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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

1,381 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 70

Lads Sought For Motor Parts Industry Study Courses for Success Ful Applicants

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

The Australian Automative Distributors Parts Association is making available to youths between the ages of 15 and 19 years Living it. Now South…

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Pigs Take Plunge Sensational Experience Loaded Motor Lorry in Manning River

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

At an early hour on Monday morning, Mr. Monty Williams, of Tinonee, had a sensational experience. Mr. Williams was on his way to the…

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A Railway Mt. Isa To The Gulf Company Seeking Concession. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd., has applied to the Queensland Government for a concession to build a railway or tramway originally contemplated by it, from Mt…

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Hit Bridge Lorry Skids on Wet Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

Skidding on the wet road as it came round the bend of the Clarence River bridge, on the Grafton side, shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a lorry,…

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Italy's New Motor Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3
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In the first 25 days after its opening to traffic, over 400,000 lire (£6000) was taken in tolls on the new motor road from Genoa to Valle Padana…

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Work on Forest Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. J. McSkimming, the Dorrigo Forester, informed us yesterday that work has been commenced on the Dome Mount, Slingsby's, Lower…

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Tableland-coast Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Representatives of the Dorrigo Shire Council had the tableland-coast road, via Dorrigo and Bellingen, listed as a matter to bring under the notice…

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Road "Hog" Caught

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

At the Temora Police Court John Thompson, of Temora, was fined £5, in default 11 days' hard labor, on a charge of driving a truck in a manner…

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Local and General Train Control

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

The new system of train control came into operation in the District Superintendent's office at Grafton this week. Mr. A. J. Allerdice, late…

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How It Works Telephone Train Control Nerve Centre of the District's Railways

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

The New South Wales Railway Department's telephone train control system, which has been extended to the Taree-South Grafton…

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Road Blocked by Fallen Tree. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

Last night the Casino-Lawrerice Grafton road, just over the range from the 15-mile peg, Rappville junction, was obstructed by an enormous tree fallen…

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Coff's Harbor Police Court More Train "Jockeys." Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

At the Coff's Harbor Police Court yesterday, William Drummond, Jack Brown and William George Smith appeared on a charge of trespassing on…

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Motor Notes (News and Notes from the N.r.m.a.) His Safety Lesson

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

A youthful motorist who was involved in an accident with a police car in Chicago was sentenced by the magistrate to compose a 500 word…

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Barter Proposal Wool For German Motor Cars Minister Criticises Suggestion. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 5

Declaring that the Commonwealth Government could not agree to a barter arrangement with one wool buying…

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Swan Creek Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

The Deputy-Premier and Minister for Transport, Lieut.-Col. M. F. Bruxner. will perform the official opening of the Swan Creek bridge, at 11 a.m. on…

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Tree Crashes On Woolgoolga Road Motorist's Narrow Escape

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. A. L. Proust, of Grafton, whilst driving in his car on the Wpolgoolga road, had a harrow escape last Wednesday afternoon, when a huge tree…

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The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. His Safety Lesson

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 7

A youthful motorist who was involved in an accident with a police car in Chicago was sentenced by the Magistrate to compose a 500 word…

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Trampled to Death by Mob of Horses. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

Trampled upon by a mob of horses at Deer Park to-day, John Dixon, 61, Sustained fatal injuries…

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Strategic Roads And Heavy Motor Transport Germany's War Paeprations. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

General Serrigny of the General Staff, to-day devotes an article in "Revue des Deux Mondes to Germany's development ' of…

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