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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

345 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 18

Found Dead Beside Railway Line

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 1

PERTH, Mon.—The dead and mutilated body of Miss Phyllis Turvey, lecturer in psychology at the Melbourne Teachers' College,…

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Should Be 30 M.p.h. Road Speed Limit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.—The Minister for Transport, Mr. G. Lawson, is examining the suggestion of a road speed limit, now set at…

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Killed by Train Soldier on Leave From War

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs.—After surviving two years' campaigning overseas and having come home en leave from New Guinea,…

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Cut to Pieces by Train

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Arthur Edward Jacobson, wharf laborer, of Hurstville, was cut to pieces when he fell from a moving…

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Three Killed In Train Crash Engine, Two Cars Fell Into Flooded Creek

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sun.—It is believed a cloudburst which washed out a mile and a half of railway track caused a train crash…

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Railway Thefts Measures to Stamp Out

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.—Measures to stamp out pillaging on the railways will be discussed at the next conference of the…

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Rate Struck Same As Last Year's Nymboida Shire Council Allocation of Road Money

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 4

At the meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council yesterday morning, presided over by the president, Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald, the rate for the current…

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Two Killed Truck Hits Tram

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Two persons were killed as a result of a truck striking the running board of a stationary tram at Glebe last…

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Jumped Out When Train Did Not Stop Boy Badly Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Becoming excited when he found the train on which he was travelling was not going to stop at Point Clare,…

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Off To-day Motor Car Headlamp Masks

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Regulations will be in force to-morrow abolishing headlamp masks, the Minister for N.E.S., Mr. Heffron,…

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Trucks on Road Won't Be Many Left

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—An unofficial calculation by Government experts, based on tyre and spare parts' expenditure, tends…

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Motor Registrations

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tnurs.—Despite petrol and tyre shortages the number of motor vehicles registered in New South Wales has shown a slight…

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War Puts Many Cars Off Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 6

CANBERRA, Fri.—The Acting Commonwealth Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, revealed to-day that since the outbreak of war 98,000…

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Convoy Roads. Through Never Never Speedy Building Amazing Changes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 2

Somewhere in Australia.—If Leichhardt were to set out en an exploration trip to-day he would probably find that he…

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Rail Income S.g. Railway Station

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1943 · page 4

Revenue at the South Grafton railway station for the month of January totalled £6941. During the month a total of…

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New U.s. Motor Torpedo Boat

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sat—The Navy disclosed that a new model motor torpedo boat was being built in large numbers. It is…

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Mr. Churchill. Was Seriously Ill But Now On Road To Recovery

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wed—"There is a Funeral improvement in the Prime Minister's condition. The pneumonia is clearing, but his…

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Railway Accident South Grafton Youth Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 2

Sergt. and Mrs. L. W. Freebody, of the South Grafton police station, have received word that their son, Terry S. Freebody, employed…

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Island Aerodrome Built By Australian Workerse

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—The Premier Mr. Mckell, last night disclosed that Australian workmen recently built an aerodrome which the…

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Woman Killed Tram-truck Collision

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Mrs. Mary Ellis, 50, of Mannibadir, was killed and her daughter Joyce, aged 16, seriously injured when a…

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