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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 9 of 70

Big Meeting At Copmanhurst To-night Grafton-glen Innes Railway

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 4

To arouse interest in the movement for the construction of a railway from Grafton to Glen Innes, public meetings are being arranged in Grafton…

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Jap Army Lunghai Railway Battle Tremendous Preparations Pincer Movement in North Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 5

The Japanese preparations for a battle along the Lunghai railway are assuming tremendous proportions. They are striking from the north…

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COLLISION On Jetty Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

A big motor lorry laden wi[?] and a motor car collided [?] Road last night. Damage w[?] to the car, and delay occu[?]…

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Road Users and Abusers

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 4

While the increased popularity of motoring tends to improve conditions generally, it has one disadvantage, says the R.A.C.A., that is, the…

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Train Wreck Driver Arrested. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 5

David Anderson, driver of the Edinburgh-Glasgow express, which crashed into a stationary train at Castlecary on December 10 resulting in 35 deaths…

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Shire Roads Nymboida-Armidale Question of Status Special Grant Application

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

There was extensive damage done on the whole of the minor roads in our shire during the unprecedentedly heavy rains that we have…

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Dorrigo-Guyra Railway Only Feasible Route Chamber of Commerce Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

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

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Expired Motor Licenses

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

When fining two defendants 2s 6d and 8s costs at Taree Police Court this week for failing to return expired motor drivers' licenses, Mr. D…

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UNITY! Guyra-Dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

Advocating the construction of a railway line from Inverell to Grafton at a public meeting in the Inverell district, Mr. B. M…

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Had Railway Property

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

John Francis Hammersley was fined £2 and 2s car costs at Taree Police Court this week on a charge of having in his custody two…

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Night Tennis Competition Rovers Defeat Railway

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 7

Rovers defeated Railway in the Grafton City Club's night teams' competition at the City Courts last night, by 55 games (including handicap of…

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Yamba Road Reclassification Discussed Harwood Shire Council Request From Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Harwood Shire Council on Thursday night the following communication was received from the Maclean Chamber of…

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Westward Ho Railway N. And N.W. Better Communication League Clarence River Zone Publicity Enthusiastic Meetings At S. Grafton And Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 7

Most of the cogent arguments in favor of better communication between the coast and tablelands by means of a railway from Grafton…

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£75,000 LOAN For Tintenbar Shire Good Roads on Richmond

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 6

Departmental approval has been given to the Tintenbar Council's proposal to raise a loan of £75,000 for the construction of roads of access into…

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Man Killed Two Seriously Injured Motor Truck Overturns. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 6

Herbert Jones, 22, was killed, and Reginald Jones, 20, and William Clark were seriously injured when a motor truck overturned on the Hume highway…

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Stock Thieves Problem For Graziers Fast Motor Trucks Used. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 5

Sheep and cattle thieves are becoming problems to graziers, and substantial rewards are being offered for information for convictions…

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COLLISION Lorry And Motor Cycle Side-car Passenger Injured. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

A collision between a motor cycle, ridden by Mr. R. Austin, of Maclean, and a motor lorry, driven by Mr. Sutherland, of Tullymorgan, took…

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Collision Sequel Motorist Sent to Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

A sequel to a fatal head-on collision between a motor cycle and a motor car, at Welshpool, near Perth, on November 22, was the sentencing of the…

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Civil Aviation South Grafton Aerodrome Question of Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

Last night the South Grafton Municipal Council received the following letter from the traffic manager of Airlines of Australia Ltd.:--…

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Maclean Yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 7

Following receipt of a communication from the Yamba Chamber of Commerce for Crs. Cameron and Moloney to attend a meeting of the Chamber of…

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