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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

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Road Notices Destroyed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

Reference was made at the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday to destruction of notices on roads at Nana Glen on New Year's Eve by larrikins…

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Road to Patonga

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

The recently constructed road from Pearl Beach to Patonga, which was recently opened, while not a first class thoroughfare, is in good order…

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Nymboida Shire Buy £1062 Road Grader £10,000 Road Works Scheme No Money From Bank or Government

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6

The Nymboida Shire Council, yesterday decided to purchase a petrol power patrol for road grading at a cost of £1062, from the British…

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Sweden's Motor Taxes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

During the past budget year 193536, the total Swedish State revenues from automobile taxes amounted to 96.8 million kroner (£5,324,500 at…

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Motoring. World's Car Production

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

The number of motor cars produced the world over (excluding Italy) during 1935 was 5.112,000 as against 3,124,000 in 1934. The year 1929…

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Baker's Motor Van

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

A neat late model panel van Chevrolet has been delivered to Mr. W. Blackley by the Dorrigo agents, Messrs. Hollingworth Bros. The van…

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Urunga Motor Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

During heavy rain at Urunga last Saturday night, a motor lorry skidded on the wet roadway and swung into the bank. One of the occupants,…

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Motor Car Development

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 8

Commenting on motor car development during the year 1936, Mr. J. Fielder, chief engineer of the. N.R.M.A., said that the period had been Free…

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40-Hour Week Railway Unions' Claims 25 Per Cent. Increase in Wages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

Demands on various Governments for a 40-hour week worked in five days and 25 percent increase in wages, full sick pay and a general…

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£12,000,000 for Electrical Dev State Governments Big Scheme Eight Or Nine Years Plan Electrification of Main Railway Lines Linking Of Newcastle And Nymboida Cheaper Electricity for Country Centres Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 5

A big scheme of planned electrical development, involving an expenditure of £12,000,000, spread over a period of eight or nine years and providing for the electrification of the main railway lines from Sydney to Newcastle in the north, to Lithgow in the west, Goulburn in the south, and Nowra on…

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Work to Proceed on Casino-coraki Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

Tomki Shire Council has received permission from the Main Roads Department to go-ahead with improvements on the Coraki road between the…

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Harwood Shire Council Meeting Pacific Highway Work Iluka Road Boundaries

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Harwood Shire Council was held on Thursday last when there were present Crs. D: K. Beckman (president), A…

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Deficit Lowered N.S.W. Railways Report Marked Progress for Year Figures to June 30, 1936. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

The report of the Railway Commissioner for the year ended June 30 last was made available to-day. It disclosed an actual profit of £5,105,511…

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Walked Out Railway Officers "Vague Innuendo" Denied Transport Conference Sidney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 5

Following an extraordinary, scene at the conference of transport unions to-day. when four railway salaried officers' representatives walked out,…

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Kempsey Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Forty workmen are now engaged clearing the area at Aldavilla for the Kempsey aerodrome. Equidistant between Brisbane and Sydney, this…

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Train Unemployed N.S.W. Govt. Scheme Men Who Never Had a Chance Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

The State Government will begin immediately a special campaign to train unemployed for industry, following the Premier's announcement soon after his…

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Burnt Alive 100 Train Passengers Fire On Canton Express Carriages Blazing Inferno Canton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

More than one hundred are believed to have been burned to death to-day when a fire broke out on the Kowloon-Canton express. The fire…

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Motor Vehicles 276,712 Registered in New South Wales. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

Figures given to the Premier, Mr. Stevens, by the Commissioner of Road Transport reveal a remarkable increase in motor vehicles in New South…

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Conference Off Strikers And General Motors Men to Stay in Factories

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

FLINT (Michigan), Sunday. The Automobile Union has refused to permit strikers to evacuate the two Fisher body plants, on the ground that…

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Opinions of Our Readers Road to Gurranang Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 6

Sir,--It is over five months, since reported to the Copmanhurst shire that several trees had fallen over the. road that leads to Gurranang station…

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