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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

510 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 26

Petrol Tax Money for Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The allocation of petrol tax money to shires for road construction and maintenance is the sole…

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Harwood Shire Road Works

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 2

MACLEAN.--At the meeting of, the Harwood Shire Council tenders for contracts amounting to £6011 were accepted and…

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Rising Costs Affect Road Works

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.--Speaking at the Shires' Conference, in Sydney to-day Colonel A. E. Toyer, Commissioner for the Main Roads…

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Slow Progress on Jackadgery Road Concerns Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 6

Concern was expressed by councillors of Nymboida Shire yesterday of the delay in the work on the Jackadgery Road…

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Railway Finfs

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Two hundred and eighty persons were fined a total of £776 for railway offences during May, the Secretary for…

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Truck Hits Post At Bridge Approach

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 2

When a truck, being driven by Mr. A. L. Brumby, of Grafton, last night struck the large post at the foot of the Grafton…

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Nash Motor Car Chief Dies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.). Charles Warren Nash, motor car manufacturer, died at Bevery Hills, California, yesterday, aged…

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Killed by Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Sir Arthur Sidgreaves, president of the Society of 'British Aircraft Constructors from 1941 to 1943, was…

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Inquiry Into Train Smash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Faulty automatic signalling apparatus is believed to have caused the collision between the Cessnock Express and the Newcastle "Flier" in a…

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CYCLING Road Race And Hike

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

The Grafton Cycle Club will conduct a 15-mile road race on Sunday which will carry added prize money. The event is timed to start at 10 a.m. sharp from…

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Road Problem at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR.--Cr. E. A. Hogbin told a meeting of the Coff's Harbour Urban Area Committee that the Jetty road problem must be faced…

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Jetty Road Overtaxed by Traffic

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

The problem created by increasingly heavy traffic on the Jetty Road, to and from the sea and air ports was…

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N.S.W. Railways Record Of Safety

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The record' of safety for the N.S.W. Railways was remarkable. In 15 years' there had not been a fatal…

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Kempsey Wants Imprqved Aerodrome

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 3

The Macleay River County Council will ask the Civil Aviation Department what has become of the improvements…

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Washaways Cause. Train Delays

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 3

Some delays occurred to train schedule's. The Brisbane Sydney express was seven hours late when it arrived at Casino…

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Road And Bridge Damage May Be Heavy

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

It was too early yet to estimate accurately the damage to roads, bridges and culverts on the Clarence as a result of the…

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Mail Train's Good Scout Deed

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

The North Coast mail from Sydney yesterday made an unscheduled stop at the southern side of the viaduct, before…

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More Federal Revenue Required for Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 5

Reports of buoyant Federal revenue give motorists real cause for renewing their demand for justice from the…

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Only Mails Left By Southern Train

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Postal authorities at Grafton stated yesterday that mails would be resumed as soon as transport was available. The only mails to…

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"New Look" Effect on Road Accidents

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 5

The "New Look" in women's clothes has started a controversy among road safety students. According to the NEMA,…

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