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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 14 of 32

Amended Train Services

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 7

Beginning on Sunday next there will be two divisions of the Brisbane Express, north and south, on seven days a…

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New Day Train Is Not a Day Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 1

"Starting at 3.45 pm the new day train from Coffs Harbour to Sydney is not a day train," commented Cr. A. J…

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Crushing Own Stone For Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.--It was high time council got a move on to try and see if it could crush its own stone for roadwork. He thought…

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Crossmaglen Flan For, New Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 5

Cr. Vic Lindsay, at last meeting of Bellingen Shire Council, spoke of a plan Crossmaglen people have for a…

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Engineer Tells Why Our Roads Are Bad

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 1

This article has been prepared by Dorrigo Shire Engineer (Mr. F. Dodd) and has been submitted to the Coffs Harbour "Advocate" with a request that it be published for general…

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Main Road Via Park Beach Is Refused

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 8

The Department of Main Roads has advised Dorriga Shire Council that it is unable to recommend the…

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New British Lightweight Motor Sickle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1949 · page 1

A new British lightweight motor sickle was demonstrated recently at the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley, Surry, England. The sickle is designed primarily for the use of market gardeners, fruit growers, poultry…

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CYCLING. 18-Mile Road Race

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 5

Another 18-miles road race to Ulmarra and return will be held on Sunday morning, to start and finish at the Royal Hotel, Ryan street, South…

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Trammen Refused All-Round Wage Rise

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. A. S. Blackburn) to-day refused to grant tram and bus…

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Altered Train Services

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY Sun.--The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C. Garside) stated to-night that owing to floods and the coal…

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Motor Cycle And Cart Collide

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 2

Two young men Clarence Richards and Noel Preston, of Barcoongarie State Forest, while riding a motor cycle in a northerly…

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Day Train That's Not a Day Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 8

Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce has taken up the protest lodged by the Dorrigo Shire Council regarding the…

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Engineer Tells Why Our Roads Are Bad

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 7

In this, his second article setting out the operations of Local Government and financial difficulties of councils, Mr. F. Dodd, Dorrigo Shire Engineer, sets out the cost of the various…

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Car Accident on Woolgoolga Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 4

Shortly after 8' o'clock on Saturday morning Mr. V. L. Nevell of the Dairy. Branch staff at Coffs Harbour was…

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New Proving Ground for the British Motor Industry

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

A new proving ground leased from the Air Ministry by the British Motor Industry Research Association has been established at Lindley Airfield, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where manufacturers can test their products. This picture…

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Rode Motor Cycle Without License

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 6

George Chick, of Woolgoolga, was fined 10s and 10s costs at Coffs Police Curt on Friday for riding a motor cycle in…

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Noise From Motor Vehicle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 6

At Coffs Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, George A. Crawford was fined 30s and 10s costs for driving a motor lorry…

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The Railway Job That Never Starts

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 3

When is a start to be made with the Tablelands-Coast railway promised by the State Labour Government at the…

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Railway Commissioner Non-Suited

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 4

The commissioner for Railways was non-suited at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. E. I. Cocks, S.M., in a…

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Railway Services For North Coast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 4

A SPECIAL timetable of trains has been arranged by the Railway Department to link towns on the North Coast while the line is dislocated by floods at Maitland. These times were announced…

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