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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Banana loadings On Train 10A

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 11

Banana figures on the BGF midweek train (10A) picked up again this week. From ail districts the total was 11,225 cases…

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Harbour Road Crown Subdivision

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 10

The Shire Council, following a request from the Urban Committee, will request the Department cf Lends to supply the necessary…

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Wooli Road Bid Fails In Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

An unsuccessful attempt was made in the Orara Shire Council yesterday by Cr. V. D. Jones to increase the 1952-53 grant expenditure on the Wooli road and eliminate Avenue…

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£1M. Exports in One Week Motor Car Firm's Record Achievement

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 6

Exports of cars and commercial vehicles by the Nuffield Organisation of Oxford are running at a rate of more than one…

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Commissioner Predicts Big Railway Development

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Railways Commissioner (Mr. K. A. Fraser) to-day predicted great railway development within the next 10 years…

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Severe Penalty For Motorists

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 4

ARMIDALE.—Copies of the amendment to the Crimes Act have now been released by the Government…

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Road Accidents Kill Five

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Five people were killed and four injured, three critically, in week-end road accidents in New South Wales. A 43-year-old woman…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. What The Local Branch Means

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 2

This week I want to open by inviting those who are interested in saving lives to come along to the…

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Road Deaths

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.—The total of deaths from road accidents in Victoria during the long week-end was…

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Reds Derail Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

SAIGON (Indo-China) Monday (AAP-Reuter).—Communist saboteurs derailed a train 170 miles…

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Banana loadings On Train 10B

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 1

Altthough Coffs Harbour-Nambucca ladings were up to standard, [?] in consignments from northern areas resulted in…

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Motor Cyclist on Bond

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 4

An appeal against a fine and conviction for driving a motor cycle at a speed dangerous to the public…

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Theatre Magnate Dies in Train

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.—Australian theatre magnate and millionaire, Sir Benjamin Fuller, died in a London…

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Awarded Damages For Tram Smash

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Leslie James Vickery, 53. Myrtle street, Botany, was to-day awarded £14712 damages in…

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Local Motorists Praised

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1952 · page 2

Inspector W. L. Jefferson, recently appointed to the Grafton Police Force, said at last night's meeting of the…

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Bridge Overhaul At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

MACLEAN, Thurs.—A Department of Main Roads gang has started an overhaul of the…

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Train Broke in Halves

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday—An empty coal train broke in halves near Gosford to-night, and six trucks were…

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Support Move For Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 6

Nymboida Shire Council yesterday supported a proposal by the Copmanhurst Shire Council that efforts be made to replace two boundary ferry services with a bridge…

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Noisy Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

Sir,—A motor car is the latest addition to the ranks of Maclean's public nuisances…

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Eight Killed On Roads

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday—Eight people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales during the week-end. Six of the fatal accidents were in the Newcastle district…

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