Canada's Splendid Help. 3000 Miles of Railways. Sydney
Mr Frank Coffee, who recently returned to Sydney from America, says Canada is tearing up her railway lines and sleepers from one end of canada…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,025 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 52
Motor Accident. Driver Committed for Trial. Sydney
An inquest concerning the death of Arthur Murray, a soldier who died from injuries received in a motor car accident, was held to-day, when Henry…
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Mr. Alex. Jewell, driving a Studebaker Six, recently succeeded in lowering the Sydney to Brisbane road record by 4 hours 32 minutes. The performance was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Works. Outlook Brighter. Tuesday's Sallet: 156 to 116 to Faw[?] of Werk Sequof to Revolver Shot
The outlook on the Kighth Section of the railway works is decidedly brighter. To say that the trouble is over is altogether too…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Explosion. Two Men Slightly Injured. Adelaide
A violent explosion occurred at North Terrace railway yards, Adelaide, at a generating house which supplies gas for car sheds. The fire developed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Progress
It is satisfactory to report progress in regard to the North Coast railway on the Wauchope-Kempsey section. Two or three shiploads of rails have arrived, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Front. Aeroplane Work. London
French aeroplanes heavily bombarded cantonments and railways at Appily and Terniers, also munition works at Thionville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by a Train. Determined Suicide. Sydney
When the mail train was approaching Albury at noon yesterday the driver saw a man lift his hands up and throw himself across the rails on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deliberate Suicide. Man Throws Himself Under Mail Train. Albury
When the mail train was approaching Albury at noon yesterday, the engine-driver noticed a man leaning against a post near the level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Suggestion. Aeroplane Mail Carrying Turned Down. Melbourne
The Postmaster-General states that the proposal to convey mails by aeroplane is financially impossible. The project reviewed was from Lismore to…
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WE do not like intruding in the affairs of shire councils other than our own; but we think there are occasions when circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Capsizes
A serious motor car accident, occurred about 9.30 on Thursday night, on the Lower Casino road, eight miles from Casino. The car, owned and driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News of the World. Aeroplane Work. German Aeroplanes Suffer. London
The Admiralty reports that naval aeroplanes attacked the aerodrome at Ghistelles on Friday and a large number of bombs reached their objective. All…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling
A meeting of the Grafton District Motor Cycle Club was held on Saturday night, when amongst other business, it was decided to hold a twenty-mile speed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mails by Aeroplane -- Too Costly
Mr. Webster, Postmaster-General has made inquiries into the practicability of conveying mails by aeroplanes, but in view of the financial and other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Open Door. Child Killed on Railway. Sydney
Just after the Sydney express steamed out of the station at Seymour, Vic., on Saturday, Ian McRae, 4½ years of age, fell out of a carriage and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railways. Commissioners Facing Trouble. Sydney
The Chief Railway Commissioner told a deputation that the Railway Department was face to face with a situation which was causing much…
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Mr. Alick Jewell, with his famous record-breaking Studebaker, established a further record yesterday afternoon. Mr. George Bozicques, of Lismore, received an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overcrowding of Motor Cars
During the Hon. Geo. Fuller's recent visit to Lismore, the committee of the Chamber of Commerce brought under his notice the overcrowding of motor cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prom Cairo. Turks Constructing New Railway. London
Reuter's Cairo correspondent says it is understood the Turks pulled up two of their railways in accordance with German orders and are constructing another…
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