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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

1,208 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 61

Lottery Winner Death In Suburban Train £5000 Ticket in Pocket. Sydney, Saturday. Former Colonies

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 6

Mr. Nestor Hawkins, 47, of St. George's road, Bexley, won first prize of £5000 in the State lottery on Friday, and a few hours later was found…

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Swept Under Flooded Bridge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. Ernest Johnson, a married man residing at Yangan, near Warwick, has cause to remember the flood that submerged a bridge over a creek late on…

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Killed by Train Thought Police Wanted Him Verdict of Suicide Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

Suffering from the delusion that he was being sought by police, Frederick Joseph MacMahon, 60, of Lugarno, flung himself under a train at Mortdale…

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Traffic Control "Road Toll As Bad As Murder" South Grafton Council Last Night's Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 4

Inspector McNeill and Constable Anderton attended last night's meeting of South Grafton Municipal Council, for the purpose of explaining…

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Earle Page, Motor Pioneer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3

When Sir Earle Page, Commonwealth Minister for Commerce, came bowling along the bitumen-surfaced roads into Brisbane last week (writes…

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Vic. Farm Sensation Woman Dies in Motor Car Fire Husband Found Dead Before Inquest on Wife Sister Found Shot Dead. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

The body of Richard White, 42. farmer of Guy's Forest, was found to-day as the inquest was being opened into the death of his wife…

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Twelve Die Express and Goods Train Collision in France. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 5

An express tram from Paris to Toulouse crashed into a goods train at Cheatar Roux late last night. Twelve were killed and thirty injured. Three…

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Motor Smash Second Victim Dies. Goulburn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Edith Grieves, of Mosman, died in hospital last night from injuries received in a motor accident last Saturday…

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Man's Body Found in Motor Car. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 2

The body of a man, believed to be Philip Stapleton. 30, of Randwick, against whom it was alleged the Sydney police had issued a warrant for…

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Motor Bus Bogged

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

As a result of the showers, which fell in Grafton yesterday, one of Mr. Quinn's Yamba buses, which was parked at the side of the Grafton…

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Bridge Party

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

Those bridge enthusiasts who braved the elements on Wednesday night to be present at the party arranged by the C.W.A. Younger Set spent a very…

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Small's Bridge, Upper Orara

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

At Wednesday's meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council the engineer reported that the biidge near Small's, Upper Orara, gets damaged by floods…

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Guyra-ebor Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

An amount of £108/10/, of which the Dumaresq Shire Council's contribution is £36/3/4, was provided by the engineer for maintenance and…

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Point Lookout Road Funds Exhausted

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Dumaresq Shire Council, the District Engineer, Coffs Harbour, advised that funds were exhausted for Point…

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Death of Lottery Winner Collapse in Train

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

Mr. Nestor Hawkins, 47, of St. George's Road, Bexley, won first prize of £5,000 in a recent State lottery, and a few hours later was found…

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Park Beach Road Question of Agreement

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

A letter from Park Beach Reserve Trustees to the Dorrigo Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting requested that Council complete the…

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Coffs Railway Station Approaches

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

Mr. H. G. Bond, Shire Engineer, reported to the Council meeting on Wednesday that the widening of the bitumen in Camperdown-street, leading…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

Mr. Charles William Stewart, nephew of Mrs. Fred. White, Coffs Harbour, and brother-in-law of Mr. H. Gillies, who until recently had a…

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Through Fence Motorist Killed in Crash Orange

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 5

When a motor car he was driving along the Forest Reefs road got out of control and crashed through the fence of an overhead bridge. Arthur John…

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Jackass Creek Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 6

The new concrete bridge being erected at Jackass Creek, oh the Glen Innes road, 39 miles from Grafton, is to replace an existing wooden structure…

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