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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Loop Roads Within Dorrigo Shire Mr. Drummond Asks for Restoration of Grant

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

In the House recently:—Mr. Drummond: I ask the Minister for Local Government whether it is a fact that about 1940, a sum of money…

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Boy Holds Up Motorist

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—A 15-year- old boy held up a motorist, Frederick Wallis Row, of Strathfield, early to-day with an…

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Review of Shire Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

In a review of the condition of Copmanhurst Shire roads yesterday, the engineer (Mr. H. I. McGuigan) said the boggy section of…

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Increase in Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—Despite an intensive road safety campaign road accidents already this year are showing ah increase on last year's…

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Forty-Six Years Service With N.S.W. Railways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

A public meeting was held at the Historical Society's Rooms, Grafton, last night, at which it was decided to arrange a…

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Woman Killed In Tram-Lorry Smash

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—When a car crashed into a stationary lorry in French's Forest late yesterday part of the lorry smashed through…

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Roads Still Bad At Palmer's Channel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1946 · page 2

The roads at Palmer's Channel are in a bad state as a result of flood deposits which are making travelling very trying…

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Young Lad In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.—Gerald Dean, aged six, son of Mr. Ferguson Dean, of Boambee, suffered a compound fracture of his…

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Dispute May Delay Railway Jobs

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—All railway jobs, including the strengthening and duplicating of railway lines in New South Wales were…

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Motor Traffic Along Gear's Lane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 2

Mr. Wilbur Ford, of Great Marlow, said yesterday at Grafton that he had been able to drive his car through Gear's Lane and…

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Megan District Isolated Bridge Overturned March 31st

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

During the past week Megan, like Dorrigo and surrounding parts; received irs full share of recent rains. On 25th inst. the gauge gave 754 pts.,…

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Cliff Crashes Gordonville Cutting Road Blocked Hundreds of Tons of Rock Go Over Road Into River

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

With a roar like a miniature earthquake hundreds of tons of rock and earth debris from the precipitous cliff face on the…

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Two Persons Killed Tragic Accident on Bostobrick Road Truck Topples Over Embankment When Tyre Blows Out

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

Two persons were killed when a utility truck toppled over an embankment on the Bostobrick Road at 11 a.m. yesterday…

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Train Derailed: Fireman Killed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The milk express running between Taree and Sydney was derailed between Paterson and Kilbride…

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Court Awards Sum For Train Injuries

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Supreme Court jury to-day awarded Delham Lawrence, of Potts Point, £560 in a claim for £2000…

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Railwaymen Resume Work

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon. — A mass meeting of 2000 striking railwaymen at Ipswich railway workshops decided by a three to one…

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Government Considering Report on Inland Railway

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The report which had been made to the Government on the building of a railway from the North Coast to the inland was receiving the consideration of the Government, whose policy it was that the work should proceed…

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Mail Train From Sydney Ten Hours Late

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 2

The North Coast mail from Sydney, scheduled to pass through Grafton shortly after noon, arrived about 10 hours…

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Railway To Coast Will Follow Recommedations of Expert Committee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.—He was unable to say what portion of the proposed railway from the coast to the inland would be commenced first, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day. That was a matter for technical men…

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Import Licences for Motor Chassis

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.—Import licences to permit the importation of chassis for passenger type motor vehicles may be…

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