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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

649 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 33

Four Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Four people were killed in New South Wales in road accidents at the week-end…

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Holiday Road Toll: Five Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Five people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales over the holiday week-end. Late to-day, an un-…

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Chamber Backs Road Request

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 6

A request by the Lower Lawrence P. and C. Association to the Copmanhurst Shire Council for the…

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Soon Surface Main Road at Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 6

RECONSTRUCTION and surfacing of the main road between Copmanhurst and Upper Copmanhurst…

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Bulk Loading Contract Sought From Railways

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

An application will be lodged by the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce with the Commissioner for Railways for a bulk loading rail freight…

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Keen To Train

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Members of the St. Mary's Ladies' Basketball Club expressed enthusiasm to start training at their…

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Users of Gaudron's Road Want Relief

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 9

A deputation of banana growers and other producers on what be known as Peter Gaudron's Road, in the Moonee…

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Banana Loadings on B.G.F. Mid-week Train

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 6

Banana loadings on the BGF mid-week train (17A) totalled 14,324 cases. The Tweed, Rich mond, Brunswick districts…

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Motor Cyclists Fined For Carrying Pillion Riders

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 9

Peter F. Brindley and Robert Neville McCann, both of Coffs Harbour, wer fined£2/8/ with 12/ court costs for carrying pillion…

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Casino Aerodrome Improvements

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Tenders for the improvement and development of Casino aerodrome will be called soon, Civil Aviation Minister, Mr. Anthony, said to-day…

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Motor Cyclists Fined

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 5

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

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Side Spans In Place On Coffs Creek Railway Bridge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 1

An Interested crowd at Park Beach on Sunday watched railway gangs, using mobile break-down cranes, place the…

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£50 Bond For Motor Driver

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 6

John Sydney Blaxland Hayes, 41, motor driver, of North street South Grafton, was bound over for three…

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Modify Means Test, More Road Money Among Undertakings By Prime Minister

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-Modification of the means test and the provision of more Federal money to the States for roads were among undertakings given by the Prints Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, in his election policy speech at. Canterbury Memorial Hall…

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Railway Ganger Prosecuted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 7

COFES HARBOUR.--Two prosecutions against Alfred' Ernest Noble, railway ganger, of Orlando…

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Motorist Fined £2

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR,--John Gerard Witt, of 332 Kissing Point road, Turramurra, who did not appear, was fined…

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Heavy Train travel Anticipated

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 6

Railway authorities, anticipating heavy bookings from north and south, have made special provision…

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Poster Display on Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 2

A colourful display of road safety posters is to be seen in the showground pavilion. It is arranged by…

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Letters to the Editor Armidale Road

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 8

Sir, Surely all residents of the Dorrigo district know of the disgraceful state of the Dorrigo-Armidale road…

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Banana Loadings On Mid-Week Tram

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 12

BGF train 18A, which picked up at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday, carried 13,883 cases of bananas to southern markets…

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