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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Tramless Sunday In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Sydneysiders experienced a tramless Sunday to-day. Buses which normally operated as feeder services to, the trains were re-routed slightly to replace trams, and they were crowded. Owing to the drastic cuts in train timetables trains…

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TENNIS Surprise Defeat Of Santa Fe By Railway I

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 5

The final matches in the first round of Division 1 of the Grafton District Tennis Association's winter competition were played…

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Dangers on Grafton Roads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 2

"Something has to be done and done quickly," declared Mr. F. M. Noble, at the Grafton Rotary Club last night when…

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Young Woman Rilled In Road Smash

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—A traffic smash at Goodna, halfway from Brisbane to Ipswich, resulted in a young woman being killed, and…

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New Hawkesbury Bridge Tested-Should Last 200 Years

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—The new bridge over the Hawkesbury River was tested successfully to-day when six new type locomotives, weighing between them 1200 tons, crossed at fast and slow speeds…

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Road Safety Police To Be Asked To Resume Lectures

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 4

THE South Grafton Municipal Council decided at its last meeting to ask the police to resume traffic lectures to schools. The decision followed discussion of a letter from the Grafton…

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Railway Needs Of Australia

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The Federal Director of Transport (Sir Harold Clapp) said to-day that on the basis of self-preservation…

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Railway Unification

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—The Broken Hill to Port Pirie link will probably be the first section to be undertaken in the Federal…

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Returns, Finds Road Gone

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 3

PALMER'S ISLAND, Wed.—When Mr. W. Warrell, of Primer's Island, returned by utility truck from Yamba…

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Advocates Grant For North Coast Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Fri.—Speaking on the adjournment of the House ef Representatives to-day, Sir Earle Page (C.P., N.S.W.) said the Government should make available £5,000,000 for the repair of northern coastal towns in New South Wales…

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New Buccarumbi Bridge Design Advantages Of Visual Education Outlined

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 2

The design of a new bridge at Buccarumbi to replace the structure destroyed by the flood is nearing completion. Tenders will ULMARRA, Fri.—At a meeting of the Ulmarra P. end C. Association in the schoolroom, Mr. R. Agnew, an officer of the…

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No Trams at Week-end

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—there will, be no trams in Sydney, or Newcastle on Saturday, afternoon or Sunday and because sporting fixtures will…

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Further Train Cuts Likely

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. Sun.-- The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) would, not comment tonight on any likely, change in…

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New Hawkesbury Bridge To Be Opened To-day

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.-- The new Hawkesbury River railway bridge will be officially opened at noon to-morrow by the Premier (Mr…

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Second Week End Without Trams

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.-- People settled down quietly to their second tra[?]less week -end and in the mam decided to stay at home. This week -end they had the added discomfort of a tramless…

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Letter to Editor Road to Taloumbi

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 2

Sir,-- I was surprised to see where Mr. J. C. Plater favored the thoroughfare known as Common road to the Hill road…

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Japs Knew How To Destroy Hawkesbury River Bridge

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon:-- The new two million: pounds Hawkesbury River Bridge, which has taken seven years to build, was officially…

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Woman Killed by Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 3

TWEED HEADS, Tues.-- While proceeding to Tweed Heads, at noon to-day a passenger train from Brisbane ran down an…

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Reservation Of Train Seats

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- Reservation of seats is being continued on trains departing from Sydney on which seat booking was in operation…

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Petrol Tax For Shire Road Maintenance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Tues.-- Bellingen Chamber of Commerce decided at a meeting to support to the fullest extent the move to…

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