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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

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Cycle Club Resumes Road Racing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 7

Coffs Cycle Club commenced the road racing season last Saturday, wken a four mile handicap race was…

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Help for Stranded Railway Passengers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1

When passengers weere held up at [?]avee owing to the floods, Captain Jenner, of the Salvation Army, took literature…

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Motorists Use Common Sense with Petrol

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1

The NRMA congratulates the State Premiers for "refusing to be stampeded into reimposition of petrol…

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Motor Cyclists Fined For Speeding

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 5

MACLEAN.--At the Maclean Court of Petty Sessions fines of £10 were:imposed on two motor cyclists convicted of speeding…

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Lucky Escape In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--A family party of four adults and six children had an amazing escape from injury when their open touring car…

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Road Safety Grant

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.--Federal Cabinet to-day decided to renew for 1949-50 the grant of £100,000 approved for 1948-49 for road…

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£82,000 Damage to Roads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

Damage to roads in the Maitland district, caused by the flood was estimated to be £82,000, said the District Engineer (Mr. J…

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Transport Of Mails By Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 2

Carriage of mails by lorries and semi-trallers on days when no mail trains operated to the North Coast was proving…

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Pedestrians Persist in Using Jetty Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

Many pedestrians are still not using the Jetty Road footpath but persist in walking along the road. Surely…

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Road Transport Needed For Perishable Goods

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

The need to co-ordinate all local road transport to enable perishable commodities such as fish, vegetables, fruit, milk and…

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Railway Leave

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

Stringent reduction in train traffic has enabled the N.S.W.- Railways Department to give holidays to its employees…

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New Scheme for Motor Coach Services

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The parlour coach road emergency transport service between Sydney and big junction towns north of…

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Road Commissioner Soon to Retire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--A .new. Commissioner of Road Transport to replace Mr. Neale, is expected to be appointed at the next…

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King Street Gazetted Public Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 4

The Town Clerk (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather) reported to Monday night's meeting of the City Council that the land required for the…

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Action Taken to Reclassify Casino Road

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads advised the Graff on City Council on Monday night that action was being taken to proclaim the…

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Motor Collision Sequel

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 3

His Honour, Judge Storkey V.C., at the District Court; Grafton yesterday, entered a verdict for £1088 in favour of Henry…

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Train Services to Be Suspended

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Mixed and goods services have been suspendpended or would be suspended on the following lines from the dates…

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Three Years for Attempted Train Wrecking

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 5

Douglas Francis Hardie (22) was sentenced to three years' gaol at Kempsey Quarter Sessions last week when…

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Request Work on Armidale Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 4

Orara Shire Council yesterday decided to make application to the Main Roads Department for the reconstruction and…

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More Police for Road Safety Campaign?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

N.R.M.A. efforts to secure an assurance from the Government that more police would, be appointed to road…

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