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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Road Tax and the Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

"The measure before the House to direct Road Tax money from the railways to the roads from which it is…

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Road Courtesy?

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

The age of chivalry is lost! The trend to-day is self first, self again, self all the time, or so it seems. A Dorrigo motorist…

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Collision on Mtn Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

After spending a fortnights holiday on the Bellinger, Messrs Alan Attneave, of Campsie, and Ron Fatuross, of Summer Hill…

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Has Road Courtesy Gone?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Wholesale condemnation of motorists for lack of courtesy and bad temper can be overdone, in the opinion of the…

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No Serious Road Accidents Over Holidays

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

Although road traffic in the district over the past few weks has been exceptionally heavy, it is gratifying to report that no…

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Railway Superannuation Increases

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 7

"I and my colleagues in the Country Party welcome the increase in superannuation payments to be made to…

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Railway Ganger Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

Willis ("Jim") Gosper, aged 61, a railway ganger, who resides at Orlando Street, Coffs Harbour bour Jetty, received a probable…

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Road Deaths Down Slightly

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Fri.—Despite the enormous increase in holiday road traffic—possibly an all-time high—road…

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Might Crown Harbour Bridge For Royalty

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— Royal Tour officials are considering a plan to illuminate Sydney Harbour Bridge…

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Rapid Recovery of Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 2

A motor cycle, which disappeared from the front of a residence at Grafton on Tuesday night, was…

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Wire Fence Road Completed

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

Last year during the Christmas holidays the Wire Fence Progress Association, by voluntary effort,…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. Needlessly Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

The disastrous figures for 1951 have now been published and we find that 723 people lost their lives in…

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N.s.w. Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. — Four people were killed and nine injured in accidents on New South Wales roads…

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Railwayman Injured

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

On Saturday, Michael Hayes O'Brien, of 5 Kent street, Grafton, a railway employee, had the third and…

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Motor Cyclist Cleared

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 5

A negligent driving charge against Ivan Casson, a young Taloumbi motor cyclist, was dismissed by…

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Bond for Motor Cyclist

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 5

At Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., imposed a £50 three years' bond on…

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Developmental Roads In Harwood Shire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

MACLEAN.—An article in a recent issue of the Main Roads Journal emphasises the part that new roads have played in the opening up of two timber mills near Tullymorgan, in the Harwood Shire, within the past few years…

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Train Trapped By Snow Avalanches

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. (A.A.P.).—Snow avalanches trapped an express train with 196 passengers and a…

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Cycle And Motor Show

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 5

The annual Cycle and Motor Cycle Show was recently opened by the Minister of Transport (Mr. J. S. Maclay) at Early Court London. Among the many exhibits was this new three wheel car named the "Reliant Regal."…

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Still Trapped In Snowbound Train

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

DUTCH FLAT (California), Wednesday (A.A.P.).—The 22 persons aboard a train, snowbound high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, still have no prospect of rescue…

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