Mangled by a Train. a Surveyor's Fate. Sydney
The body of James Harvey, a surveyor, was found cut to pieces on the railwayline at Blackheath. How he got on the line is a mystery…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
773 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 39
Motoring Smash City Business Man Killed Sydney
Mr. John Sands, the well-known city business man, was killed in a motor accident at Bankstown yesterday…
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One of the more encouraging signs of the times, is the laying aside by the Government of the truculent attitude which it thought fit to assume toward the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS. From our Sydney Representative. Killed in a Motor
SYDNEY, Monday.—A fatal motor car accident occurred yesterday at Bankstown. Mr. John Sands, sen., a member of the firm of Zollner, Ltd., received…
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George Webster, aged 12, was run over by the western mail train at Kingswood Station, near Penrith, last night and killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. No Council Appointments. Railway Duplication Discussed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—To a question in the Assembly whether appointments were being made to the Upper House, the Premier replied that it was not the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Red Tapeism." Minister for Works Charged. North Coast Railway Delays
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Charges of redtapeism were made in the Assembly by Mr. Price concerning the construction of the North Coast railway. He moved…
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When a train on an Australian line is a few minutes late, the passengers sometimes express their opinions more freely than politely. But there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wellington Tram Strike. Union Fined. Sydney, Thursday Night
Legal proceedings in connection with the recent strike on the Wellington (N. Z.) tramways have resulted to-day in the Tramways Union being ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Crashes into Railway Gate
A remarkable escape from instantaneous death occurred at West Maitland when Mervyn Roy Eades, aged 18 years, gatekeeper at Abbott-street was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General News. Tenders for Road Work
THE following are the lowest tenders for road work in this district, opened at the District Works Office, Armidale, on March 20th:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strike in Madrid
LONDON, Thursday.—In Madrid 4000 railway employees have struck, demanding an increase in wages amounting to 25 per cent. more than they are paid at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest Wires. Railway Men's Troubles. Royal Commission Wanted. SYDNEY, Sunday Night
The discontent amongst the railway workers continues. Over a thousand men held a meeting last night, but only members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm, Dairy, and Pasture. Dairying and Timber. Possibilities of New England. What the Railway May Do
The special reporter of the "Daily Telegraph" writes from Byron Bay as follows:— The area through which the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Murders
LONDON, Sunday.—The auto-band is still free in Paris, though detectives are slowly unravelling an immense web of details, which shows that the Chantilly…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Two youths met their death on Saturday in Victoria by railway mishaps. Ray Ramsay, a passenger on the train travelling on the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Attorney-General, Mr. W. A. Holman, turned on Saturday the first sod of the Stoc[?] gal-Forbes railway. In the course of his…
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Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary of, Public Works, dated 27th March, 1912 :--…
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Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has been Informed by the Under Secretary for Lands as follows:—"With reference to, the letter dated 12th ulto…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway
Last week Mr. R. A. Price moved the adjournment of the House to consider the necessity for expediting the sections between Dungog and…
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