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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

635 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 32

Three Men Dead in Road Smash

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 1

DARWIN, Tues.—Two men were incinerated, another killed instantly, and a man and a woman injured, in a crash between a taxi and a lorry loaded with fuel and petrol on the Stuart Highway near…

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Former Railwayman Granted Divorce

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 4

Harold Albert Hall, mill employee, of Harwood Island, was yesterday granted a decree nisi returnable in six months for the…

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Minister To Examine Forestry Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) advised Mr. D. Hughes (Armidale) that he would have the road linking Cascade,…

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Country Roads Problem

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

Even if the whole of the Australian petrol tax was used on road works in New South Wales it would be entirely inadequate…

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Shire Loan For Road Plant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 2

Advice has been received from the Minister for Local Government Mr. J. J. Cahill, through Mr. R. S. Vincent, MLA, that…

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Thora Bridge High-level Structure Being Investigated

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 7

The following is a reply from the Minister for Transport to Mr. D. Hughes, Member for Armidale, regading the Thora Bridge. The…

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Maclean Council To Consider Purchase Of Motor Truck

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN.—Maclean Municipal Council adopted a suggestion by the Mayor (Ald. A. G. Markham) that the Works and Finance Committee consider ways and means of buying a tipping motor truck for…

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Request For Bridge Over South Arm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

MACLEAN.—A conference of Harwood shire councillors and Ulmarra aldermen was held at Maclean this afternoon to…

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Nymboida Shire Bad Roads Due to Wet Weather

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 3

The shire engineer (Mr. H. M. Cornwall) told yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council that the bad condition of many roads in the shire was due to the recent excessive wet weather…

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ATHLETICS. Minor Marathon Road Race

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 6

Officials of the Grafton District Athletic Club have decided to again participate in the minor marathon road race, which will…

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Bridge Wanted at Cowper

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN.—As briefly reported on Saturday a conference of local governing bodies was held at Maclean on Friday afternoon to consider the possibility of constructing a bridge to connect Brushgrove and…

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A.n.a. Plane Lands with Dead Motor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

With one engine dead and a full complement of 23 passengers aboard an ANA DC3 Douglass Service plane made…

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Work On Harwood Roads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 2

MACLEAN—By the end of the Week the B.H.P. Co.'s tar spraying units will have completed 4¼ miles of sealing and 4½ miles…

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Ebor Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 8

The high incidence of car accidents on the road between Dorrlgo and Etoor indicate that the road is in very bad condition. Regular users…

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New Lighting For Jetty Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 10

Work on the improved lighting system for the Coffs Harbour to the Coffs Jetty Road has been commenced by the Clarence…

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Red Hill Road Near New Reservoir

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 8

With the construction of the new Watter Supply reservoir on Bed Hill almost completed the traffic problem on the…

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Motor Cyclist Bound Over

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

A young Grafton motor cyclist was discharged at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, on entering into a…

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Collision at Cross-roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

A Ford motor car and a Mack diesel truck came into collision at the corner of Bent and Ryan street, South Grafton, yesterday…

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Timber Lorries Damage Broome's Head Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

MACLEAN.—In a minute submitted by the president (Cr. D. E. Archer) at Harwood Shire Council meeting on Wednesday,…

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Three Vehicles Damaged In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sunday. -- Three motor vehicles were damaged in an accident on the Coramba road, on the outskirts of…

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