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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

688 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 35

Railway Excursions in May Coinciding with School Holidays

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 5

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has authorised a general series of excursion trains to coincide as nearly as possible with…

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May Railway Excursions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has authorised a general series of excursion trains to coincide as nearly as possible with…

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Railway Excursion in May Coinciding with School Holidays

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has authorised a general series of excursion trains to coincide as nearly as possible with the closing of…

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Damaged Road Plant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 3

Damage to the extent of £100 was done to road plant belonging to Casino Municipal Council used at Evans Head. Declining to accent any…

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Point Lookout Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 2

Councils and residents sometimes become elated at the tact that considerable sums of Government money are being spent in their districts, and…

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Wooli Road Traffic

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) has given an, undertaking to the president of the Orara Shire Council (Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald), that his…

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The Ostrich Counterpart on Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 1

We laugh at the ostrich because he Dokes his head in the sand when there is danger ahead. But how very like the ostrich si the man who pulls…

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Plunged to Death Man Killed by Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

Robert Coleman (60), shearer, of Granville, Sydney, was run over by a train within 600 yards of the Darn Baa railway platform on Saturday…

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Bridge Collision Appeal May Be Made By Crown Further Action at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 3

The Crown is considering making an appeal against the decision, of the Police Magistrate (Mr. R. M. Stewart), who dismissed a charge against Francis…

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Rail Motor Still Another Refusal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 2

Still another refusal has been given to the request for the installation of a rail motor service between Glenreagh and Coffs Harbour for the…

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Local and General Copmanhurst Road Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 4

Work on the Grafton-Copmanhurst road will begin to-day. It will consist of resheeting the road with gravel as a preliminary to the expected…

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Urgent Need Will Take All Men Road Of National Duty Army Ministers Message Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 5

"I have never had a graver message to give the nation. We will take all the men we can get. The need is urgent. I simply tell you that there…

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Conveyance of School Children Glenreagh To Coff's Harbor No Spare Rail Motor Available

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 2

The Minister for Transport (Col. M. F. Bruxner), in a letter to Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., regarding his personal representations on behalf of the…

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Bardia British Landing Bridge, Guns, Dump Blown Up by Demolition Gangs London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

On Saturday night British forces with special demolition equipment were landed at Bardia, on the Libyan coast. They had a special…

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Main Roads Chief Divisional Office Visited

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

The recently appointed Chief Commissioner of the Department of Main Roads (Mr. David Craig) visited Grafton yesterday and inspected the…

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The Ostrich of the Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 6

We laugh at the ostrich because he pokes his head in the sand when there is danger ahead. But how very like the ostrich is the man who pulls…

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Regatta Review Crews Train Well Practise Turning Buoys

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

All rowers have done their final training for the patriotic regatta to-day, and particular attention has been paid to turning round the buoys…

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Local and General R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

The Shire Council has been advised, that the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Train wiil again visit Coffs Harbour in a further drive for recruits from May…

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R.a.a.f. Recruiting Train Coff's Harbor and Glenreagh Visit

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

At the meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council on Wednesday a letter from the R.A.A.F. Recruiting Drive Committee advised that the R.A.A.F…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collide Man Fatally Injured Dorrigo Residents in Car

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

On Easter Sunday, five residents of Dorrigo who were on a visit to Sydney and two other persons, went from the City to Wollongong for a…

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