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Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Railway Work Stopped. Norton-Griffiths Men Paid Off

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 4

Deviation work at Marrangaroo, under the direction of Norton-Griffths, has been slopped and the workmen paid off…

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Big Produce Prices. "John Bridge" Clearance

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 7

We learn from John Bridge and Co. that, with the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday period, the comparative quietude of…

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Correspondence. Our Fearful Roads. to the Editors of the ARMlDALE EXPRESS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

Gentlemen, — Will you grant me a little space in the columns of your widely circulated journal to draw attention to the awful condition of…

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The Longest Railway Tunnel in America

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

ONE of the most notable railway engineering feats of the moment is in active progress in Western Canada. This is the boring of a tunnel 26,400ft. in…

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Big Produce Prices. "John Bridge" Clearances

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

We learn from John Bridge & Co, that, with the passing of the Christmas and New Year holiday period, the comparative quietude of the market has…

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Bush Dangers. Motor Car Party Bogged

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. Andrews Glenn, of North Yathong station, Jerilderie, with three others, had a fearful experience last week on the plains between Oxley…

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Motorists' Experience

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 6

Messrs Alex Jewell and J. Walsh had an unenviable experience during their recent attempt on the SydneyBrisbane motor-car record They ran…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. New Channel

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 3

At a con[?]net of the expulsion [?] of John Bridge [?] Co. from [?] Sydney Wool Selling Rookers' Associa[?] market reports, and…

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Railway Returns

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Stationmaster Dawson has [?]ly supplied be with the following turns for January Passenger [?] issued, [?] passenger revenue [?]…

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Road Tenders

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

At the Macintyre Shire Council meeting on Saturday last, the lender of Frederick Bakon, at £248, was accepted for work on road Elsmore…

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Special Race Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

A special train will run from Glen Innes to Armidale on Cup Day (tomorrow. Wednesday). It is timed to leave Glen Innes at 10 a.m., and will…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. New Channel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

As a consequence of the expulsion, recently, of John Bridge and C[?]. fro[?] the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association, the firm's market reports…

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The Road to the War. With the British Army in Franco, Thursday, Nov. 20

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

Although the war is loot a place but a condition not a spot on the mop but an epoch in the history of mankind, nevertheless by mast of us it…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. in the "Stock and Station Journal."

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 7

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association having recently expelled John Bridge & Co., Ltd., without assigning any specific reason therefor,…

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Railway Men. Marriage Certificates Called For

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

The unrest among a section of the railway workers, it is alleged, has been aggravated by an officially issued notice calling for the employees' marriage…

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The Railways. Commissioner In Quandary

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner told a deputation, that the Railway Department was face to face with a situation which was causing much concern. If…

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"John Bridge" Trade Reports. New Channel

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 6

As a consequence of the expulsion, recently, of John Bridge & Co. from the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, the firm's market…

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The Man Who Made Motor Tyres Possible

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4

Many old time experimenters and inventors would be geatly surprised if they came to life and saw the extent to which their discoveries have become a…

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Motor Bike Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 5

On Monday afternoon Mr. A. Love, lock [?] some what serious accident off his motor bike. He was riding along Grey street and when…

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