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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

587 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 30

Low Level Bridge Urged For Buccarumbi

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 4

THE urgent necessity of bridging the river at Buccarumbi was discussed at Friday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council at South Grafton. The discussion was the…

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Two Men and Child Killed on Railways

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—A four-year-old child was cut to pieces by an electric train, and two men also lost their lives in shocking accidents on the New South Wales railways yesterday. The men were Richard Felix…

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Vandalism On Coff's Harbour Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 4

Vandalism on the Coff's Harbour aerodrome is causing district residents considerable concern. Buildings have been broken into…

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Relocating Broome's Head Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3

MACLEAN, Mon.—At a meeting of the Harwood Shire Council recently, a letter was received from the Municipality of Maclean…

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Hawkesbury River Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Tues.—The last of the eight spans of the new Hawkesbury River bridge was placed in position this morning,…

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Woman Doctor Strangled On Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 1

RAWALPINDI, Tues.—A British woman doctor was strangled on the Bombay-Peshawur express by three men, believed to be…

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Move To Extend Time For Cattle Crossing Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 4

South Grafton Council at Monday night's meeting decided to ask the Grafton City Council to reconsider a…

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Hawkesbury Bridge Should Last 200 Years

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—The new River bridge, which will be open for traffic on July 1, will take trains thundering over it…

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Iluka-Inverell Railway Plan

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2

Colonel M. F. Bruxner notified the Guyra Chamber of Commerce that the State Premier had informed him that…

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To Relocate Broome's Head Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 4

MACLEAN, Thurs.—A letter received at a meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council from the Department of Main Roads,…

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New Main Road To Queensland Border

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

Murwillumbah and District Chamber of Commerce decided at its recent meeting to support a proposal that a main road be…

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Staff Holiday May Inconvenience Motorists

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The universal half-holiday on Saturday afternoons which will be enforced on June 1, may inconvenience…

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No Cattle on Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 5

Armidale aerodrome will in future be free of cattle as the City Council has decided to fence the landing area…

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Time for Cattle Crossing Bridge

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

Sir,—The Mayor's statement in Saturday's "Daily Examiner" on my motion carried at the meeting of the Ratepayers and Citizens'…

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Relocating Broome's Head Road

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

Sir,—In the "Daily Examiner" of May 14 you published a news item which referred to a letter received by the Harwood Shire…

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Three Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Sun.—Two men and a child died and seven people were injured as a result of three road accidents in the…

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Motor Bus Service

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

An important link in the Glen Innes-Tenterfield road services has been made as a result of a decision by the Glen Innes…

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Drove Motor Truck While Drunk

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.— At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, on Friday, James Keegan, 27, farmer,…

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Killed by Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—The body of the man run over by a train at Newtown station on Sunday morning was to-night identified as…

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Timber Supplies Affected By Loss Of Bridge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 2

Loss of timber supplies from the Dalmorton mill because of the destruction of Buccarumbi bridge on the Glen Innes road…

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