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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

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Hawthorneville Concrete Roads Proposal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night decided to adopt a recommendation submitted by the Finance Committee to seek a…

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Letters To The Editor Aerodrome Site

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 2

Sir,--I was pleased to see the Letter by "Yours Truly" in the 'Daily Examiner" of May 15 objecting to the proposal to try…

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Concrete Road Scheme At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 4

DEPORTING to the South Grafton Council, on Monday night, on the £18,920 concrete roading proposal for Hawthorneville, the Finance Committee pointed out that the proposal was too great for that area's own ratepayers to meet…

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Railway Goods Services Cut

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--New South Wales railway goods services will be cut by a further 10 per cent from to-morrow,…

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Rodents Attack Motor Cars

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--denied access, to wheat stacks, rats in the western district of New South Wales are starting to eat motor…

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Special Classes To Train Staff

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham told the Pastures Protection Board's conference in Sydney…

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Deterioration in Roads C.P. Leader Alarmed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

During recent extensive travelling in the country districts, he was appalled to find the alarming deterioration that was taking place over the…

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Bridge Over Bellinger

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 6

BELLINGER,--Up-river traffic to r the Upper Bellinger settlements of Brinerville and Darkwood has been restored with the…

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CYCLING Ten-Mile Road Race

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 5

To-morrow morning, on the Southgate road, the Grafton Cycle Club will conduct its weekly road race. Club members will compete over 10 miles. Eleven…

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Fierce Battle For Supply Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Both the Jews and Arabs have thrown thousands Of men into battle in the Latrun-Beb; El Wad area for the vital Jerusalem-Tel Aviv supply road and the Arabs are reported to have drawn on reinforcements from…

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Motor Boat Racing Clarence Club's Programme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 5

Six speed boats, including Fox, which is credited with a speed of 52 miles per hour, will take part in the Clarence River Motor Boat Club's Flag Officers'…

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Charges Follow Road Deaths

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. --Two men were arrested and charged with manslaughter to-day, following two road deaths last night in…

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Motor Ship Calls At Coff's En Route To Solomons

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

A 300-ton deisel powered motor ship, Rannah, en route from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, called at Coff's Harbour…

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Want Loan for Road Works

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

The Grafton Ratepayers and Progress Association decided at its meeting last night, to approach the Grafton City…

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Beam Engne in Revolutionary British Motor Cycle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 5

A four-cylinder, internal-combustion beam-engine, the, first of its type in the world, has completed fully successful trials in, a revolutionary British motor cycle which is now going into production, and for winch large export orders have…

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Govt. Grant for Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.--Federal Cabinet to-night decided to gran[?] £100,000 for the financial year of 1948-49 to the Australian Road…

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Carr's Greek Bridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

The engineer of the Copmanhurst Shire Council (Mr. H. I. McGuigan), stated yesterday that the Carr's Creek bridge, work…

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Seeks More Money for Roads

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Of the consolidated revenue received last year £9 million out of the £15 million was obtained from the…

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CYCLING Road Race On

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 4

The Grafton Cycle Club, will continue its road racing programme on Sunday morning, when a 15-mile road race will be held…

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Raleigh Trucking Yards Railway Superintesdent Again Asked to Investigate

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 2

The inadequacy of loading facilities of stock to and from motor lorries at the Raleigh Railway trucking yards was again referred to by…

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