Road Toll In District Shows Drop
A DROP in road accidents in the Clarence region is shown in traffic figures for the Grafton police…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
537 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 27
Prince Charles Starts Train
LONDON, Thurs.—Prince Charles set a royal train in motion by blowing the stationmaster's whistle and…
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LONDON, Thurs.—A record entry of 440 cars fram eight nations in this month's Monte Carlo rally,…
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INVERELL.--Visiting motor cyclists describe the Goonoowigall circuit as one of the best tracks in the…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--A motor cyclist who pleaded guilty in Parramatta Court to-day, to a charge of driving while…
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SYDNEY, Sun. -- N.S.W. railway employees have teen directed to do their utmost to save scrap and other…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Monday--A koala bear found in a state of panic on the Boambee road, south of Coffs Harbour last night, is comfortably installed to-night as a member of the koala colony in the…
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MAITLAND: Two youths who took a motor cycle from in front of the Town Hall, Maitland, and later…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—Hundreds of cattle were driven to safety to-day when a derailed stock train caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Test Atomic Motor For Submarine
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday—An electric motor to be used in the first atomic submarine engine has been operating for 18 months without a breakdown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decision to Keep Stock Off Roads Meets Opposition Fire Risks Increased, Says Brigade
Writing to the Secretary, Dorrigo Urban Are Committee, members of the Fire Brigade say:— "Having read the recent report in the "Don Dorrigo…
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SYDNEY, Thursday--A tram-driver appeared in Redfern Court on a charge of manslaughter following a fatal taxi-tram smash at a Mascot inter-section to-day…
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LONDON, Sun.--Prague radio announced last night that one man had been sentenced to death, another to…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four people were killed and seven injured in road accidents in N.S.W. this weekend. A 21-months-old baby was among those killed…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Work on the Manyvale-Sandy Hollow and Quay railways, probably will be resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Banana Loadings On BGF Train [?]B
The weekend BGF train[?] which cleared Coffs Harbour on Saturday[?] carried 17,367 cases of bananas for southern markets. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cycle and Motor Cy[?] in London The twenty-seventh Cycle and Motor Cycle Show was [?] at Earl's Court, London, recently, by His Royal High[?] the Duke of [?]burgh
One of the features of the Show was the new lightweight "Triumph Terrier" machine, which is claimed by the manufacturers to be the "world's safest motor cycle for young riders." It is capable of being driven at speeds up to 60 miles an hour, and will go…
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The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport, the Hon. G. Weir,…
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WASHINGTON, Friday—A runaway express train crashed into Washington's big union station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Copmanhurst Road (Letter to Editor.)
Sir,—I note an alderman of the South Grafton Council remarked on the bad state of the road from Dirty Creek…
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