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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

537 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 27

Bridge Committee Meets

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 2

At a meeting of the Brushgrove-Cowper Bridge Committee yesterday, it was agreed to ask Harwood…

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Work Wanted On Port, Road

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 4

The Premier's Department will again be urged by the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of…

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Cowper Bridge Proposal Supported

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 4

THE Clarence District Council of the P.P.U. will support representations to secure a bridge over the…

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New Type Train Road Or Rail

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 3

COLOGNE. (Reuter).--A new type of train which can run both on a monorail and on normal roads was…

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Rode On Back Of Motor Truck

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Walter R. Grant, of Moonee, was fined…

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Minister Opens Kempsey Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Sun.--Kempsey aerodrome was officially opened to-day by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr…

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Road Deaths At Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Five people were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. at the week-end…

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Impressive Return To Road Racing

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 6

John Jones, a former road race scratch man, made an impressive return to the sport after an…

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Motor Cruiser Launched

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN, Sun.--Mr. Ron Hill's new motor cruiser, Christine, was successfully launched at…

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Council Protests on Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 6

Grafton City Council will protest to the Civil Aviation Department on the removal of the groundsman from the…

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Support For Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 6

WOODFORD LEIGH, Tues.--The whole district population is enthusiastic about renewed agitation for…

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District Railway Chief Promoted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. H. D. Fraser, District Superintendent of Railways, South Grafton, has been advised of his promotion to…

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Unable To Raise Coldstream Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5

Orara Shire Council yesterday considered a petition from ratepayers requesting the raising of six chains of the Coldstream road by three feet to enable traffic to travel the…

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Hints to Motorists

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. engineers offer these hints to car owners: Looseness of electrical fittings or terminals is usually…

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Motor Accident At Woolgoolga

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Thurs.--A head-on collision occurred yesterday on the Woolgoolga Creek bridge on the Pacific…

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Railway Deficit Down To £1½M

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Railway deficit of £7,500,000 would only be £1,500,000, the Transport Minister, Mr. Martin, said to-night. Mr. Martin said a saving…

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Road Race To Perry

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 5

RIDING at a smart pace from the outset, Barry Perry won the Grafton District Cycle Club's 26-mile…

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Federal Aid Road Money

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

South Grafton Council delegates will place before the Local Government Conference a resolution seeking…

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Man Killed In Fall Under Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A man was killed to-night when he fell under a train at Banksia, during an…

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Motor Cyclist Fined

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 5

A young motor cyclist. Ronald E. Johnston, of Maud street, Grafton, was fined 13 with 7 costs at Grafton…

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