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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

771 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 39

Tramway Strike. Directors' Firm Attitude

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Nothing towards settlement has been arranged at. Except for motor traffic Broken Hill is cut off. A large number…

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Tramwa [?]En Exerting Pressure. a Loyal Little Band. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

Mr. Cann (Minister for Railways), Mr. McGowen (Premier), and Mr. Johnson (Chief Commissioner) conferred this morning, but the latter…

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Terrible Railway Smash. Ninety-three Persons Killed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at Budapest, where an express train collided with a goods train going in the opposite direction. Ninety-three…

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The Strike Mania. Great General Strike in Sight. Ultimatum to Railway Men. Position at Broken Hill. The Railway Strike. Royal Commission Provisionally Accepted. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

At the conclusion of the railway men's mass meeting to-day, it was announced that the men had accepted the Government's proposal to…

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Spurious Tram Tickets. Two Conductors Confess. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

At the Central Police Court today, Vivian Humphrey, 25, and Alfred Eccleston, 29, tram conductors, were charged with forging and…

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Government Steps In. May Run the Trams. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

The Government is inquining into the question of the lease of the Silverton tramways in order to restore the goods traffic between Cockburn…

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Late Wires. Crushed to Death. Railway Man's Fate. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 5

Felton King, 48, a metal borer at the Eveleigh sailway workshops, was crossing the lines between two cars that were being shunted when he…

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The Porters' Strike. Railway Commissioner Obdurate. Government Proposals Refused. Ultimatum to Members

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Mr. Johnson, Commissioner of Railways, to-day issued a notification to the strikers at Darling Harbour that goods porters and any…

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Counterfeit Tram Tickets

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 10 April 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday— Two tram guards, Humphrey (25) and Euleston (29) have been arrested. The police found a plant for printing tram tickets, with…

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A Fettler's Fate. Killed by a Train. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

James Ford, a fettler, while travelling on a tricycle, was overtaken by a goods train near Glen Innes and killed…

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North Coast Railway Extension

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

Particulars concerning the work of constructing the portion of the North Coast Railway between Taree and Grafton are as follows:—Fourth…

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The Railway Strike

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

At a mass meeting of the strikers to consider the proposals of the Government regarding the Royal Commission, it was agreed to accept…

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Motor Bandits. Prisoner's Dramatic Suicide

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 3

Lacombe, the motor bandit, who committed suicide in La Sante (Paris) prison, was taking exercise in the yard and seizing the…

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Late Wires. Railway Strike Settled. Government's Offer Accepted. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 5

The railway strike is over. The porters accepted the offer of the Government to grant a Royal Commission. The shunters have already…

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Pineapples v. Cows. " the Road to Fortune."

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 3

A correspondent to a Sydney paper writing from Nambour (Q.) thinks there is more money in pineapples than in paspalum and…

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Dorrigo Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

MR. BRINER, M.L.A., has been officially informed:—With reference to a communication under date 10th instant, received from the Dorrigo…

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North Coast Railway Extension

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

PARTICULARS concerning the work of constructing the portion of the North Coast Railway between Taree and Grafton are as follows:…

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Glenreagh-Dorrigo Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 6

A further c[?] has been received from Mr. Briner as follows:— Public Works Department,…

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Motor Figures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 3

The registration motor figures for 1911 and 1312 for the State afford interesting reading. They are as follow:—…

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Tramway Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Industrial matters at Broken Hill remain indefinite: The mines are closing down. The Citizens Committee passed a…

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