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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

684 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 35

Late Wires Assault in a Train. an Extraordinary Affair Woman Battered by a Strange Man: Fremantle, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Minnie Thomas, a married woman, left Fremantle for Perth early yesterday evening, for the purpose of going with a friend to an entertainment…

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Floods Up North. Railway Traffic Blocked Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Extensive damage has been caused by floods on the Cloncurry Mount Cuthbert line. Heavy rain in the Cairns district…

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Tram to Yamba

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 2

"In reply to your letter of the 2nd inst., forwarding a resolution passed by the Clarence River District Conference, urging the construction of…

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Late Cables. French Railway Disasters. London Express Wrecked. One Man Killed. Paris, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

Owing to the frost interfering with the working of the railway signals, the Paris-London express, crowded with English passengers, collided with…

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Railway Carriage Horror

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In an interview John Starchfield, the newsvendor, whose six-year-old boy Willie was found strangled under the seat of a railway…

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Am[?] Train Smash. London

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

Five were killed and 20 injured in a smash between a passenger and a [?]ght [?] in Michigan, U.S.A. There are still several under the…

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Dublin Railway Strike. Declared Off. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 3

The Dublin railway strike is off. 460 strikers marched to the railway workshops and offered themselves for re-employment, but the authorities were unable to…

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Timber Eor Railway Sleepers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Giving evidence to-day before the Common wealth Timber Commission, Mr. Fraser, Acting Commissioner of Railways, said that if…

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Railway Returns

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

The quarterly railway returns, just published, are a straw which shows the way the wind is blowing. There is an incrcaso of £235,000 in the revenue from railways, and one of £41,000…

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Another Tram Sensation. Attempted Assault on Girl. Fremantle, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 5

The recent railway sensation between Porth and Fremantle, when Mrs. Minnie Thomas was almost battered to death by a stranger, who…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. Watt, chairman of directors, presided over the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., held in Sydney on Wednesday,…

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Man Mangled. Dreadful Railway Fatality Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 3

A shocking railway accident oc[?]rred at Redfern station this morning George Ford, a railway lab[?]er, was working on the line at the…

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Motor Boat Championship

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 7

Nautilus II. (Vic.) won the Australasian motor boat championship. The only other competitor was Meteor II. (late Kangaroo), the New South Wales defender of the title…

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The City Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The rejection of the City Railway Bill by the Legislative Council last year has not deterred the Minister for Works from proceeding with…

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Main Roads Vote. Orara Shire's Share

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of Orara Shire Council, the Main Roads Vote came on for perusal. The department forwarded £500…

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Random Readings. a Train Seven Years Late!

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

On the authority of an American correspondent, the "Railway Mag[?] ins" records the story of a train which reached its destination more than…

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March of the Motor

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

A complete census of the world's motor vehicles was compiled for the first time. United States leads in their oparation. America…

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The North Coast Railway

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Works will shortly decide, wires the member for Raleigh, the important matter of immediately completing the…

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North Coast Railway. Meeting to Urge Completion. Mayor of Kempsey Attacks the Line. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

A meeting of business men, graziers and farmers was held at Kempsey to urge the immediate completion of the North Coast railway…

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Britain's Motors. Stupendous Figures. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 3

There are now 440,000 motorcars of all kinds running in Great Britain, their total value being 55 million pounds. The sum of twenty…

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