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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 3 of 19

Death Took No Holiday on N.s.w. Roads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

Death took no holidays on the roads in New South Wales. Fortunately the preliminary reports Indicate that fewer were killed in…

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Orara Shire Main Road Works Programme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 6

Orara Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to accept the Main Roads Department programme for 1945, totalling…

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Inquiry Into Train Derailment

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A full inquiry into the electric train derailment near Merrylands yesterday, has been ordered by the…

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Railway Commissioner's Itinerary

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

The District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. S. G. Harding) stated yesterday that' the itinerary of the Commissioner for Railways'…

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No Decision On Coal Supplies For Railways

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Federal Minister for Transport, Mr. Ward, said last night that no definite decision had yet been…

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Train Smash In England

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.—Between 20 and 30 passengers, including a land girl, who had her hand severed, were injured on Sunday…

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Ledo-Burma Road Named After Stilwell

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 1

CHUNGKING, Mon.—It was officially announced that the newly opened Ledo-Burma road has been named the Stilwell Road…

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Roads Damaged By Army Trucks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

Dorrigo District Advancement League, in a letter to the last meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, enclosed…

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Speak Your Mind Letters To The Editor Bridge to Susan Island

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,--Grafton needs homes. People want to come here, but There is nowhere to live and many people already here are looking…

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Scrub in Cudgery Street Cows to 10/-; Opening of Railway to Tam Worth

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

Mrs. Anne Hyland, a former pioneer of the Dorrigo, remembers when the scrub was thick in Cudgery-street more so towards where the…

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Port and Railway Inspection of Routes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

A Departmental Committee set up by the Government to investigate the different deep sea ports and railway connection suggested for develop…

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Railwaymen Decide On Work Stoppage

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

A meeting of railwaymen was held at South Grafton, at which the State Secretary of the A.R.U. (Mr. J, A, Ferguson) was present. A report was received from a deputation which met the…

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Fast Food Train Kempsey To Sydney Three Times Weekly

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Mon.--Sydney people will have an improved supply of fruit, vegetables and fish from the North Coast,…

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District News Bellingen Visit of Railway Commissioner

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 5

The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, accompanied by the official party, made an inspection of Raleigh railway station on their…

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Fast Food Train From Kempsey Popular Innovation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

KEMPSEY, Tues.—The first fast perishable goods train, which left Kempsey on Monday afternoon, arrived in Sydney at 5 o'clock on…

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Ex-servicemen Prosecute Railway Dept

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—In a special Federal Court to-day the N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways was fined a total of £4…

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Kempsey Motorist Fined For Speeding

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Wed.—An attempt to reach a hotel before 6 o'clock proved very expensive to Keith Townsend, of Kempsey…

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Timber Traffic Damage Done to Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

The Shire Engineer has been asked by the Main Roads Department to prepare a report on additional loading over shire roads from timber…

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24-Hour Strike by Railway Storemen

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A 24-hour strike of storemen at Enfield railway locomotive depot began at 11 a.m. to-day…

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Railway Strike For 24 Hours At South Grafton?

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--All railway traffic on the North Coast may be tied up by the decision of railway employees in the…

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