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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Raleigh Railway Station Telephone

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

The following, letter, dated 2nd January, 1918, from the secretary of the Railway Commissioners, has been addressed to the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce…

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Railway to Deepwater at Raleigh

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M. L. A., has received the following letter, dated 11th January, 1918, from the Acting Under-Secretary for Public Works:—"Referring to your…

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Kempsey Railway Returns

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

We are maebted to Mr. Connnell, stationmaster, for the following returns of Kempsey's railway since it was officially opened on November 29 up to the end of the…

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Railway Men's Wages. Increase in the West. Perth

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The minimum wage of railway men, has been fixed at 97 daily. Increases were granted to all classes…

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Megan Bridge

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Cudbird, Dorrigo Shire's Engineer, was in town during the present week. He informed us that the bridge over Wild Cattle Creek, swept away by the…

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Train Derailed. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 9

A German leave train near Kirn was derailed owing to the collapse, of an embankrment, and some persons were killed or wounded…

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Opposition Across the Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 8

A novel scheme has been prepared by the Kensington Pony Club to secure additional patronage for its race meeting on Saturday, January 26…

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Proposal to Widen a Road

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 6

A matter that has occupied the attention of Macleay Shire Council for more than one meeting during the past year or two, namely the proposal to resume a part…

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Dorrigo Railway League

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the above league was held in the local School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last when there was a fair and representative…

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A Motor Car Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 9

James Milne Stewart was before the Police Court, charged with having set fire to a motor car in Sandgate road, Virginia, Queensland, in October last…

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Coff's Jetty to Coramba Road a Grant of £1500

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., who has persistently urged the Government to honour the promise made by Mr. J. H. Cann, when he was Minister for…

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Serious Motor Smash. Returned Soldiers' Miraculous Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

While endeavoring to avoid a collision with at tram at Woollahra yesterday a motor car containing four returned soldiers, who are inmates of Randwick…

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English Railway Smash. 6 KILLED; 20 Injured. London, Sydney Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 2

The Midland Express, from London, ran into a landslide at Lazonby. The engine overturned and carriages were telescoped. Six persons were killed…

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Across Australia. on the East-west Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

Mr. F. Mettam, a Western Australian visitor, gives interesting particulars of his trip from Perth to Sydney by the transcontinental railway…

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Trying to Check Famine Railway Services Diverted. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

The Russian People's Commissaries announce the stoppage of the main line passenger trains on numerous railways from January 20 to February…

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Railways Disorganised. Drastic Steps to Restore Order. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 3

The Russian People's commissaries say that the food communications have been interfered with by disorders and excesses at railway stations by…

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American Railway Control. Washington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

The Railway Control Board is asking authority for a ten billion dollars bond issue, and will extend the Government control to canals and inland waterways if…

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Railway Accident. Three Persons Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

An express train from St. Pancras station collided with a landslide fifteen miles from Carlisle. Two carriages were smashed. Three persons were filled and twenty…

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East-west Railway

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. F. Mettam, a West Australian, at present visiting Sydney, gives the following interesting particulars of his trip from Perth to Sydney, by the…

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Alleged Stealing. of Railway Property. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 5

Two railway employees, Fredrick Mepstead and Joseph Walton, were committed for trail on a charge of stealing property belonging to the Railway Commissioners…

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