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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Exploring by Aeroplane

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 6

The cabled announcement that Dr. Douglas Mawson is bringing out a military type of two-seated Bleriot aeroplane as part of his equipment…

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Buying a Motor Car

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 7

When buying n motor car certain points should be borne in mind. For instance, any make that sets the design of the world, and leads the way in quality and…

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French Railway Strikers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the Collectivist Congress, M. Jaures, leader of the Socialists in the French Chamber of Deputies, applauded the line of policy pursued by…

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Mangled by a Train. a George Street Accident. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 5

Mr. Robert William Hughes, of McDowell and Hughes' drapery establishment, King Street, Sydney, was endeavoring to board a tram on George…

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PROPOSAL. State Railways

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 8

It is proposed to give the Federal Parliament power to intervene, and settle wages questions in employment on or about the State…

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Good Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 2

"IT would be impossible (writes the HERALD) to overestimate the value of good roads to the country. At present that value consists of their…

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North Coast Railway. Woolgoolga and Glenreagh

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Works Department has undertaken a trial survey to connect Woolgoolga with Glenreagh, also Woolgoolga with Coff's Harbour. The…

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Tram Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Robert Hughes, of the city drapery firm of McDowell and Hughes, while endeavouring to board the front platform of a car, lost his hold and fell…

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Railway Collision. No One Was Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 3

A crowded passenger train bound for Ipswich from Brisbane on Saturday night collided with a shunting engine. The passengers were hurled from…

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North Coast Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

Macleay "Argus" reckons the North Coast railway is as good as completed. The electorates between the Manning and the Clarence, through…

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Terrible Railway Disaster 20 KILLED 20 Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 3

A railway disaster has occurred near GrahaWstown, South Africa. Four carriages and the guard's van toppled from a bridge into a chasm 250 feet,…

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Train Breaks Away

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 5

The Wellington (N.Z.) express, had a narrow escape shortly after leaving Auckland. At Otahuhu a suburban train while being sidetracked off the main line,…

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Train Accident in Cape Colony

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Four carriages and the guard's van of a train toppled over Blaauw-Krantz Bridge, near Grahams-town, Cape Colony, and fell into a…

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Train Turns Over. the Driver Killed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

A sensational railway accident, resulting in the death of the engine driver, Sibraa, who as a footballer was better known as "Snowy Ryan,"…

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Queensland's Railway Boom Importing British Workers. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

The Queensland Government has completed arrangements for transporting a large number of railway workers from Great Britain to…

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Enormous Easter Eggs. Containing Carriages and Motor Cars. Millionaire's Gift to His Bride

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 3

The American millionaire, who is credited with spending a small fortune on a leviathan Easter egg, containing a sumptuous motor-cur, for presentation to his wife…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

Macleay "Argus" reckons the North Coast, railway is as good as completed. The electorates between the Manning and the Clarence,…

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North Coast Railway. Woolgoolga and Glenreagh

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

The Works Department has undertaken a trial survey to connect Woolgoolga with Glenreagh, also Woolgoolga with Coff's Harbour. The…

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The Grafton Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Nothing further has been done regarding the Grafton-Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway. Mr. McFarlane and Mr. Briner…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. 11 KILLED. 60 Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 3

A shocking railway disaster has occured at Euston (Eng.). An excursion train, while rounding a sharp curve at 50 miles an hour…

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