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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Late Cables. Sensational Train Robbery. Bandits Beat the Police. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 5

A special train was held up at Springfield, Illinois, by two masked robbers, who forced the train men to uncouple the engine, tender and…

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The Railway Loan

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 2

A leading form of contractors and financiers has offered to build the Government £3,000,000 worth of public works for a fee of 5 per cent,…

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Railway Matters

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 2

The bridge building gang at Boambee have completed their work of erecting the steel bridge in readiness for rivetting. They have…

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Railway Workers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation front the Transport Workers' Federation asked the Treasurer to urge the amendment of the Railway Appeal Boards…

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Raising Railway Fares. Public Indignation. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1913 · page 3

It is understood that from July 1 all railway fares will be increased by 20 per cent. Mr. Johnson's proposal is severely…

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Public Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

The Hon. F. Flowers, M.L.C., has been officially informed:—I am directed by the Honorable Arthur Griffith to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, regarding the…

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North Shore Bridge. Scheme Condemned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At Inverell, a public meeting, called by the Mayor, was held for the purpose of objecting to the construction of the North Shore bridge…

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The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1859. Grafton: Tuesday, 24[?] JUNE, 1913. the Sydney Bridge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

The Public Works Committee has recommended that the shores of Sydney Harbour be bridged. Some time ago a tunnel, was advised, but the Committee…

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Glenreagh-Dorrigo Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially inform[?]as follows:—With reference to the letter, dated 29th ultimo, presented by you from the South Grafton Progress Association (Mr…

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The Railway Tangle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. G.S.Bebby writed:—considering the railway problem we cannot avoid Inquiring, into the whole question of management. The unexpected development of the State and the…

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Mangled by a Train. Woman's Dreadful Death. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 3

Mrs. Christie Hale, living at Artarmon, on the North Sydney line, was crossing the rails at Ryde Station last night when she was…

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Railway Collision. No One Injured. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 2

A railway collision occurred near Walcha Road on the main northern line last night. A goods train, bound north, had…

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The Sydney Bridge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A resident of the North Shore, in a letter in the morning paper, says, "The speeches at Inverell public meeting in opposition to the bridge…

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Railway Construction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of the Executive of the United Labourers and Railway Workers' Association passed a resolution approving of the Minister for…

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Railway Increases

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The proposed increases in the railway lares and freights, will affect season tickets, workmen's, tickets, and rates on merchandise. All…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

For the past thirty years the question of bridging Sydney Harbor, between Dawes and Milson's Points, has been the subject of much debate…

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Increased Railway Rates the Cabinet's Decision. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. Holman stated last night that the Cabinet had agreed to Mr. Johnson's (Chief Railway Commissioner) proposals for the increases of fares…

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The Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 2

THE roads throughout the length aud breadth of this water-washed district are now in a frightful condition of disorder, and, in many…

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When the Railway Came

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 4

THE railway was going to make a great plate of Comeandfetchit It was coming — sure. It had been coming as long as the oldest…

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Hanging Up the Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 2

Operations in connection with the ninth section of the North Coast railway, from South Grafton to Glenreagh, were so far advanced…

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