Tramway Extension
Whilst in Sydney yesterday, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., interviewed Mr. Arthur Griffith, Minister of Works, in regard to the proposed extension of the tramway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Cost of Railway Construction Labourers' Wages
Giving evidence before the General Labourers' Wages Board in Sydney, Mr. J. D. Simpson, a member of the firm of Carson, Carey, & Simpson, said he had 27 years' experience…
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It is officially announced that arrangements have been completed between the Railway Commissioners and contractors for the first section of the north coast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decapitated by a Train
The body of Alfred Nicholson, about 37 yours of age, was round lying by the side of the railway line near Frankston (Vie.) on Monday morning. Though the head…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local. News. Cockfighter Creek Bridge
The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of Messrs Murphy and Taylor (Morpeth) for the construction of a composite truss bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway. First Section Nearly Ready
The contractors for the first section of the North Coast Railway, Maitland to Dungog, expect to be able to hand over the line to the department within a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Long Bridge Footway
At its lost meeting the council of the municipality of West Maitland adopted a recommendation from the Works Committee that the public Works Department be asked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That Special Train
There has been a great deal of speculation as to whether a special train will run between Newcastle and Dungog, on the second day of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repairs to a Bridge
The fine iron bridge that spans the Hunter at the northern boundary of the municipality and gives a ready means of access to the town to residents of Kayuga and Wybong is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Railway Contractors
Messrs. H. Teasdale Smith and J. Timms, of the contracting firm of Smith and Timms, arrived from Melbourne by the express on Friday (says the "Register" Adelaide, of…
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Macleay "Argus" reckons the North Coast railway is as good as completed. The electorates between the Manning and the Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Work Still Going On
Within a month or six weeks (says the "Mercury) the contractors for the first section of the North Coast railway, connecting Maitland…
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Work on the Gloucester-Taree section of the North Coast railway is rapidly proceeding. Bridges over Rocky Falls, Charity Crude, have…
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Giving evidence before the General Laborers' Wages Board in Sydney, Mr. J. D. Simpson, a member of the firm of Carson, Carey, &. Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Increasing Motors
Everyone, remarks a writer in the "Westminster Gazette." knows the extraordinary increase in the number of motor-cars in this country. But it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Down with Motor-cars!
Mr. Xenophon Brump, of Sophronisba county, Illinois (says "Motoring Illustrated") announces himself as candidate for the Presidency of the United States upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane's Military Uses
In our last issue we published a telegram the effect that Mr Hammond the aviator, had made a successful flight from Ascot to the encampment at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train for Dungog Show
Negotiations for the running of a train from Maitland to Dungog in connection with the annual exhibition of the Durham Agricultural and Horticultural Association have been going…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mawson's Antarctic Exhibition. Dogs and Aeroplane. London. Monday afternoon
The Danish Government is is purchasing fifty Greenland dogs on behalf of Dr. Mawson, to be sent direct to Australia. Dr. Mawson is taking an aeroplane, selected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Aeroplane Inventor. Big Anticipations. (By Cable). New York
Lieutenant Harrison, of the United States Army, is the inventor of an allmetal aeroplane, with aluminium and steel girders, by which it Is claimed a…
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