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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

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CYCLING Aspery Wins Road Race

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 7

A large crowd of spectators witnessed the best finish of the road season on Sunday, when the Grafton Cycle Club conducted its 10-mile race. A big bunch…

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Road Accidents During Holidays

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Twenty-seven people died in Australian road accidents during the six-day holiday period…

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Want Armidale Road A State Highway

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

Nymboida Shire Council yesterday decided, on the suggestion of Cr. E. J. Fahey, to support the South Grafton Council in another attempt to have the Armidale road declared a State highway…

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Four Killed in Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Three men and a woman were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. and Northern Victoria yesterday…

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Woman In Yugo-Slavia Claims Compensation Against Railways

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Workers' compensation amounting to £800 was claimed to-day by a Yugoslav woman against the N.S.W…

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Planes Crash on Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--An Aero Club Tiger Moth was wrecked when a Vampire jet aircraft, landing at high speed, crashed…

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Landslide On Railway

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 5

GLENREAGH--During the recent heavy rains over the Glenreagh district a landslide on the Dorrigo line, near Timber Top…

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Ulmarra Council Allocations For Road Works

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 6

Ulmarra Municipal Council yesterday adopted estimates of allocations for roads within its area, On the motion of Ald. S. J. Buchanan and C. M Wingfield…

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Railway Teams for

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 7

Railway Tennis Club teams for Saturday. Challengers v. Railway Hotel, at Railway Court: L. Regan (c.), R…

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Bridge at Nana Glen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

Considerable inconvenience is caused residents at Nana Glen during flood periods because they are not able to use the…

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Eastern Dorrigo Roads and Bridges

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 5

The all-important subject of roads and bridges occupied most of the time in discussions at last meeting of…

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Woman Killed in Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Fri.--A woman was killed arid two persons injured when a utility truck crashed into a parked lorry and overturned several times on the Great Western Highway late this afternoon…

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Tram-Men To Consider Settlement Terms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE; Fri.--A mass meeting of tramwaymen--the fourth, since the start of 56-day old strike--will be held on…

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Train Fireman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Vincent, McNamara, 24, of Meadowbank Railway Station, fireman on the Brisbane Express collapsed…

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CYCLING. Bell Has Easy Road Win

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 5

Racing to the front with 100 yards to go, Les Bell went on to an easy win in the Grafton Cycle Club's 10-mile road race…

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Tram-men To Return; Communist Setback

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--The 62-day-old Melbourne tram and bus strike will end at 5.30 to-morrow morning. A WILD mass, meeting of…

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Council and Orara Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

At a recent meeting of Upper Orara branch of the PPU it was decided to request Dorrigo Shire Council to provide…

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Cracks Across Concrete Roads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 3

It was a scandalous thing to see cracks across concrete roads, which cost many thousands of pounds to put down, not being bitumen sealed immediately to prevent further damage, said Ald. C. T…

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Councils and the Thora Bridge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 7

The urgent need of a high level bridge over the Bellinger River at Thora was brought to the notice of a number of…

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Drivers Killed in Road Race

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).--British racing driver Peter Monkhouse was killed yesterday when his Nealey car crashed through…

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