North Coast Railway. Port Macquarie
Word has been received by the engineer of the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast railway to put men on again in place of those discharged last week…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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Fatal Railway Accident
A shocking fatality occurred on the Greta company's railway this morning, at about 10.45 o'clock, the victim being John Mclnerney, a very old and respected resident…
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So far the levitated railway, In, which the train runs not on rails but in the air, so to speak, exists only in model, and it may turn out to be of no practical value. If…
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Early this week intimation was received that progress in connection with the construction of the North Coast railway line would be retarded, owing to the removal of a large body of men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring in Morocco. a Brush with Brigands. Tangier
Brigands held up a motor car conveying ten persons near Vjudn and murdered four persons and wounded others. One of the brigands was killed…
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A steamer succeeded in landing at Belfast 300 rifles and 10,000 cartridges. The rifles were shipped as motor - car parts, and the cartridges were concealed in motor tyres. A portion of the…
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London, Sunday.—An air race from London to Paris and back, for a prize of £1000; was won by Brock, an Ameerican, who covered the 508 mies in 423…
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The bridige at Payne's Crossing, on the road from Broke to Wollombi, is now completed, and the road is again open for traffic. Owing to this work,…
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At the Post Augusta end of the trans-Australian railway 95 miles of ralls have already been laid, and that section of the lips was thrown open to limited traffic three months…
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Suffragists burned the railway station at Blaby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Day Labour. Railway Commissioners' Choice
Referring to the finances, the Premier said the lingering thought still remained in the minds of many critics that money was being thrown away by the adoption of the day labour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Railway
The Minister of Works staled definitely to-day that a Hill to authorise the construction of the city railway will be introduced during the current session of Parliament…
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The work of tar-metalling the deck of the Long Bridge, it seems, cannot be commenced until the the beginning of September, owing to the uncertainty of the, weather. In the meantime…
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A young man made an attempt to board the 11.20 train for Homebush on Saturday night at the Central Railway Station. Sydney, as it was moving out, but slipped between the train and…
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A shocking fatality occurred on the East Greta Company's railway on Monday morning, at about 10-45 o'clock, the victim being John McInerney, a very old and…
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We are informed that nearly all the gangs employed on the Muswellbrook Merriwa railway, beyond Denman, have been knocked off and provided with free passes and…
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Progress is being made with the local scheme of railway improvements, and it is expected that a start will shortly be ninde with the rearrangement of the shunting…
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Lieutenant-colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., has received, an official communication from the Director-General of Public Works, which stales:—"With reference, to the letter of the…
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Percy Burns, a young cleaner, employed at the Hamilton locomotive sheds, met with a serious accident yesterday, which necessitated the amputation of his right foot. Burns had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway. Merriwa
On that portion of the Muswellbrook-Merriwa railway now in couse of construction from Denman to Merriwa, 130 men are employed in clearing, excavating…
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