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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Train Hit Bus

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 3

GALI (Colombia), Monday (AAP):--Fourteen persons were killed when a train hit a bus stalled en the railway line…

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Fatally Injured By Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

Mrs. F. Pullen of Through, street, South Grafton, yesterday received news of the death of her son, Hector, who was fatally…

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Record Road Death Toll

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Death on New South Wales road in 1950 took the lives of 627 people, the greatest number in the history of the State…

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Your To Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

The responsibility for keeping |the roads safe lies in various places, It is generally accepted that the police authorities are charged in the first place with the major proportion of such responsibility…

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Road Accidents On Richmond

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.--During the past 10 days, 29 people were injured, one fatally, in 15 road accidents in the…

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Comment On Road Deaths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The killing of 628 and injuring of more than ten thousand people on New South Wales roads during…

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Cycling. Tight Finish in Road Race

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA. --Only half a length, and half a wheel separated the place-getters in the Grafton Clock…

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Finish Of Road Race

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 5

R. Martin, of Grafton, all out to defeat K. Betteridge (G.) by half a length, with J. Ellem (G.) only half a wheel away in third place, at the finish of the Grafton to Woolgoolga road race on Sunday last. Twenty yards from (he. line, K. Copas, of…

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Spain Improving Railways

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

MADRID.-- Efforts are being made to reduce the railway bottleneck on a section of the Madrid-Cordoba line, which…

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Useful Guide For Motorists Book Review

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

The presence in Grafton and other North Coast towns of dozens of Queensland cars in recent week is forceful…

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Motor, Cycle Damaged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH.-- A motor cycle was extensively burnt and personal luggage of the owner destroyed, in an accident on the…

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Train Smash Near Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs. -- Eleven people were injured, one seriously, when the Gympie express crashed into the rear of…

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Modern Train For Armidale Run

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Thursday. -- A modern air-conditioned train will be placed on the Armidale Sydney run to replace the…

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Scheme To Train Building Tradesmen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-- A scheme to train civilians for the building industry should be introduced the Federal Government,…

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Kyogle to Spend £76,500 on Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

KYOGLE, Fri.-- Kyogle Shire Council's biggest expenditure in 1951 will be on roads. It is proposed to spend…

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Plunge Over Bridge

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sun.--A three years-old boy to-day saw his father plunge to his death from an overhead bridge into the…

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Car Crashed Through Bridge

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Sun.--A man was killed and another seriously injured when a car crashed through a bridge, eight miles…

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Prisoner Jumps From Train

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.--A 17 years-old youth, who was being escorted from Mackay to Stewarts Creek gaol, at…

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Accident Rate Higher at Night Your Contribution To Road Safety--No. 4

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

THAT the accident rate increases after sundown is an established fact, and there are few but important causes…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN.--A party of Maclean motor cyclists en route to Chatsworth on Saturday afternoon met with…

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