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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

241 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 13

The Railway Trouble. Manning Shire Council Takes Action

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 5

At the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday the standing orders were suspended to enable the president to submit a resolution…

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Coopernook Railway Telephone

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways writes to Mr. Thomson. M.H.R:—Sir.—"With reference to your letter of the 3rd instant regarding the request of the…

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The Railway Strike

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 4

LIKE every other center of N.S.W. the Manning district is already feeling the pich of the railway strike It takes an industrial upheaval, such…

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Queensland Railway Strike Whole Northern Staff Out

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 5

There has been a complete extension of the strike to the Etheridge and Mount Garnet systems. Practically all the northern men are now all strike…

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Railway Strike. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 5

No fresh developments in connection with the Railway Strike. Tramway employees endorsed Executives action…

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Fair Train Service Maintained

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

The train service is equal to yesterday…

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Interference with Train Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

The North-West mail train from Sydney arrived at West Maitland about 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, and whilst it was at the station…

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The Strike. Improved Train Service. More Workmen Return to Work Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

Sixty-one business trains arrived at the central station this morning, being only 34 less than in normal times. There is every…

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How to Double Mental Efficiency. Train Your Left Hand to Do All That Your Right Does

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 2

To the great majority of people, brain development is a process dependent on study. The fact that it also depends on physical exercise…

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The Railway Strike. the Trouble Spreading. Outlook Very Ominous, Industry Paralysed. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 4

The railway strikers now number 10,000. The signallers, shunters, guards, and fettlers are all called out. The strikers' executive is sitting, and…

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Local Railway Matters

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 4

MESSRS. ROBINSON, Ware, and Wallis (of the local railway staff) have been called to Newcastle, and left for that city on Thursday morning. Mr. P…

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Railway Strike. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 5

Steps are being taken to convene the Federal executives of all unions concerned in the strike, with the object of consolidating the fores of unionism…

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The Railway Strike. Public Meeting at Wingham

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 5

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Ald. E. McC. S. Hill), was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday night last, the object of which…

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Railways That War Has Made

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 2

Describing the supply organisation behind the French front,, Mr. J. A. Spender, in the "Westminster Gazette," says the railhead supply…

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Railway Strike. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 3

Late on Saturday night E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., A. C. Willis, and Claude Thompson, strike leeaders, were arrested under warrants authorised by the…

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Motor Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 4

Saturday evening last a nine-year old boy, L. Donnelly. son of Mrs. Donnelly, of East Kempsey, was knocked down and run over in…

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Dubbo-werris Creek Railway

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

Mr. Price asked the Acting Premier, —In view of the fact that the concensus of opinion amongst departmental engineers and the official reports…

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An Exciting Chase. Hunting the Coyote in a Motor Car. Five Miles of Cross Country Driving

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

Coyote chasing is rapidly becoming a favourite outdoor spent with a number of Dodge Brothers owners in North-western Canada. Several letters, telling of the…

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Dubbo-werris Creek Railway

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

Mr. Price asked the Acting Premier:—In view of the fact that the consensus of opinion amongst departmental engineers and the official…

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The Dubbo-werris Creek Railway

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 4

In another column will be seen a clipping from "Hansard" of 14th instant on this matter which, if the English language means anything, shows in the answer given by the Acting Premier that the political curses of Mr. Price's opponents at last election,…

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