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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 8 of 70

Motor Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 2

A motor accident occurred on the main road at Bonville on Sunday afternoon, about nine miles from Coffs Harbour. No one was injured, which…

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Married New Year's Eve Killed in Motor Smash. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

Christopher Isles, 35, of Flinders Island, who was married on New Year's Eve, was killed to-day when a motor lorry overturned on the Hobart…

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Not Registered Motor Cycle Was Used

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

Vincent Brotherson, of Kangaroo Creek, was fined 10 and 8 court costs when he appeared before Mr. Bliss. P.M., in the Grafton Police Court…

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"Phantom Avenger" 100 "Tramps" Hunt

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

More than 100 policemen dressed as tramps and farm workers have drawn a cordon round Consett (Durham) and outlying hamlets…

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C.W.A. North Coast Council Meeting at Casino Pigeon Shooting and Motor Taxation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

In a letter tabled at the meeting of the North Coast Council of the Country Women's Association held at Casino, the R.S.P.C.A. congratulated…

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Attendants for Livestock Railway Concessions Extended

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 8

Some, time ago representations were made to the Commissioner for Railways by several Pastures Protection Boards and the R.S.P.C.A. for a…

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Train Hits Trolley Worker's Narrow Escape Camira Creek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 7

On the railway line outside the north distant signal, drainage men, unaware that a fast fruit train, was approaching, were taking a load of old sleepers on a…

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N.Z. Cyclone Three Men Drowned Floods And Landslides Roads and Mines Damaged Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 4

As the telephone and telegraph lines are gradually being repaired, and services to outlying districts are being resumed, news comes to hand…

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Railway Commissioner Deputation at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), in the course of his annual inspection of the North Coast, called at Coff's Harbor in his special train…

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S.g. Aerodrome Government Grant

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

South Grafton Council is in receipt of a communication from the Minister for Works and Local Government through Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., to the…

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Leaped From Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

Frederick James Hartley, said to be a resident of Cullen Bullen, appeared at Rylstone Police Court on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. He was…

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In Horse Box on Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

Charged with having travelled by train between Sydney and Casino without having previously paid his fare. Ronald Isaachsen (30), was fined…

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"Joy-riding Train Scalers" Court Takes Serious View. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

Three men, David McNeil, Frank Bell arid John Green, who were arrested in the Coff's Harbor railway yard on Saturday night last appeared before…

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Leg Severed In Tram Collision Nurse Crushed Under Wheels. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

When a grinder tram and a passenger tram collided head-on in Wendouree, a suburb of Ballarat, this afternoon, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, 45,…

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Missed Punt Motor Lorry in River In 60ft. Of Water Three Occupants Escape Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

Trapped in the enclosed cabin of a motor lorry on the bottom of the Hawkesbury River, Wiseman's ferry, this afternoon, three men had a…

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Two Students Killed On Railway Lines Were Bosom Friends. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

One of the strangest tragedies involving the young sons of two well-known New York families occurred over a period of 24 hours in two…

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Mail Matter Myrtle Creek Railway P.O. New Mail Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

The District Postal Inspector, Lismore, Mr. W. A. P. Orr, replying to a petition requesting an alteration in the time-table of the…

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Colored Roads for Night Driving

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Experiments with different colored road surfaces to discover which are best for night driving are being carried out in Sheffield. The experiment is…

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Animals Have Road Sense

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

"Animals have now developed a road instinct, but children must still be trained," said Lieut.-Col. J. A. A. Pickard, secretary of the National…

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Soil From Roads Fourth Man Fined

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

A case in Tomki Shire Council proceeded against Albert Edward Russ, charging him with having removed soil from a road without permission,…

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