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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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New Year Train Traffic. Heaviest on Record. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

[?]e tram traffic for New Year's [?]constitutes a record. [?]0,000 persons were carried, this [?]g 191,000 more than on the same…

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Motor Cars Collide. REV. E. F. Waddy Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

The Rev. E. F. Waddy, the well-known [?]keter, while riding in a motor car along [?]Randwick Road yesterday, collided [?] another motor car and was rendered…

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A Caustic Indictment Railway Laborers and Minister. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

The Railway Laborers Conference, [?]er careful consideration, have re[?]ied caustically to Mr. Griffith's letter dealing with the day labor system…

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Sydney Tram Traffic a Record Week. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

[?]uring week ended December 30th., [?]0,000 passengers were carried on the [?]ney trams, as compared with 4,494,000 [?]the corresponding week of last year…

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Tramway Traffic

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—For the week ended December 30th, 5,080,000 passengers were carried on the trams, as compared with 4,494,000 in the…

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Railway Unions Amalgamated

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Four unions of the Railway Employees have prepared a scheme of amalgamation. [?] the scheme is adopted the new organisation will…

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Motor Party Missing Nine Days Overdue. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 5

Mr. Thomas, of West Perth (W.A.) left Perth with his wife and two daughters on December 23 in a motor boat for a cruise, intending to…

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Railway Labourers' Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the railway workers' conference, a motion was proposed by a delegate from the North Coast line to the effect that the…

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Selling Copmanhurst Shire Roads. Important Motion Rescinded

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

At the meeting of Copmanhurst Shire Council on Wednesday, President Thorold submitted a motion (of which notice had been given), that…

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Latest Wires First Aeroplane Smash Hart's Machine Wrecked. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

The first sensational aeroplane smash to occur in Australia took place at Mount Druitt this morning when the machine of Mr. W. E…

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An Eight-Hour Day. on the Railways. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

The Government, states Mr. Beeby, have requested the Railway Commissioners to recognise the eight- hour day in all grades of the…

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Railway Smash. Passengers' Miraculous Escape. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

A serious railway smash occurred near Waterfall (on the Illawarra line) last night. The 7.30 train from Wol longong to Sydney was running into…

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The Chinese Revolt. Pekin Railway Occupied. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 3

The great Powers have occupied the railway from Pekin to the sea with troops…

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Road Making Plant

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 4

Tomki councillors were, equally divided on the subject of purchasing a road-making plant for the Shire[?] consequently the casting vote of the President was given…

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Motor Car Service

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. Gwydir Henry has established a motor car service between Grafton and Glen Innes, and will run weekly trips, leaving this end[?] Thusdays, returning on…

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Latest Wires Industrial War in W.A. Railway Men and Building Employees. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

At Fremanc[?]e. [?]. A., the industrial organisations, notably the, building trades and railway workers, for some time have been endeavoring to…

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Terrible Railway Smash Heavy Death Roll. Vancouver, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

Two Canadian-Pacufic Railway trains crushed into each other, head on, at Terrebonne, Quebec, while travelling at full speed…

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Alterations in Railway System

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Beeby has defended the proprietary Government's action in suggesting to the Railway Commissioner that certain alterations…

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The Poor Man's Car. Progress of the Motor-Cycle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 7

One of the most interesting features of the recent motor-car show at Olympia, in London, was the literature it produced. It was (writes Perceval Gibbon) stimulating…

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Railway Freights

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is expected that reductions in railway freights will be made in the future. The main object of the railway works, says Mr. Beeby,…

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