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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 8 of 27

Train Crashes into Bullocks

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 3

ARMIDALE.--Eleven bullocks were killed when struck by a train engine at a level crossing, near the…

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Banana Shipments on Wednesday's Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1

A toted of 25,594 cases of ban[?]as were consigned to south[?] markets on the train which leared Coffs Harbour on…

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Court Declares Road Levy Valid

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The High Court to-day declared valid the New South Wales road levy on motor vehicles engaged in interstate carriage of goods…

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Mail Bag on Wrong Train

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 4

LISMORE, Fri.--A mail bag containing £2000 which should have been on the Sydney express, was…

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"People Using" A Closed Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 4

MACLEAN, Friday.--At the Harwood Shire Council meeting yesterday, Cr. A. Carr asked what was the position in regard to the river bank road at Palmer's Island. He said…

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Four Die In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Four persons were killed in week-end road accidents in New South Wales…

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Train Traveller Convicted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 5

John Westaway, of Guildford, was fined £1 at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday on a charge of…

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Making Undue Noise on Motor Cycle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 6

Before Mr. A. E. Capp, SM, Harold S. Faint, of Dorrigo, was fined £3 and 12/ costs at Coffs Harbour Court of Petty Sessions…

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Decrease In Road Deaths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Road deaths in N.S.W. decreased by 28 during the year ended December 31,…

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Traffic Toll Partly Due to Bad Roads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Tuesday--Australia's heavy traffic toll was in part due to bad roads, according to the Town…

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Palmer's Island Motorist Fined

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 5

A fine of £2 and costs was imposed on Alan McDonald, of Palmer's Island, yesterday by Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M.,…

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Special Railway Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 5

Railway authorities stated yesterday that every provision had been made to cope with the anticipated…

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"The Road To Dorrigo"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 6

The following poem was written by Carl Heinz, of Matthew's Creek to the tune of "Galway Bay."…

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65, Rode Mile On Train Cow-catcher

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A 65-years-old widow today rode for a mile clinging to the cow-catcher of a train and was not injured. The widow, Mrs. G. Riordan, of Clayfield, was…

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Making Undue Noise On A Motor Cycle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 8

Before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., Harold S. Faint, of Dorrigo, was fined £3 and 12/- costs at Coffs Harbour Court of Petty…

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Endeavours Raise Money for Roads

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 5

MACLEAN.--Maclean Town Clerk (Mr. G. W. Wann) reported to his council four financial institutions had stated their inabaility to accommodate council for a loan of £5000. He stated he was awaiting…

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Attack On Motorist

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A young man last night smashed the headlights of a car at Cronulla, then seriously…

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New Train Time For Trainees

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. R. F. Sackpoole, Commonwealth Employment Officer, at Grafton, said yesterday that there had been…

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Four Fined For Crossing Rail Bridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR; Wed. --Barry S. Austin, of 8 Parker road, Strathfield; Barry Stanton, of 44 Parker…

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Trespassing on Boambee Bridge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

Mr. A. E. Capp, SM, was told in the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, that since the last prosecutions in December, two…

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