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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

518 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 26

Five-Year-Old Motorist. No Number and No License

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 3

Owing to the differences with the police, Freddy Newman, aged five, the youngest motorist in the world, who owns a 1½ horse-power car, has…

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Rival Railway Routes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

An attempt is being made (says the Armidale "Argus") to cut Glen Innes clean out of the railway scramble. The Inverell-Guyra line is…

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Unrest Amongst Railway Employees

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

At the annual dinner of the Bathurst branch of the Engine Drivers. Firemen, and Cleaner Association, one speaker, referring to the…

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The Railway Survey

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

The surveyors who have the contract of surveying the proposed line of railway from Barraba via Bingara and Wariada towards the Queensland…

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Local Land Boards. Walcha Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

A SITTING of the local Land Board was held at Waleha Road on Thursday, before Mr. H. Hogarth (Chairman) and Mr. J. B. Fitzgerald, J.P., when the following cases were…

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Inverell-tableland Railway. (To the Editor the Times.)

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Sir,—In perusing the report of the meeting held at Inverell last Wednesday evening, to urge the Government to carry out the recommendation…

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Unrest in the Railway Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.— The discontent prevailing in the railway service was discussed at the annual dinner of the Bathurst branch of the Engine drivers, Firernen, and Cleaners'…

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Train Robbers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

A gang of international train robbers relieved the Maharajah of Alwar of jewels valued at £14,000, between Marseilles and Paris…

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Invercell-Grafton Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 3

Regarding the agitation for the line from Inverell to Grafton via Glen Innes, the improvement of the railway survey hence to Grafton is…

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Cycle and Motor Scouts

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 8

The appointment of BrigadierGeneral Gordon, C.B., to the position of Chief of General Staff of the Commonwealth Military Forces, will…

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Terrier Beats Train

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

"A good advertisement for the facilities of reaching Lithgow from Wallerawang by rail was given by a small dog this week" says a…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway. HOW £20,000 Annually Could Be Won

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 3

Sir,--In continuing a discussion in advocacy of railway communication from Glen Inner to our rich western interior I have no desire to…

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Railway Fatalaty. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

So[?] runaway trucks [?] the Month Torbane Tunnel, Lithgow, was responsible for the death of John O'Sullivan and terrible injuries…

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Engineers' Motor Cars

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

CANOBLAS Shire Council has unanimously carried the following motion; —'That in view of the need of a motor car for the use of the shire…

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Bridge Builders

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 4

The "dinwition grind" of this weak-a-day world did [?]ct, cause Mr. Mautiline more worry than the frequent recurrence of the question of…

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Railway Commissioners On Tour

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Harper, Assistant Commissioner, and staff paid their annual visit of inspection to…

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Rival Railway Routes

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 6

An attempt is being made (says the "Ar[?]idale Argus") to out Glen l[?]s clean out of the railway scramble. The Inverell-Ouyra line is coming into…

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Killed by a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A young roan, named Horace Langford, was run over by the Moree mail train at Maitland last night, and killed…

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Jessie-street Overhead Bridge. Chief Commissioner Deputationised

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 8

The time-honoured question of a bridge over the railway line in Jessiestreet again rose to the fore yesterday on the occasion of the Chief…

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Jessie Street Bridge. Special Meeting of Council

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 2

A special meeting of the Armidale Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday morning last, for the purpose of…

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