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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

718 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 36

23 Per Cent. Road Accidents Reduced Xmas-new Year Holidays "Position Still Unsatisfactory." Albury

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

The Minister for Transport, Col. Bruxner, at a meeting of the Albury branch of the Road Safety Council to-night announced that there had…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

Mrs. Dorothy Slater, who was seriously injured in a motor accident on Tuesday afternoon, died at the Tenterfield Prince Albert Memorial Hospital…

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British Freeze Worst For Century Railway Difficulties. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

Snow ploughs have been on the main lines for the first time in 40 years. Frozen, couplings, which had to be hammered apart, and frozen grease in…

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Motors Crash at Nambucca Heads. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

Crashing heavily in a head-on collision on the State highway, near the Nambucca railway station, late yesterday afternoon, two cars were very…

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Railway Services Broken, Hill Dispute May Affect Whole State. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

Railway services throughout, New South Wales may become affected as the result of the dispute on the Broken Hill line, where 35 men are on strike…

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COLLISION Motor Car and Motor Cycle Soldier and Girl Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

A member of the 2nd A.I.F., Reg Gillard, 27, of Newcastle, and Miss Joan Hawkins, 18, of Newtown, were seriously injured in a collision between…

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Road Deaths Too Many in Country

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

Analysis of reports of road [?] dents in the State for December [?] January show that more tlian 65 [?] cent of the fatal accidents are [?]…

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Found Dead Unknown Man In Railway Cutting Tragedy Rear Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 4

An unknown young man, between 17 and 20 years of age, was found dead in a box cutting six miles north from Kempsey yesterday morning at…

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Japs Bomb Railway. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

According to Kunming despatches, 27 bombers participated in a further raid on the Hanoi-Kunming railway on Saturday, and stooped communication…

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Motor Cyclists Killed Laughed At Warning Collision in Smoke. Bulli

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Motor drivers should wear goggles when travelling through smoke, said the Coroner, to-day, when he held an inquest in the deaths of Walter Percy…

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10 Killed in Train Smash. a Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 5

A goods train crashed into a bus at a level crossing at Muenster, killing 10…

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Escaped Nazis Flatz Family Won Freedom Thrilling Jump From Train. London, January 13

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

Joseph Flatz and his family are now safe in America, after a thrilling series of escapes from the Nazis. Their story reached London this week…

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Australia's Defence 'Necessity For East-West Railway Striking Condemnation of Transport Facilities

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

The absolute necessity of the construction of the east-west railway, connecting the coast to the tablelands, in greatly exemplified by the…

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Road Deaths in Country

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 2

Analysis of reports of road accidents in the State for December and January show that more than 65 per cent. of the fatal accidents are occurring…

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Opinions of Our Readers East-west Railway

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

Sir,--In reference to remarks in today's issue re the east-west railway, I would like to suggest that the ridiculous long travelling which the…

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Yunnan Railway France Offered Compensation Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 5

The Japanese Government has offered France compensation for the bombing of the Yunnan railway…

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New Bridge at Halfway Creek

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

A three-span bridge of reinforced concrete is to be constructed over Halfway Creek on the Pacific highway between Grafton and Woolgoolga…

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Plane Found Bogged On Aerodrome Missing in Gulf Country. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

Reported missing in the Gulf country since Tuesday, the Airlines of Australia machine, piloted by Capt. W. Wiltshire, was located to-day, bogged…

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Trucks in Collision On Armidale Road Occupants Uninjured

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

A utility truck and a lorry were, badly damaged when a collision occurred on the Armidale road, 8½ miles from Grafton, at noon yesterday, but…

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Bomb in N.Z. Tram. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

Passengers aboard a tram in the city to-day suffered from shock when a loud explosion occurred beneath the flooring. Windows were shattered…

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