North Shore Bridge. Bill Rejected by Council. Discharged From Business-paper. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 5
In the Legislative Council the third reading of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Bill was defeated by 16 to 13. A motion by Sir Thomas Hughes that the Bill be discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Sydney, Wednesday. the Railway Bill
Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 4
In the Assembly on Tuesday the Railway Bill was read a second time and committed pro forma. It will not be further proceeded with this session…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breakaway Train. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 3
A remarkable breakaway train, with 300 tons of rails, occurred at Polona deviation works. Trucks were uncoupled from the engine owing to a defect in the air brakes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. Gratuities to Railway Servants. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 3
In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Haynes asked the Premier had he had an opportunity of dealing with matter Mr. Allen brought before him recently, regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Manufacturing Success. Dodge Brothers Motor Car. Highest Standard Throughout
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2
A few months age the Dodge Brothers Motor Car was almost unknown in the Australian markets To day the name is becoming a household word among…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dorrigo Railway
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 2
Rumored this week that a gang of men will arrive in Dorrigo at an early date to commence work on this end of the Glenreagh-Dorrigo railway, We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling and Motoring Notes
Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 6
The development of the art of repairing motor- car parts is based on the highly- interacting chemical fact that acetylene gas, when [?] in a stream of oxygen, produces heat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trying Experience of Works Officials. Long Midnight Tramp. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3
Mr. Davis, Inspector-General of Public Works, and Mr. De Burgh, Engineer-in-Chief, had a trying experience in the Inverell district. The car became bogged in attempting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interstate Railway. Kyogle-beaudesert Line Favoured. Evidence in Sydney. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3
The Queensland Public Works Committee sat in Parliament House to take evidence on the proposed railway extending from Kyogle to Beaudesert. The chairman, Mr. Gillies,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Servians on Greek Railways. Athens
Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3
The British Minister, interviewed by a representative of "Nea Hellas," said had Greece properly watched her own waters and coast, the need for transporting Servian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Balkans. Acute Situation at Athens. Serbs Must Not Use Greek Railway. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 3
An Athens message states that the situation there is becoming acute. The press state that resistance will be offered should the Serbian troops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Raid on Constantinople. London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 5
A Turkish message states that two aeroplanes, which ascended from the Dardanelles, flew over Constantinople, and dropped incendiary bombs on two villages without doing harm. It adds, "Our guns drove them off." Farther particulars of the raid on Constantinople show that bombs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by a Train
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 1
Corporal Joseph Coyle, aged 32, son of Mr. D. Coyle, formerly of Grafton and Coff's Harbor, and now of the Dorrigo was run over by a train in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North Shore Bridge Bill
Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 7
Referring to the action of the Legislative Council in vetoing the above measure, the "S.M. Herald" writes:-- "In a straight-out vote on a clear issue the Legislative Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carnival Motor Car
Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 4
The Overland motor car which was the principal prize in connection with the big art union at the Richmond-Tweed Commercial Travellers' Carnival last May, and which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italy and Austria. Rival Raids. Austrian Aeroplane Downed. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 5
A Rome message says three French seaplanes escorted Italian torpedo boats to effectively bombard the Austrian military position in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Mishap. Melbourne Traffic Disorganised. Melbourne
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 2
The derailment of two carriages at Spencer Street Railway Station (one of Melbourne's two city stations) yesterday caused considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Work. Amsterdam
Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 3
An aeroplane from the south-east dropped two bombs on the suburbs of Sofia, and also pamphlets telling of the fall of Erzeroum and Trebizond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beaudesert-kyogle Railway
Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 2
The Queensland Royal Commision on Public Works are expected to leave Lismore at 9.55 a.m. to-day for Grafton, where they will arrive at 4.15. Evidence will be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Record. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 5
H. Parsons broken the world's motor-cycling record for 100 miles at Melbourne to-day by covering the distance in 97min…
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