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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

362 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 19

Commonwealth Aid Wanted For N.S.W. Main Roads

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 3

The Leader of the Country party (Col. Bruxner) recently urged that the Commonwealth Government should reimburse…

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The Open Road. Lady Cyclist's Tour From Brisbane to Melbourne

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 3

Looking, as she claimed to be, 100 per cent, fit, and as brown as a nut, Mrs. P. Corey, of Brisbane, arrived in Sydney last week on the last stages…

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German Railways Heavily Pounded

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.--Focal points of the German railway system carrying supplies to the battlefront and V2 sites on Friday received the…

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Road of Ruin for Germans

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 1

Blistered and buckled by flames, German motor vehicles litter a road on the outskirts of Montelimar in southern France, where they were destroyed with cannon, mortar and small arms fire by infantrymen of the Allied Seventh Army. (U.S. Office of War…

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Many Killed In U.S. Train Smash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon.--At least 50 were killed and 150 injured when the second division of the Pacific Limited crashed into the first…

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Seed Transport By Aeroplane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

The practice of carrying seed by aeroplane from one country to another dramatically illustrates the international interdependence…

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Soldier Found Dead On Railway Line

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

GOULBURN, Tues.—Gunner Alan Trevor Butts, 21, who was reported missing from the 114th A.G.H., was found dead on the…

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Motor Trucks From Canada

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues.—For the first time since Pearl Harbor motor trucks for Australian essential and civilian use will be…

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Cattle Die On Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1945 · page 1

INVERELL, Wed.--Two hundred of approximately 700 cattle which arrived by train were dead and many others…

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Change In Train Timetable Starting Next Week

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

A change is to take place in the schedule of two North Coast trains. Commencing on Tuesday,…

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Persons Injured On Railways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--During the past 14 months 190 persons were injured, several of them fatally, whilst on railway premises or in…

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Motor Vehicles to Be Sold by Govt

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.--The first list of retail selling prices of motor vehicles handed over by the Government for disposal by…

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The Clarence Bridge

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

I move with the traffic's tide; Yet part of me, call it the mind or soul, Or man's immortal spark,…

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Local Railwaymen Threaten To Stop Work

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 3

A meeting of members of the South Grafton sub-branch of the Australian Railway men's Union was held at Grafton last night, at which important decisions were arrived at. It was decided that unless immediate action was taken by the…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 1

KANDY, Mon.--Fourtenth Army troops approaching Shwebo are now only about 70 miles from Mandalay, says the Associated…

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Railway Dispute Confined to Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1945 · page 3

About 60 men are involved in the dispute between railwaymen at Grafton and South Grafton and the Commissioners over conditions. It is not expected by the men that the other departments of the railways here will be affected, or that when the Commissioner…

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Railwaymen Await Answer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

No further development has occurred in the dispute between railway employees and the Commissioner over conditions at…

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Accident Rise On Country Roads

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed a substantial increase for the three months…

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No Finality Reached In Railway Dispute

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—No finality has yet been reached in the threatened 24-hour strike at South Grafton railway yards,…

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Appeal to Motorists

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 5

Motor users must avoid running tyres beyond the repair stage as repairing, recapping and retreading service is always…

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