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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

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Motor Gunboats Fastest Things Afloat Letters From Sub-lieut. Page

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

In letters home, Sub-Lieut. Cyril Page, R.A.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Page, Villiers street, Grafton, explains the craft he is with, as officer in…

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South Grafton Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

The South Grafton aerodrome, which was closed to air traffic a few months ago to enable the sewer effluent drain to be constructed through it to…

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Excursion Fares for Railway Travel

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but on…

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"Year of Toil" Churchill's Toast Ceremony in Railway Carriage. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 3

Mr. Churchill returned from Canada at 9 a.m. to-day. In a midnight ceremony in a railway dining car on the special train…

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BANNED Tourist Car Services All Put Off Road in N.S.W. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

The Department of Road Transport to-day banned nil tourist vehicles from operating in N.S.W. The serious national emergency…

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Motorists' Corner Official R.A.C. Notes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

No doubt the majority of motorists will share my opinion with regard to the physical gloom which prevails at eventide. The screened windows and…

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Back on Road Substitute Fuel Buses Federal Minister's Announcement. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

All vehicles equipped with substitute fuels will be allowed to remain on the read on the service on which they were…

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Road Safety

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

In a letter thanking the "Advocate" for assistance given last year in publishing information to road users and thus contributing towards a reduction…

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Railway Excursions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

The Acting Secretary for Railways sends word that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for January, but on…

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Local and General Motor Car Burnt

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

On Friday last Mr. Lachlan Hayes, of Eastern Dorrigo, was driving his Ford Tourer car when it went over the cutting about four miles from…

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Defence Industry Clarence River Chance Work for Motor Firms Department Gives O.K.

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

Clarence River motor servicing firms soon will be doing their share of Australia's war industrial work, word to…

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Choppers Train Service

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

In the absence of a reply to their request that the New South Wales Railways conduct a trial train service between Tenterfield…

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Eight to Go Subversive Activities at Aeroplane Factory. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

There were two developments in connection with the strike of employees at the aero factory of the Commonwealth Aircraft…

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Motor Smash Sequel

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

A recent motor smash at Dungay Creek, Upper Macleay, had its sequel in Kempsey Police Court last week, before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M., when…

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Motor Oils Price Increases To-day. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

The Prices Commissioner, Professor Copland, to-day announced a further rise in the maximum wholesale and retail prices for…

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Smoke From Railway

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

Smoke nuisance at South Grafton from the railway yards will receive attention from railway authorities, the South Grafton…

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Important Link Eaton Creek Bridge Federal Aid Requested Copmanhurst Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 1

Federal Government aid for the reconstruction, of Eaton Creek bridge, link in a road of strategic importance, is to be sought, by the Copmanhurst…

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Freezing Order Tools and Motor Parts. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Supply, Mr. Beasley, has announced a notional security order freezing 75 per cent, of manufacturers' and…

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Servicing of Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

A letter was received at the recent meeting of the Macleay Shire Council from the South West Rocks Recreation Reserve…

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Police Court Motor Traffic Breaches

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

The Police Magistrate, for the district, Mr. R. M. Stewart, paid his monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday and occupied the Bench at…

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