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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

1,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 70

New Lamp for Motorists

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

A lamp which can be used as an antidazzle light and can be changed in a few seconds to a fog lamp is being produced by a Lancashire film. For…

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Railway Traffic Renewed

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 4

All railway traffic along the North Coast line was renewed early yesterday morning, the washaway at Gurranang being repaired without undue…

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The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Remove Chocks From Roadway

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 7

That thoughtlessness can endanger human lives is revealed by an officer of the N.R.M.A., who recently completed a tour of the southern…

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Washaway in Bridge Approach Coutts' Crossing Bridge Approach Damaged

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

The Nymboida Shire Council announced yesterday that the Orara River at Coutts' Crossing had subsided to the level of the bridge, and the flood…

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Harwood Shire and Yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

Sir,--Mr. John Skinner has still [?] lot to learn in connection with local government finance. He speaks of the council's financial…

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Road Fatalities Increase in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

The annual report of the Coroner, Mr. Tingate, reveals that during 1937 fatalities from motor vehicle accidents numbered 311, an increase of 67…

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Teacher Hurt Car Strikes Bridge. Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 6

Roy Keats, 50, school teacher at Green Pigeon, suffered lacerated wounds on the head when the car in which he was travelling to Kyogle…

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"Westward Ho" East-West Railway Enthusiasm at Glen Innes Public Open Air Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 4

Glen Innes is full of enthusiasm for the objects of the North and Northwest Better Communication League, and is making great preparations for…

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Band Championship Won by N.S.W. Railways. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 4

New South Wales Railways institute won the New South Wales band championship (B grade), on Saturday, with a total of 90 points…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway Only Feasible Route Chamber of Commerce Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

Any railway from the Northern Tableland to the Coast must come via Guyra and Dorrigo and connect with the port of Coffs…

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£10 VOTED Coast-Tablelands the Railway Proposition Grafton City Council's Attitude

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

Further reference was made at the meeting, of the Grafton City Council last night to the movement promoted by the North and North-West Better…

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Motorists Fined Licenses Withdrawn For Year Lismore Prosecutions. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

At Lismore Police Court, to-day, two men were charged under the new Traffic Act with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of…

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Four Sentenced Thefts Of Motor Cars Breaking Into Garages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 5

Four men who, according to the police, had been concerned in the theft of motor cars arid in breaking and entering garages and stores between…

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Opinions of Our Readers Harwood Shire and Yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

Sir,-- Mr. Beckman evidently has no read correctly his copy of the Local Government Act. Certainly there are limitations concerning borrowing, and…

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Guyra-dorrigo Railway Public Meeting To Be Called by Coff's Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 7

At a special meeting of the Coff's Harbor Chamber of Commerce, held in the School of Arts last night for the purpose of dealing with the…

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"Westward Ho" Fight For A Railway Deputation to Glen Innes Port of the Clarence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 4

"If the railway connection between the North Coast and the northwest is worth anything, then it is worth working for," said Mr. B. M…

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Flying Blind Clouston's Ordeal Fogs And Snowstorms Aerodrome Like a Swamp London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 5

It is established that when Clouston's Comet crashed at Nicosia in Cyprus only the landing gear and one propeller were damaged. A…

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£11,552 Minor And Main Roads Programme for 1938 Copmanhurst Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 6

Draft estimates providing for the proposed expenditure of £16,000 during the current local government year having been adopted at the January…

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Railways--sydney and Country

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 4

The announcement that the proposal originally made two years ago that £12,000,000 would be spent on the electrification of numbers of large country towns has been endorsed by technical experts, and is to be carried out, is of more than passing importance to country people, whether they live…

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Tree Crashed Motorist's Lucky Escape. Macleain

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 3

While returning to Tullymorgan on Tuesday evening, with his motor truck, Mr. C. Sutherland had a lucky escape when a huge tree crashed across the…

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