Tomki shire engineer reported that the time for the contract let on September 25, 1935, for the construction of the bridge over Deep Creek, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opinions of Our Readers the Yamba-harwood Ferry Road
Sir,--Your report of the Harwood Shire Council meeting, dealing with the letter from the secretary of the Yamba Chamber of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railways Early Start Expected Sydney
It is anticipated that a start will shortly be made with the construction of the proposed railway line from Maryvale, via Gulgong to Sandy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chamber Commerce Grafton And S. Grafton Follotion of River Water North Coast Railway Travelling
The monthly meeting of the Council of the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce and the quarterly meeting of the Chamber were held at…
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