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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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New Railway Rates

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

NEW by-laws framed by the Chief Railway Commissioner are published in the New South Wales "Government Gazette". They deal with stock, fodder…

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Railway Receipts

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

The passenger traffic receipts of the New South Wales railways increased by 42 per cent. in four years…

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Railway Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

Early on Wednesday morning a line of carriages which were being shunted at the Central Railway Station gathered too much way and crashed into some…

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Railway Accidents

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 2

An official inquiry into the railway accident at Katoomba resulted in finding that a stone was placed on the line by some children…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by contributors.] Proposed Railway Extension. (To the editor Inverell TIMES.)

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 8

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me space in your valued columns in reference to a direct line of railway to Byron Bay from Inverell, which I maintain is the…

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Coff's Harbor to Dorrigo Railway. (To Editor of the "Chronicle.")

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly allow mc to say a few words on the above railway. Being one of the [?]ime movers, in having this [?]…

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China and Railway Construction

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 7

Great Britain has intimated to China that she must consult Russia and Japan before entering into arrangements for the construction…

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Railway Smash

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 7

A railway smash occured at the Sydney Railway Station on Wednesday morning, with the result that an upholsterer, a railway…

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Motor Service to the Wombeyan Caves

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 6

At the instigation of the Government Tourist Bureau another important resort has been brought into quick touch with the railway by motor. Twice…

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Railway Picnic

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employees (between Moonbi and Wallangarra) will be held next Saturday at the Uralla showground A…

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North Coast Railway

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

DURING his recent visit to the Richmond Mr. M'Gowen is made to say, in referring to the Casino Kyogle railway, that he carried a resolution in…

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The Mono-Rail Train. the Invention in England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 7

Mr. Brennan, the inventor of the monro-rail gyroscopic train, demonstrations of the usefulness of which were described in this…

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Guyra Railway League

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held od Wednesday evening in the Pavilion at the conclusion of the P. A. and H. Society's Committee meeting, when…

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Railway Duplication

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1910 · page 7

The question of the duplication of the main trunk lines of railway becomes more and more pressing every day. The diStricts Which are…

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Railway Duplication

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 2

The question of the duplication of the main trunk lines of railway becomes more and more pressing every day. The districts which are served by the…

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Mail Train Delayed

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

The express train from Brisbane was over two hours late on Saturday night. She was running up to schedule time, when about a mile or so…

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Local and General. Glen innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

In the course of his speech on Thursday evening, the Hon. Alfred Deakin, in incidentally referring to the need of railway communication…

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Motor Cycle Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 7

Geo. Smith v. Herbert Smythe, claim; £50 damages, caused through being run over by a motor cycle, ridden by defendant…

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The Dorrigo Railway. (To Editor of the "Chronicle.")

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

Sir,—The evidence laid before Parliament and Government by the Public Works Committee, after a long and exhaustive inquiry, must…

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Tramway men in Revolt, LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

Seven thousand tramway men at Philadelphia struck work at an hour's notice, alleging as their reason for so doing the unfair dismissal of 700 of…

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