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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

726 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 37

CYCLING Motor Paced Record At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.—At the Coff's Harbour Showground yesterday, the Coff's Harbour Club's outstanding rider, Rex…

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Masked Men Rob Railway Office

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—Two masked men armed with a revolver held up the lone attendant at the Naree railway station and…

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Unlawful Use of Motor Truck

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.—At the Coff's Harbour Police Court, before Mr. G. L. Berry. P.M., Geoffrey Allan Trenouth…

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Yamba Road Letter to Editor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a letter under the above heading appearing in the "Daily Examiner" of the 5th inst…

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Penalty Rate Cost To Railway Dept

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Penalty rates for time and a half for Saturday work and double time for Sunday will cost the New South Wales Railway Department £671,000 a year. This was stated in the Full…

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Took Motor Lorry Unlicensed Driver Fined

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 1

For taking and using a motor lorry belonging to Jack Aboud at Coffs Harbour without the consent of the owner, Geoffrey Allan…

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Nymboida Shire Discussion On Road Works

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 6

THE urgent need for work to be carried out on Armidale road, Buccarumbi bridge, Clougher's bridge, Blaxland's Creek, Coutts' Crossing road, and Back Creek road, was stressed at the meeting of Nymboida Shire Council yesterday. It was decided…

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Plans for Bitumen Road to Yamba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 3

MACLEAN, Fri.—Harwood Shire Council preparations to build a bitumen road from Palmer's Channel to Yamba and…

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How To Train Performing Fleas

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

Have you ever wondered how performing fleas are trained? Well, according to W. Buchanan-Taylor in a B.B.C. broadcast, it is…

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CYCLING H. Teece's Success In Road Races

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.— Harold Teece, the Coff's Harbour Cycle Club junior rider who won a club treble last…

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Road Conference At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, through Mr. C. G. Wingfield, advised the Grafton City Council last night that it would not be…

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Tasmanian Govt. Railways Opposed Penalty Rates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.—The Tasmanian Government Railways have lodged an application in the Full Arbitration Court…

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Train Traffic Delayed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—All train traffic on the northern line was delayed to-night when overhead electric cables were struck by…

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Man Injured In Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN, Tuesday.—Gordon Saggus, of 59 Alice street, Grafton, was admitted to the Lower Clarence Hospital last night…

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Eastern Suburbs Railway Bill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—One of the early measures to be considered when the State Parliament meets at the end of this month will be…

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Big Casualty List In Train Smash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 1

ALTOONA (Pennsylvania), Wed.—Casualties in the wreck of the crack passenger train, "Red Arrow," now total 21…

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Train Attacked By Guerillas

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

ATHENS, Sun.—Guerillas attacked a train in West Macedonia and killed two soldiers and wounded four…

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Crowds Cheer Royal Train In South Africa Princesses Ride On Footplate

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Sun.—During yesterday afternoon the Princesses travelled for five miles on the footplate of the locomotive. A Birmingham-built ivory coloured Royal train is being used for the tour…

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Motor Cyclist Breaks Leg

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Sat.—Mr. John Dodds, of North Beach, Bellinger River, fractured his right leg when he fell from his motor…

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Gaol Sentence For Tram Driver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Allan Hugh Williams, tram driver, was to-day sentenced to one month's gaol in the Central Police Court,…

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