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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 8 of 33

Road Programme Well Under Way

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Campbell, consulting engineer to South Grafton Council, reported that Bellamy Bros…

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Motor Cyclist Fined

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR Robert N. McCann, of Lyster street, Coffs Harbour, was fined £28 with 12 court…

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Help From State Road, Bridge Restoration

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Premier, Mr. Cahill, told a deputation to-day that the State had provided about £170,000 to repair roads and bridges damaged in…

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Railway Institute Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 6

The president, Mr. H. Gadd, told the annual meeting of the Railway Institute Tennis Club that the club…

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Allege Thefts From Railways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Friday.--Iven Karen, 34, a new Australian, married, and Alan Morris, 30, married with five children, both residents of South Kempsey and…

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Road Trial To J. E. Murray

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--J. E. Murray (Ford V8) to-night won the Redex 1000 mile reliability trial. Murray, with a loss of only five points…

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Encroachment of Timber On. Waterfront Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council will advise timber agents that timber must be removed from the Waterfront road area. The…

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Fictitious Number Plate on Motor Cycle

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 4

Ronald Keith Rix, of Coffs Harbour Jetty, who told the police he had borrowed a number plate far his mother cycle to try it out…

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Fined For Riding Unregistered Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 4

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

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Fewer Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday-- There were 198 fewer people killed in road accidents last year than the…

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Railways Will Not Move Trucking Yards

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 4

The Commissioner of Railways has notified the Clarence branch of the Graziers' Association that the South Grafton railway trucking yards could not…

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You Heed To Train Your Champion For The Show

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

The untrained champion in any field is a myth and farmers planning to show the quality of their dairy…

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Peisley's Flat Road Proposal

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 5

Orara Shire Council yesterday decided to get estimates for a plan to raise the road at Peisley's Flat, to provide an all-weather route on the Armidale road…

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Three-Shire Roads To Avoid Punts

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 5

Northern Rivers and Tablelands Federated Chamber of Commerce is seeking the assistance of…

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Dorrigo Motor Auction Shows Price Decline of Pre-war Cars

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 8

A crowd estimated to be about 300 attended the combined Motor Traders Auction held in Burbidges' Showroom, Dorrigo, last Saturday, March 27. The motor auction, the first…

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Struck By Train

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--An elderly woman was killed instantly when she was struck by an" electric train between…

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Road Deaths In Goulburn District

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 5

GOULBURN, Monday. -- Death, of three R.A.A.F. men last night brought the Goulburn district road toll…

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Coffs Harbour Aerodrome Development

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues. The need for further development of the Coffs Harbour aerodrome was…

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Department Plans Temporary Bridge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- The Main Roads Department would build a temporary bridge over the Tuross…

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Grafton Man Killed In Road Accident

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A Murrumbidgee Irrigation Commission employee was killed instantly in a truck…

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