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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 3 of 61

100,000 Miles on Railway "Trike."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

The railway and permanent way staff of Bangalow held a social evening to bid farewell to Mr. T. Lowe, who after Being a ganger on the per. way for over 30 years, has retired. Mr. Lriwe served…

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Glen Innes Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 4

Whilst travelling to Grafton on the Glen Innes road on Sunday. Messrs. C. Spencer and Witton, had a narrow escape from severe injury when their…

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600 Killed in a Year on N.S.W. Roads. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

For the 12 months ended on June 30, 600 people were killed and 8615 injured in road accidents in New South Wales…

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Road Safety State Govt. Drive. Patrols for Country. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

The State Government will continue its drive for greater safety on the roads, and to-day, after a meeting of the State Cabinet the Premier…

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Missing From Train Five Bags of Registered Mail. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

Five bags of registered mail disappeared from the Napier-Gisborne train last night. They vanished between Wairoa and Gisborne…

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Ship on Fire Rimutaka in Pacific 300 Passengers On Board. Motor Ship Standing By. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

Following a wireless message that a fire had broken out aboard the liner Rimutaka, the American motor ship Yomachichi to-day reached her, and…

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Lightning Damages Tenter Field Railway Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 4

Simultaneously with a loud explosion during a heavy storm which broke over Tenter field early on Monday afternoon, the wiring system of the…

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Road Patrol Bases In Country Grafton Included. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 5

In connection with the new traffic patrol in country areas the bases for the new patrols will be at Lismore, Grafton, Kempsey, Glen Innes,…

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Copmanhurst Shire Meeting Of The Council the Engineer's Car Gates on Carnham Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 7

The January meeting of the Cop- manhurst Shire Council was held yesterday morning. Present: Crs. I. C. Dight (president). H. C. Rogan, R. H…

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Obliging Motor Cycle Thief Prison Governor's Story

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 8

In the debate on penal reform Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, Parliamentary Under- Secretary to the Home Office, told the House of Commons' a story of a young…

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Passing on Road Bend

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

In a case at Coffs Harbour Police Court this morning, before Mr. A. J. Bryant. P.M., in which Patrick Stanley Nolan was charged with driving…

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Work for 4000 MEN Manufacture Of Aeroplane Engines Necessitated by Govt. Contracts

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 10

Four thousand men will be provided with work at a factory which is being established at Crew (Cheshire) for the manufacture of aeroplane engines…

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Road Safety the Four Absolutes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem:—…

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Accident on Bridge Rider Thrown From Horse. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

Kenneth Armstrong, an employee of Messrs. May and Armstrong, butchers at Maclean, was riding his horse across McFarlane bridge, to-day, when the…

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Inquest Into Death of Jack Harold Edwards Forestry Road Construction

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

Last Friday afternoon, the District Coroner, Mr. E. J. Andrew, J.P., conducted an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Jack…

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Wells' Forecast Humanity's Future Two Roads Ahead Of Race Extinction or Co Operation Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

The human race faces either conscious adaptation to its new condition or eventual extermination through warfare, according to the British…

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Railway Timetable

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

The new railway timetable, reverting lt the old older of running on the North Coast line, is to commence on Sunday next. The Coffs Harbour…

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Motor Tour Coffs to Melbourne

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

These days there are thousands of motor cars and trucks on the road during holiday periods, and much provision is made in various ways for…

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Banana Figures Information from Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

Mr. Arthur Hatch writes:— In view of the rumors circulating amongst banana growers in this district re loading information obtain…

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16 INJURED Tram And Trucks Collide Driver's Lucky Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

Sixteen persons were injured, none seriously, when a tram collided with the trucks of a goods train in Balmain to-night. The majority of the injured…

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