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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

1,316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 66

National Forest Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

An effort is being made in the E'bor, Guy Fawkes and Dorrigo districts for the construction of a road of access to the National Forest at…

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YAMBA Chamber Of Commerce Harwood Ferry-yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 6

The president, Mr. E. Toyer, presided at the monthly meeting of the Yamba Chamber of Commerce, held in the School of Arts on 4th inst…

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Speed Limits Road Safety Conference Executive's Recommendations Approved. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

At a meeting of the road safety conference to-night the recommendations made by the executive in connection with speed limits for motor vehicles…

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Motor Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

Mr. Jack Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Johnson, of Boambee, met with a motor accident in Sydney last Sunday week from which he was…

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1¼d in the £ Orara Rates Unchanged 1937 Road Quotas Adopted Road Exchange Question

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 1

The Orara Shire Council yesterday struck a rate of 1¾d in the £ on the unimproved capital value of land in the shire for the ensuing year…

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Motor Lorry Crashes Into Bridge Remarkable Escapes Driver's Clothes Torn Off Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 4

When a motor lorry this afternoon crashed into a bridge a mile from Bangalow and, overturning, fell 20 feet into Byron Creek, three Byron…

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Great Marlow Road Copmanhurst Shire "Up Against Brick Wall" No Authority for 20Ft. Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 9

"It seems we are up against a brick wall," remarked the clerk (Mr. C. Cameron) at a meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday…

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Nana Glen P. And C. Assn. Train Service for School Children

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 7

A very well attended meeting of the Nana Glen Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the schoolroom on Thursday evening, 4th inst., the…

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Speed Limit for Motor Vehicles Success In U.S.A. City Deaths Reduced 77 Per Cent, Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 5

The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Maddocks, stated to-day that he had received information from St. Louis (U.S.A.) regarding the…

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Coffs Aerodrome Night Lighting Scheme

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

In about a fortnight's time the work of lighting Coffs Harbour aerodrome for night flying is to be commenced. It is an elaborate…

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World Bridge Builders

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

The Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd., of Darlington, have just completed the half-mile-long bridge over the Firth of Forth at Kincardine,…

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Macindoe's Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Metalling of this road for about three miles has been finished by the gang under Maintenance Man Mahoney. The recondition…

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On Beach Aeroplane's Forced Landing. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

The aeroplane U.N.N.16, bound north, made a forced landing on the beach near, the pilot station at Southwest Rocks on Wednesday during a…

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National Forest Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

An effort is being made in the Ebor, Guy Fawkes and Dorrigo districts for the construction of a road of access to the National Forest at…

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Trams Collide Twelve People Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

A tram smash in which 12 people were injured occurred to-day when two trams collided in Parramatta road, Glebe. A tramway repair trolley stopped on…

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The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Motor Horns Must Purr

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Motor horns must in future conform to an official standard in Buenos Aires. This standard is said to be of a "soft purring sound." Any motorist trying…

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Strike Over in Big Motor Works. Detroit

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

It was announced to-day that agreement had been reached ending the strike which has crippled the production of General Motors, Ltd., since late…

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MADRID Dogged Resistance Rebels Capture Motoril. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

Spanish insurgents who are pressing on along the coast to-day captured Motoril. Having restored order at Malaga they are also pressing…

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Railway Picnic Smoko

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the annual smoko in connection with the No. 4 railway picnic district in the Railway Institute, Taree, on Monday night…

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Roads Blocked Torrential Rain at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Karror

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

Torrential and continuous rain had increased the total to 875 points by 9 o'clock this morning. At that hour all the streets and…

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