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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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Flying Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

A FLYING motor car, the "Airphibian," has recently undergone test flights at Connecticut (U.S.A.). Designed and built…

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Armidale Railway Station

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

Plans for improving the entrance to Armidale railway station will be placed before the Commissioner for Railways Mr…

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Roads

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 2

ROADS are in the news. Nearly every column in recent newspapers makes reference to our main roads and their feeders, and, alas, the comments are far from complimentary. Indeed our cars are being shaken to pieces, our nerves shattered and our very…

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Former P.O.W. Killed In Road Smash

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—A former prisoner, of war was killed and another seriously injured on Saturday when a Provost Corps utility…

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Peiping Railway Cut

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

PEIPING, Sunday.—Communist guerrillas, estimated at 6000 strong cut the Peiping-Tientsin railway for the second time in three days…

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Rapid Return To Pre-War Motoring

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

It was stated at a conference of the Australian Transport Advisory Council held recently in Melbourne, that statistics had…

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Motor Repair Problem

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 6

Long delay, high prices and often poor workmanship surround major motor vehicle repairs, according to the NRMA. The Association's Chief…

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Train Reservations

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Train travellers between Sydney and Melbourne who reserve sleeping berths on the Northern Limited…

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Dobie Street Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 2

A special inspection of the footwalk on Dobie street bridge will be made by the city overseer, Mr. E. Pearson, as a result of a report…

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Yamba Road Letter to Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

Sir.—In the "Examiner" of February 1, your Maclean correspondent stated that the bad state of the Yamba road is owing to…

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Maintenance Work On Yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN, Wed.—Maintenance men have been engaged attending to several of the bad portions on the Yamba road, the grader being kept on constant patrol on the road. However, it is recognised by the Harwood Shire, that a new road is necessary…

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Fatal Smash On "Death Railway"

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

BANGKOK, Thursday.—Two persons were killed, including the Minister for Communications (Mr. Dechatiwong) and 19…

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Flood And Storm Damage To Railway Property

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—N.S.W. railway property suffered railway property suffered vere delayed on several areas…

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Boy Killed By Electric Train

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A two-year-old boy was cut down by an electric train and killed near Roseville to-day…

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Road and Rail Conference May Be Postponed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

Because the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has suggested a later date should be set, the Coff's Harbour…

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Passenger Train Crash

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

BUCHAREST, Sunday.Twenty-seven persons were killed and 67 injured yesterday when a passenger train crashed into a…

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Tramway Driver "Walked Off"

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—In protest at the non-arrival of a relief driver, a tram driver walked off his tram in the city yester-…

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Returned Soldiers Killed In Motor Cycle Crash

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—Two returned soldiers were killed when a motor cycle on which they were returning to Wingham from Taree early…

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Improved Train Service Sought

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

Suggestions for a faster and more comfortable train service to Sydney will be put to the Railway Commissioner (Mr…

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Damaged Car Found On Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

On Sunday, the South Graf ton police took charge of a motor car found standing on the side of the Rushforth road, a few miles out…

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