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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 9 of 33

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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Gar Off Road, Into Mud

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Thurs.--A car ran off the road at the Romiaka bridge about 12.30 this afternoon, ploughed…

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Big Increase in Goods Traffic on Railways

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

Mr. J. Press, District Railway Traffic Officer at Kempsey, informed a "Macleay Argus" reporter that there had been a big increase in goods traffic at Kempsey, Raleigh, Coffs…

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Seek Removal Of Trees At End Of Aerodrome

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

CLARENCE River Aero Club will again request South Grafton Municipal Council to remove trees at…

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Threw Himself Under Train

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

BARI (Italy), Sun.-- Antonio Settani, 12. who had received bad marks at school, threw himself under…

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Coast Railway Line Now Open

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 2

The coast railway line between Sydney and Brisbane is now open to normal traffic, following…

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Letters To The Editor Road Safety

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

Sir,--I read in this morning's "Examiner" of the danger to child cyclists near the Technical…

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Further Grant of £3000 for Sawtell Loop Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

Bellingen Shire Council has been advised that a further grant of £3000 has been made available by the Department…

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Railway Line Open to Brisbane

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

The coast railway line to [?]sbane is now opened to traffic and the two divisions of the Express which left Sydney…

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Road Transport's Legal Fight

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 3

Arguments in a case with far-reaching implications affecting the whole pattern of Australian commerce and…

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Not Switchback Railway

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 6

This is not a switchback railway, but a section of the Sydney-Brisbane coastal line, between Loadstone and Cougal, near the Queensland border. Nineteen, chains were scoured by washaways during the flood in…

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The Tragic Toll of the Road—lets Hake Easter Safer!

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 1

The tragic toll of the road for the past year has once more been emphasised by the recently issued official report of the Department of Motor Transport. For New South Wales there were 26,921 accidents with motor vehicles on the roads,…

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Man Charged Following Motor Cycle Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

A Woolgoolga man, Aldwyn Clive Rollins (22), who was the pillion rider on a motor cycle involved in an accident on…

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Died After Fall In Train

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Walter Corey Cambridge, general-secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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Five Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Five people were killed in New South Wales road accidents last night and to-day…

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Membership Bid By Road Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 7

The Grafton branch of the Road Safety Council will join the State-wide drive for membership in an effort to revive the activities of the branch…

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Road Toll In Victoria

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- The Victorian Easter road toll rose to eight killed with the deaths of four more…

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WOOLI P. AND c. Seek Road Repairs

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

WOOLI children attending the Grafton High School had an arduous road journey to endure, said the…

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Car Capsizes Oh Gleh Innes Road

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 2

A Grafton resident, his wife and three children had a fortunate escape from injury when a car in which…

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Road Grader In Driving Case

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 5

Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday found proven a charge of negligent driving, but dismissed it under Section 556A of the…

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