Coast Tableland Railway
Giving evidence before the Public Works Committee at Tenterfield on the Inverellmain line connection, Mr. C. A. Lee, M.L.A. said:—I can unhesitatingly say…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
684 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 35
Railway Workers' Conference
The annual Conference spent three hours on Friday in discussing the question of withdrawing from affiliation with the Political Labour League. Finally it was decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Leader's Son Killed. Brought Down in Aeroplane. London, Wednesday Night
A German aviator, who was brought down and killed at Amiens a few days ago, was a son of General Falkenhayn, who succeeded Von Moltke as Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rigorous Railway Retrenchment. Shortening Staffs and Services. Sydney, Thursday Night
The Railway Department contemplates a rigorous retrenchment. It is stated that there was a shortage two weeks ago of £20.000 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interesting to Car Owners. Coffs Harbor Motorist Charged
A case of considerable interest to motorists was heard at the Uranga Police Court, on Friday last, before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M. Richard…
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A sensational story was told to the Sydney police by a taxi-driver, Thomas Lang, on Tuesday afternoon. He stated he was engaged by three men to take them to Bondi…
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As if to remind us that everything is not as yet rose-coloured, the Railway Commissioners announce that, owing to the falling-off in traffic occasioned by the drought and the…
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HISMORE, Monday.—Relative to the construction of railway communication to the Tableland, evidence was tendered the Public Works Coimnittee by Richard Vowell, Public…
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A correspondent writes:—"I see that the people of Grafton are complaining of the Government proposal to levy charges on the ferry service between South Grafton and Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clarence & Richmond Examiner. Established 1850. Grafton: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1915. Rival Railway Routes
The Public Works Commiittee are once moreon an official tour of the northern districts of-New South Wales; taking evidence on the rival railway routes, Inverell-Glen Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Automatic Road Builder
A self-propelled road-building machine has been tested abroad with results that are said to be highly satisfactory from the standpoints of ci…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Fatality. Guard Cut to Pieces
A shocking accident occurred at the Hawkesbury railway station on Sunday afternoon, when George. Quinn, guard of a stock train, was run over…
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Giving evidence at Casino before the P.W.C. on Saturday, Mr. J. R. McDougall is reported to have stated: As regards a deep sea port at Byron Bay, he considered that it would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. Railway Smash. Empty Stock Train Derailed. the Guard Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night
A railway smash occurred between Cowan Creek and Boronia South signal box, on the main Northern line, early this morning, when an engine,…
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The Germans blew up a bridge near Hasselt Canal, but omitted to notify the military authorities of the fact. A military food train consequently fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Back From Rabaul. Mining Trees and Roads. Bill for Champagne and Beer a £300,000,000 Island
"The farewell remarks of the ex- Governor of German New Guinea published this morning need to be taken with a grain of salt," remarked a…
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Just now a Commission of Inquiry into the suitability of the route from Glen Innes to Casino for the construction of a railway is sitting in towns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways. Quarterly Returns. Reductions in Existing Services
SYDNEY, Friday.—The quarterly returns issued by the Railway Commissioner show a decrease of £62,793 in the gross railway revenue and a decrease of £37,710 in working…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Directed by Motor Cars
Mr. Ingleby, M.P. for King's Lynn, says a Zeppelin hovered round Hunstanton [?] joining places for nearly an hour, appar[?] undecided what course to adopt. The…
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Giving evidence at Lismore, before the Public Works Committee, R. Vowell, District Works officer, stated that he had had 25 years' experience on the North Coast, and knew the…
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