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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. Many Instances Of Discourtesy

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

ONE of the main themes of the Road Safety Council is and will continue to be "Courtesy." Courtesy in…

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Motor Cycle Events At Bellingen Show

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

BELLINGEN.— Among correspondence dealt with at the Show Committee annual meeting was a letter from…

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Banana Loadings On Train 11B

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

BGF train 11B, which cleared Coffs Harbour at the weekend, carried 12,119 cases of bananas to southern markets…

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Fettlers Killed; Hit By Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Two fettlers were killed to-day when they were struck by an electric train near Tempe…

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B.g.f. Opposition to Change in Mid-week Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

The Banana Growers' Federation rejected an application by the Victorian Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable…

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No Official Complaints About Motorist

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

Letters of complaint have been received by the Editor from Maclean of a motorist who it is alleged, makes…

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Motor Cyclists Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 4

Three motor cyclists were fined at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. Ivan Challiner, of…

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Road Surfacing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

Bituminous surfacing: of main road No. 151 at Karangi and Nana Glen may be included on an…

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Dave Sands To Train In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—Australian triple boxing champion Dave Sands will trains in Sydney next week for his…

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Road Patrols In Primary Schools

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 2

Preliminary steps for the formation of road safety patrols in all primary schools of Grafton and South Grafton were made at last night's meeting of the Grafton and South…

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Railways Institute Tennis Teams

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 7

The following teams have been selected to represent the South Grafton Railways Institute Tennis Club in the Grafton and District…

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Two Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Two men were killed, a girl critically injured and another man hurt in road accidents early…

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City Railway Goes On, Country Works Stop

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday—Work was being continued on the city railway, while vital country works likely to aid food production were to be stopped, the State Leader of the Country Party…

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5 Die In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday—Five people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales during the week-end. A man who was run down by a motor car in Orange last week, died…

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Your Contribution To Road Safety. Watch Out For School Patrols

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

The patrols which have been instituted at the Grafton Primary School are doing a magnificent job. The…

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Railway Ganger's Widow Claims £1050

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 3

His Honour, Judge W. J. Digram, at the Workers' Compensation Commission Court at Grafton yesterday announced that he would give his decison in Sydney on a claim by…

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Sir Earle Page Invited To Discuss Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

Sir Earle Page will be invited to meet the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce to discuss the…

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New Deisel Train?

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 2

Rumours have been persistently current of late that a larger, more modern and commodious deisel train…

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Road Speed Limits

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 6

Mr. J. J. O'Rourke, Administrator, Department of Road Transport and Tramways, writes to Mr. D. Hughes. M.L.A…

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Banana Loadings On Train 13A

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

BGF train 13A, which cleared Coffs Harbour on Wednesday, carried 9408 cases for the southern markets. Consignments…

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