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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

628 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 32

CYCLING Graffon-Ulmarra Road Race

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 5

The Grafton Cycle Club will conduct the Ulmarra and return race on Sunday morning, starting from the Royal Hotel, South Grafton. The race will be…

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Berlin Train Loadings Suspended

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Sun. (AAP).--The British Zone railway authorities announced that all loadings for Berlin were suspended for…

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Cycling Large Field in Road Rage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 5

The Grafton Cycle Club's road race to Uimarra and return on Sunday, attracted the largest field to take part since the war. The race was won in…

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P.P.U. Wants Better Train Facilities

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.—Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, at the quarterly meeting decided to press the Railway…

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Motor Workers Suspended

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Tues. (AAP).—Suspension notices to over 1000 workers have been issued by the Ford Motor Company works a…

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Shires' Association More Petrol Tax For Road Works

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday --Petrol tax allocation to the States for road works had been doubled by the commonwealth since last year, and New South Wales would receive about £560,000 a year, the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr…

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Road Resurfacing

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 2

A large and powerful B.H.P. bitumen road surfacing machine is carrying out extensive work in the South Grafton Council's area…

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Maintenance Of Roads AND Highways

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thurs.--Curtailed expenditure, increased costs and acute shortages of machinery and skilled labour were affecting…

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Share of Petrol Tax for Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

NRMA and RACA spokesmen welcome the NSW Government's show of activity in regard to the diversion of…

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Tourists Render Good Road Service

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

When passing through Bonville last Monday the captain in charge of a Pioneer Tours coach noticed…

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Motor Registration Statistics

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 8

At 30th June, 1948, there were 397,410 motor vehicles registered in New South Wales, an all-time peak for…

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Letters To The Editor The Yamba Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 2

Sir,--Your report of the meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce shows that the members had a tilt at the Tullymorgan…

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Inverell Queries On Railway, Port At lluka

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 2

Has the report on the recent survey op the recommended Inverell Iluka railway line been completed? When does the…

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Problem of Road Safety Planning

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 6

Extensive and extended road safety campaigns are being conducted in Australia and the USA and…

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Spectacular Smash on Jetty Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

In a spectacular and remarkable collision on the Coffs Harbour to Coffs Jetty road on Friday night last,…

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Cycling. Tough Going in Road Rage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5

The Grafton Cycle Club's 18-mile road race on Sunday was run under very windy conditions, which made the going tough on the return 'trip…

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Reported Railway Robbery

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon --Wearing a white cloth hood over his head end shoulders, an armed man to-night held, un and robbed a…

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Motor Cycling

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 5

The first meeting of the Clarence River Motor Cycle Club for the financial year was held on Monday night, when a large number of members…

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Standardisation Of Railway Lines

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said in the House of Representatives to-day that although it…

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Petrol Tax and Roads Expenditure

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 6

Replying to Eastern. Dorrigo Development League's request that the whole of the petrol tax should, be made…

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