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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Grafton Girl Victim Of Train Disaster

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

It has been established that a Grafton girl was one of the 136 victims of the train disaster in New…

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Heavy Christmas Railway Traffic

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

Rail passenger traffic north and south through South Grafton during the Christman period had been particularly heavy, said a railway official yesterday…

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Motor Vehicle Collisions

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 5

Two collisions between motor vehicles occurred in Grafton but none of the occupants was injured…

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Fell From Train

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--A 43-year-old man was fatally injured when he fell from an electric train near Clyde…

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Road Accidents At Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- One man was killed and three others were injured in road accidents at the Week-end. George Burman, 63, of…

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Seventeen Trampled To Death

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun.--Seventeen people were trampled to death and 100 injured yesterday when half a…

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Royal Train Guard Controversy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.-- Controversy over the appointment of a guard to the Royal…

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Three Months' Gaol For Train Guard

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. -- An electric train guard, who police allege told them he had "probably had more than 32 drinks before starting duty on New Year's Ere" was sentenced to three months' gaol by Mr. Raschke, S.M., at Newtown Court…

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Good Start For Railway Dept

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--The Queensland Railway Department has made a good start in the drive to reduce…

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Monte Carlo Road Test

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

MONTE CARLO, Sun.--Four hundred and two cars are due to leave eight European cities on January 18 to…

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Banana Loading On Train IB

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

BGF train lb, which picked up at Coffs Harbour on Saturday, carried 18,964 cases of bananas for southern markets. Of the total…

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Plans For Approach To South Railway

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 6

Plans for the improvement of the approaches to the South Grafton railway station have been forwarded to the Railway Department…

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Train Driver Leaves Hospital

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The driver of the Bankstown train, involved in the Sydenham smash on December 19…

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New South Wales Railways Welfare Fund

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

The N.S.W. Railways Welfare Fund is one of the notable achievements of railway employees…

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Illegally Used Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Brian James Che[?]man (20), of Coffs…

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Road Grants at Coffs Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--The Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Mr. J. B. Renshaw,…

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12 Miles of Road with 620 Turns North Queensland Excursion, 4

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

Now came the camp out. Early next morning the party left by coach by the Gillies Highway for Lake Barrine on the Atherton Tablelands. On this road are two check gates. Buses and cars are given a…

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Took Another Man's Motor Bike for Joy Ride

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

A defendant at Coffs Harbour Police Coast on Tuesday pleaded guilty to taking and using a motor cycle without the…

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Heavy Railway Traffic

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Rail passenger traffic had been abnormally heavy, said the District Superintendent of Railways, Mr. W. E. Hodder, at South Grafton yesterday…

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Charged With Illegally Using Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--At the Court of Petty Sessions, Coffs Harbour, Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., after hearing…

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