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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Injured in Collision on Big Hill, Glen Innes Road

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. P. Flaherty, who reside between Dalmorton and Newton Boyd, on the Glen Innes road, were coming from Glen Innes in their car…

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Cars in Collision On Clarence Bridge Approach Passengers Sustain Slight Injuries

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

Shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday night two motor cars were seriously damaged as the result of a collision on the Grafton side approach to the…

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Motor Tyres Three Marked Devlopments in Last 20 YEARS

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

There have been three marked developments in the construction of motor tyres during the last twenty years. Previous to 1915 the casings…

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Missing Boy Was in Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Stanley Manausakis ([?]), who was reported missing from his home on Friday, was located at Innisfail on Saturday. The boy boarded the train…

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New Severn Bridge £2,480,000 Scheme

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

The £2,480,000 Severn bridge project to link the west of England with South Wales will become a reality following a Government announcement of its…

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£400,000 Plant General Motors Show the Way to Returning Prosperity

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

With a record Christmas and a general improvement in trade convincing the man in the street that the long-awaited prosperity. has definitely…

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Young Men Charged Saturday Night Incident Alleged Use of Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Arising out of an incident on Saturday night last, five young men appeared at the Grafton Police Court before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., yesterday…

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Petrol Consumption Passenger Aircraft And Motor Car an Interesting Comparison

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

No doubt, says the Dunlop Perdriau Bulletin, many motorists at times wonder how the petrol consumption on passenger aircraft compares with that of…

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Concerning a Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday morning, an action was called on in which Harvey Hall Bayley, of…

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On Motor Cycle Rounding Up Dairy Cows Immaculate Farmhand

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

The incompetent, bewhiskered howyanged figure the weeklies and Sunday papers would have us believe is the typical Australian farmhand is out…

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Thrown From Pillion Seat When Motor Cycle Skidded. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Whilst riding from Yamba to Maclean on Sunday afternoon, on the pillion seat of a motor cycle ridden by her brother, Mr. T. Schwed, Miss Lena…

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Canberra Train "Slowest in Australia." Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.H.R., former Minister for Home Affairs, says the train journey to Canberra is one of the most uncomfortable and…

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A Grandstand Q'sland Tourist Train Loud Speakers on Scenic Trip

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

A few months hence the Cairns district tourist train will be, literally, a travelling grandstand. This will be the result of one of a number of…

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Wasp in Motor Truck

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 4

A wasp which flew into the driver s cabin of a motor truck at Nar-Nar- Goon was the cause of an accident in which three persons were injured…

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Motor Cycle Ablaze Rider Gets a Shock. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 4

After receiving a call at 1 o'clock the other morning, the Bellingen Fire Brigade arrived in Hyde street, Bellingen. to find that the cause of the…

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Park Beach Bridge Early Start Expected

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

It is expected, now that a tender has been accepted by the Shire Council, that an early start will be made on the construction…

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Road Stops Cutting Down Percentage Diesel Type Engines

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 6

Most motorists who, per medium of the press, have followed the steady march forward of the fuel -oil Diesel type of power unit in the heavy road…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Special Meeting Appointment of Clerk and Typiste Grants for Forest Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

A special meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the chambers. Coramba, on Friday last, when there were present Crs. R. H…

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Railway Excursions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

Following closely upon the very extensive series of excursions which served all parts of the State during December, the Department of…

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Motor Cycle on Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

The fire brigade was called out and there was general commotion at Bellingen last Sunday when a motor cycle belonging to Mr. Alf Golding, of…

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