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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

601 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 31

Dorrigo Railway: Small Engine To Clear Yards

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Good headway by the Railway Department on repairs to the damaged Dorrigo-Glenreagh branch line has been made, stated the District…

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Injured In Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

A young Maclean man, Douglas John Apps, is in Grafton Base Hospital with injuries received when his motor cycle…

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CYCLING. Promising Lad Wins Road Race

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 5

The 18 mile road race conducted by the Grafton District Cycle Club yesterday morning, resulted in an easy win for a…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety Human Failure And Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 2

ONCE again, I desire to deal with the element of human failure and its association with road accidents…

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Inquiry Into Railway Fatality

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

The Coronial inquiry into the death of Geoffrey James Buckmaster, railway ganger, which occurred in a collision…

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Improved Road Lighting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

In an effort to lift the lighting of NSW roads to a safe, efficient standard, the RRMA, in conjunction with the Local…

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Bellingen Shire To Retain Mountain Road Reconstruction Work to Start by Christmas

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

Crippled for want of adequate heavy plant to tackle the extraordinary amount of major jobs needing attention (mainly flood restoration work), Bellingen Shire Council has been unable to proceed with many scheduled works…

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Charges Against Railway Men

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Charges of deliberate destruction of freight by Railway employees were made at the annual conference…

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Train Smash Near Bundaberg

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE Sun.--Fifty passengers had narrow escapes from injury, and an estimated £25,000 worth of damage was…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety Danger Of Cycles Without Lights

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

WITH the winter months it is found that the hazards of road travel increase. Proportionate to the number of…

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Cycling. Good Field in Road Race

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 5

A good field of 15 cylists on Sunday competed in the 23-mile road race conducted by the Grafton District Cycle Club. Bill Coughlan showed…

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To Relieve Pressure On Barbour Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--A national road to Newcastle and Brisbane, designed to relieve the pressure of traffic on the Harbour Bridge,…

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Accidental Death In Railway Fatality

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 3

A FINDING of accidental death was returned at the coronial inquiry yesterday into the death of Geoffrey James Buck-master, railway ganger, who died following a collision between a motor tricycle and goods train on April 22 between…

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Armidale Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

The N.S.W. Regional Director of Civil Aviation. Air Com[?] A. H. Cobby (has advised Mr. P. A. Wright, of…

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Road Manners

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

Sir,-- I am glad that the "Examiner" is helping in a campaign tb reduce the shocking toll of the road in this State…

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Road Courtesy

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The standard of road courtesy in Australia was simply disgraceful, Dr. Leslie Weatherhead, of the City…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety Be Extra Careful During The Winter

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 2

Now that winter is with us again, road conditions are such that added care must be exercised to prevent accidents. Fog,…

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Rev. Clout In Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

LISMORE, Men.--Two youths and a clergyman were injured when two utility trucks and a car collided on the…

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Solicitor Queries Bridge Traffic Lines

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 4

A submission that the double centre traffic lines on the northern approach of the Clarence River bridge were continued too…

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Week-End Road Toll Heaviest Of Year

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The week-end road toll in New South Wales--five killed, six injured--was the heaviest this year. A SPECIAL appeal was…

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