To Agitate For Port And Railway
Acting on a suuggestion made by Mr. D. W. Macpherson, supported by Mr. F. N. Murphy, the Grafton and South Grafton…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
726 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 37
Petrol Tax Motley For Country Roads Need to Overtake War Damage
Pointing out that war traffic had caused a great deterioration in the condition of many country roads, and that the suspension of normal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Armidale Aerodrome
Available runway at Armidale aerodrome is 660 yards short of requirements for Anson aircraft, according to information before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol Tax Reduction Urged By Motorists
CANBERRA, Fri.—Reduction of the petrol tax from 10½d to 6d per gallon and use of part of the tax to finance the Australian Road Safety Council, was urged upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to-day by the Australian Automobile Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorry Struck By Goods Train
KEMPSEY, Mon.—A lorry driver had a narrow escape from injury at Kempsey this morning when his lorry was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Road Traffic But Few Accidents
SYDNEY, Mon.—Although road traffic was very heavy today, police of the Public Safety Bureau reported that accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Prevent Damage To Concrete Roads
Complaint was made at last night's meeting of the South Grafton Council at the delay of the Main Roads Department in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Smash in U.s.a
LAGANSPORT (Indiana), Tues.—At least four persons were killed and eight injured when a passenger train from Cincinnatti…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty Years Ago Motor Carriages
There is a great future in store for motor carriages. The Pennington motor engine weighs but 22½1b., with two-horse power,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain's Campaign for Road Safety
Mechanical devices are teaching hundreds each day how to keep death off Britain's roads. They are part of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maclean - Yamba Road In Bad Condition
MACLEAN, Wed.—The Maclean-Yamba road between Palmer's Channel bridge and Yamba has deteriorated to such an extent, as a result of recent heavy rains, that service buses are being delayed while traversing it, and damage to vehicles has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan To Bitumen Road To Yamba
MACLEAN, Thurs.—A proposal to bitumen the road from Lawrence to Maclean and Palmer's Channel to Yamba, linking with the bitumen surface already laid down between Maclean and Palmer's Channel, was revealed by a Harwood Shire councillor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Money for Roads EXTRA 3d. From Petrol Tax Suggested
"In my opinion, a further 3d a gallon should be made available by the Commonwealth Government from the Petrol Tax, and given to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidental Death—"error of Judgment" Coroner's Finding; Death of Mr. Gordon Macrae Bellingen-thora Road Car Smash
After hearing evidence into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Gordon Macrae, of "Kelvin Park," Dorrigo, which occurred following injuries received in a car smash, the Coroner, Mr. F. C. Hain, entered a finding that Mr. Macrae died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abnormal Railway Thieving
Abnormally heavy thieving of railway property had taken place during the past year, said Sergeant Smith at Coffs Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coast-Tableland Railway Survey Work Commences
Fifteen Sydney men of the Railway Construction Section recently commenced work at Glen Innes on a survey of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Record Railway Guard Retires
Mr. J. R. Grmmond, popular and efficient Guard on hte Brisbane Express between Coffs Harbour and Brisbane for the past 16 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Letters to the Editor Advice to Motorists
Sir,—As a result of adverse verbal criticism of my letter appearing in to-day's "Daily Examiner," I would like to make it fully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passing of Noted Road and Bridge Engineer
The late Robert Charles Braithwaite, whose death occurred at Gosford recently, was recognised in his profession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yamba Road (From Our Maclean Correspondent.)
The road to Yamba has never been such a target for criticism and condemnation as at present. Too much cannot be said about…
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