Defence Roads Germany Building. Berlin
The Minister for Propoganda, Dr. Goebbels, in a speech at the opening of the German Motor Show, said that 1900 miles of motor roads had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,208 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 61
Talkies "The Road to Reno"
To-night at the Garden Theatre the western musical melodrama, "The Road to Reno," will be screened. Randolph Scott and Miss Hope Hampton,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Wanted Over Richmond River Meeting of M. AND S. Assn. Lismore
At the annual meeting of the Northern Rivers Association of Municipalities and Shires, at Evans Head on Saturdays, it was decided to renew the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Transport Interesting Review One to 8.5 Australians Industry of Paramount Importance
A survey of the automotive position in Australia at December 31, 1938, by the Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co. reveals that more and more are the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Bridge Over Poverty Creek
The contractors have installed the plant on the site of a new reinforced concrete bridge over Poverty Creek, near Maclean. A temporary crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Matters Shire Engineer's Report
Mr, H. C. Bond, Dorrigo Shire Engineer, reported as follows to the Council at last meeting: — "A" Riding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rains Hold Up Passenger Train. Brisbane
Sixty passengers aboard the Mount Isa train are marooned at Cloncurry, owing to torrential rain having caused washaways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Works Programme Roads And Footpaths Allocation of £2591 Grafton Council Discussion
After meeting with some amount of adverse criticism a report from the Works Committee at last night's meeting of the Grafton City Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coursing Ground Question Of Road Watering Action by Grafton Council
At the meeting of the Grafton City Council last night Ald. E. H. Chataway called attention to the necessity for watering the streets leading to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Hurt Near Woodburn Resident of Woolgoolga. Lismore
A motor cyclist and his brother, who was riding on the pillion, were injured in an accident near Woodburn on Sunday afternoon. They were James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trunk Road Request
A deputation consisting of delegates from any council concerned in the application, will interview the Minister for Transport, Mr. M. F. Bruxner, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.P. Board Request for Bridge Skinner Swamp Reserve MR. W. M. L. Hughes at Meeting
Mr. W. M. L. Hughes, representing the Clarence River County Council, attended the meeting of the Grafton Pastures Protection Board yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FINED £10 License Suspended Intoxicated Motorist. Lismore
William Alexander McLeish, of Lismore, was convicted at Lismore Police Court to-day by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., on a charge of having driven a car on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crossing Smash Casino Man's Escape Car Strikes Train. Lismore
Mr. D. Green, a Casino building contractor, had a lucky escape from serious injury last night, when the car he was driving struck a stationary train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Trade Tremendous Development £14 34 million in taxes
Probably no industry, in Australia can show such a, substantial and sustained increase in sales volume, and value, during the past six years as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cars and Population
The largest number of cars in any one country is the United States' huge total of 29,705,220, which is one car to every four people. New Zealanders…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Injured Truck Strikes Bridge. Lismore
Robert Short (18) had ribs fractured and received internal injuries and shock, and James Mullins (16) fractured his right leg, when they were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shark Creek Smash Three Men Killed Coroner's Inquiry at Maclean "Not Told Everything" Verdict of Accid[?]ntal Death "Bridge Approa[?] Dangerous" Maclean
Announcing a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquest on the death of Frank Robbins, George Dennis Johnson and Aubrey Gordon Kay, who were killed as a result of a lorry on which they were riding crashing over a bank at the approach to Shark Creek bridge, near Maclean,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bus Strikes Tram Four People Injured. Sydney
Although a crowded bus collided with a tram with such force that the tram was derailed and the bus badly damaged, practically all the windows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loop Lines To Aid Defence Railway Organisation. Melbourne
A scheme formulated by the War Railway Council and a sub-committee including representatives of the State railways and the Defence Department…
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