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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

338 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 17

Japs Break Contact On Tiddim Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Wed.--The Japanese have broken contact with the Fifth Indian Division moving south on the Tiddim Road, says…

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Grafton-glen Innes Road Work Will Be Re-started

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Work on the Grafton-Glen Innes road would be resumed just as soon as men and materials were available, the…

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Melbourne Trams Stopped Last Night

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The compulsory conference of representatives of the Tramways Board and the Tramway Union, before the Conciliation…

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Tramless Crowd Rushes Trains in Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Four persons were injured when tens of thousands of people attempted to board trains at St. Kilda…

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Quick Start Wanted For Motor Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sun. -- The Chairman of the War Production Board announced that his organisation could not grant at…

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Aeroplane Roosted In A Tree With Passengers

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--An infantry brigadier, a pilot and three passengers had an amazing escape from death when…

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Road To Victory

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Winding up the Premiers' Conference today the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, in a review of the…

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Murder Charge Follows Death Of Tram Conductress

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--Richard William Underwood (29), of Paul street, Waverley, was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Request to Railway Refused.--

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 2

The District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. S. G. Harding) advised the Tweed Shire Council at its meeting last week that the…

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Railwaymen Refuse To Handle Composite Newspaper

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The second issue of the composite newspaper produced by the four Sydney dailies did not reach the country…

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Presentation To Railway Officer

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 2

On the eve of the departure of Mr. J. Corbett, assistant signal and telegraph engineer for the North Coast, to Granville, his…

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Quick Thinking Saves Train Timbertop Incident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 2

Ganger J. Cowan, of Kempsey, gives details to the "Argus" of an exciting experience on the Dorrigo Glenreagh railway on Saturday morning week,…

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Committee Appointed To Inquire Into Railway Requirements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1944 · page 4

At last night's meeting of Grafton City Council, it was decided to appoint a special committee to report back to council on the action to be taken in…

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Cattle on Roads Copmanhurst Shire To Patrol Area At Night

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 3

The Copmanhurst Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to take a firm stand against owners who allowed cattle and horses to stray on…

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Inverell-Guyra-Dorrigo Road Department Refuses Request for Reclassification

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 4

Mr. D. H. Drummond, MLA., has received the following letter from the Department of Main Roads: "With reference to your personal…

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Burma Road Must Be Opened to Beat Japs

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 October 1944 · page 2

CHUNGKING, Sun.—The Burma road blockade must be broken in order to defeat Japan's large self-sufficient…

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Modern Road Work

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 2

For several years past people with blocks at the seaside at Red Rock, some 30 miles from Grafton, have had great difficulty in getting to their…

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Coronial Inquiry Fatal Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 4

An inquest was held at Maclean Courthouse, on Friday afternoon last by Mr. W. J. Rolph, Coroner, touching the death of Charles Hindra, an Indian,…

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Stock On Roads Liability in Event of a Collision

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 4

There are quite a number of properties divided by main or highways where dairy cattle are milked in yards adjacent to the road and then…

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Road To Rhine Means Tough Fighting On West Front

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Fri.--"It's going to be a tough fight to get to the Rhine. Our running days are over." This opinion of a senior American Staff officer is quoted by a corespondent in a dispatch last night from the United States First…

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