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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 5 of 26

Piles of Stone on Railway Line

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 1

LITHGOW, Monday.--Police and railway officials investigating the derailment of a goods train on the western line between Blackheath and Lithgow, early this morning, believed hoodlums or fanatics were responsible for a deliberate attempt to wreck the…

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Grafton Railway Station Not "Antiquated"

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways does not agree that the existing building at the Grafton Railway station is "an…

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Motorist Fined On Three Charges

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

"In effect this defendant is a hit-run. driver," said the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. M. J. D. Austin) at Grafton Court of Petty…

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Court Sequel To Motor Collision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Pleading guilty by letter, John Joseph Hickey, of Brisbane, was fined £4 and ordered to pay £3 costs, in default 14 days…

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Brisbane May Be Without Trams

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.--Queensland's crippling railway strike to-day entered upon its fourth week, with a mass picketing of…

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Six Killed in New Zealand Train Smash

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Wed. (Reuter-A.A.P.) .--Six are known dead and 37 others are in hospital following the worst railway…

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Identifying Train Smash Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter). -- Efforts are being made to-day to establish the identity of two women and…

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Railway Pillaging

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- Loss by pillaging on N.S.W. railways had increased from £18,000 in 1938-39 to £220,000 in 1946-47, the…

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Court Sequel to Train Incident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

Two Sydney labourers, Robert James Henderson, 34, and Kevin Jones, 31, appeared before the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. M…

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Request for Extra Train to Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 6

BELLINGEN: Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union has deputed the secretary (Mr. R. A…

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Motor Spare Parts For Disposal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--Following the decision to reduce army holdings of motor transport vehicles from 25,000 to 1000 vehicles, a…

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Troops Killed In Train Explosion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Monday (A.A.P.).--Grim faced troops walked through pools of blood arid tore at metal and wood with bare, bleeding hands to extricate the dead and wounded in the wreckage of four coaches of the Cairo-Haifa train which terrorists blew…

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Another Train Wanted Coffs to Sydney Sundays

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Ra[?]igh District Council of the Primary Produc[?] Union of the quarterly meeting at C[?] depute[?] Secretary R. A. N[?] to interview…

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Five-Mile Trip By Engineless Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A freight train of five coal hoppers carrying 100 tons of coal and a breakvan, but without a loco, broke loose on a steep down grade from Tallegalla last night, and sped about five miles before it came to a stop by crashing into a…

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Railway Ban Makes Little Difference Here

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

From information available last night, it would appear that with the exception of the carriage of fish to Brisbane, the…

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Payment Of Benefits To Workers Affected By Railway Strike

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.-- Mr. Francis (Lib., Old.) to-day appealed to the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to liberalise the…

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Uruguay To Buy British Railways

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

MONTE VIDEO (Uruguay), Tues. (A.A.P.).--It is officially announced that Uruguay would buy all British owned railways…

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Boards To Administer Railway And Transport Departments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Department of Railways and the Department of Road Transport and Train ways will each be…

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Motor Vehicles' Insurance

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles are to be increased by 15 per cent from April 15…

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Aero. Clubs Train Air Line Pilots

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

The members of the Coffs Harbour Aero Club received a visit yesterday from Mr. A. Clare Manager of the Newcastle A[?]p Club,…

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