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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 9 of 19

Football South Grafton v. RAILWAY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 2

An interesting game will be played at Ellis Park, South Grafton, this Weekend, between South Grafton and Railway, at 3.15…

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Tram Strike Threat In Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sun.—All Adelaide tramway services are threatened with a hold-up as a result of a long standing…

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Aerodrome And Flying Boat Base

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

FL. Campbell submitted to the meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last night a preliminary report and plans…

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Dorrigo Mails, Electricity, Roads

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 5

Mr. W. H. Bailey (president) was chairman at the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo District Advancement League. There was…

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Altered Train Services On North Coast

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

Altered train timetables will come into operation on the North Coast line on Sunday, May 27, and on Tuesday, May…

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Plan To Check Black Market In Motor Tyres

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--As a result of discussions on black marketing, at a conference in Melbourne of the Deputy Prices…

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Train Services On North Coast

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 2

The general public is likely to be misled by the handbill put out by the Secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas)…

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Tullymorgan Road Repair Problems

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 3

Provision of better road facilities from Maclean to Tullymorgan was discussed at a conference of Harwood shire…

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London Bridge Spans The Rhine

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.--The temporary steel girder Waterloo Bridge that London traffic used for 17 years while the new Waterloo…

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Flying Motor Cars Produced In Russia

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.--Russia already is mass-producing "flying motor cars," says the Soviet "Monitor."…

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Need For Permanent Road Maintenance Men

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 5

Addressing yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, Cr. H. C. Rogan stressed the necessity of having permanent, maintenance men on the roads. The matter arose from a letter from the Coaldale P. and C…

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Charges Of Theft From Railway At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Before Mr. K. Dash, P.M., at the Coff's Harbour Police Court on Friday last Wilfred Louis Harvey was charged with…

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Motor Accident At Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

A car driven by Rev. J. H. Costello, of the Manse, Oliver street, Grafton, skidded on a wet patch of roadway on the Yamba…

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Railway Timetable Concession Sought

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

The recent alteration in railway timetables between Sydney and Brisbane, was the subject of a discussion before the…

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Bridge Over Rhine

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 1

This aerial photo, taken from an L-4 liaison plane, shows First U.S. Army trucks and equipment rolling over the Rhine River on a pontoon bridge constructed by combat engineers. Within 96 hours after the railway bridge at Remagen was seized, combat…

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Support For Port And Railway

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 2

The Clarence River District Council of the P.P.U. at its quarterly meeting at Grafton yesterday, decided…

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More Petrol For U.S. Motorists

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thurs.--Extra petrol is to be made available to American motorists next month. The Petroleum Administrator…

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Post-war Railway Plan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--Included in the N.S.W. Government's big postwar railway plans is the electrification of the Sydney-Newcastle…

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Railway Officers To Visit Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 2

The secretary of the local branch of the Railway Officers' Association (Mr. S. L. Carter) said yesterday that the general…

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Goods Stolen From Railways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Goods valued at £250,000 are being looted annually from New South Wales railways and sold on the black…

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