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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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'John Bridge'-- Directors' Report Higher Selling Charges Reference to Firm's Expulsion

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 2

There has come to hand from John Bridge & Co. Ltd. aa advance copy of the director's report and balance-sheet for the year ending 31st March, 1917…

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Local and General News Motor Car Lights

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5

Owing to many motor car being provided with rear lights which are not of sufficient power to show the numberplate, it has been decided to amend…

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Railway Commissioners at [?]Er

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5

A large and infla[?]tial fathering of past[?] and leading men in the Deepw[?] formed a deputation and waited in the Railway…

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Shires' Conference. Improving the Roads

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

The annual conference of the Shires' Association was opened in Sydney on Tuesday. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local Government, in…

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Shots at a Passing Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

WHEN the goods train from Geelong to Ararat (Vic.) was passing acrots the bridge about half a mile on the Geelong side of Inverleigh, at…

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Australian's Siege Train. Recollections of Suvla

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 7

To a large extent the work of the Siege Train which left Australia in May. 1915. has lost its identity among the many great happenings of the war;…

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"John Bridge" Directors' Report. Higher Selling Charges. Reference to Firm's Expulsion

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

There has come to hand from John Bridge & Co, Ltd., and advance copy of the directors' report and balancesheet for the year ending 31st March,…

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"John Bridge" Directors' Report. Higher Selling Charges! Reference to Firm's Expulsion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 8

There has come to hand from John Bridge & Co. Ltd. an advance copy of the directors' report and balancesheet for the year ending 31st…

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Published in a Motor Oar

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

The newspaper "Libre Belgique," which, in spite of all the vigilance of the German authorities continues to be published in Brussels, issued a…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit. Two Local Rej-uests Turned Down

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. J. Fraser, chief, and H. Fox and J. H. Cann, assistants), with their stall visited Armidale on Monday morning…

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Railway to Kempsey

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday. — The Works Department is concentrating its efforts in railway construction on the completion of the North Coast line, as far as Kempsey…

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Scheme for Road Improvement

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 5

Mr. Fitzgerald, addressing the Local Government Engineers' Conference in Sydney this week outlined a scheme by which his department in…

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Railway Works

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 4

The Minister for Works explains that the stoppage of the Norton-Griffiths transferred works is only temporary, and designed in order to take…

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"John Bridge" Directors' Report. Higher Selling Prices. Reference to Firm's Expulsion

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

There has come to hand from John Bridge & Co. Ltd., an advance copy of the directors report and balance sheet for the year ending 31st March, 1917. From it…

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Remarkable Motor Smash

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 3

An extraordinary motor accident, which, fortunately, was not attended with serious physical injury, occurred on the Armidale-road shortly after 4…

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Peculiar Motor Smash. Car Breaks Into Cottage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

AN exraordinary motor accident, which fortunately was Dot attended with serious physical injury, occurred on the Armidale-road shortly after 4…

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Trans-continental Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 4

The Trans-Continental Railway will be officially opened early in September. The ceremony will take place on the railway about 200 miles west of Port…

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Railway Valedictory. Send-off to Station-master

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 8

Mr. R. Tooth, who has been stationmaster at Armidale for nearly six years, was entertained by a representative gathering of railway men at the City…

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Motor Accident

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Jim Shearston, of Ashford, met with a rather sensational motor accident on Wednesday afternoon which fortunately ended without any serious…

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John Bridge Report

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 6

WOOL:—After an interval given over to the Brisbane market, appraisements will be resumed in Sydney on Monday, the 14th, which is the date…

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