Joined Railway At Armidale 1909; Retired This Month
TENTERFIELD: A Tenterfield man who joined the staff of the local railway station in 1910, and who recalls being…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
863 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 44
Train Awash: Passengers Soaked
Passengers arriving in Glen Innes on the Diesel train service from Armidale on Saturday afternoon complained bitterly about the wet and uncomfortable conditions in both the rail coaches. One of the travellers said)…
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At the peak of Saturday night's flood the Severn River bridge about 4 miles from Ashford on the Bonshaw road was 25 feet under water…
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A grant of £3300 has been made to the Inverell Municipal Council under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act…
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MEXICO CITY, Monday: Rescue workers counted at I[?]st 63 dead in the burnt-out wreckage of two trams…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: A gunman fired into two trams at Hawthorne, a Melbourne suburb, last…
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MEXICO CITY, Monday.—Rescue workers counted at least 63 dead in the burnt-out wreckage of two trains which…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: Gunman fired into two trams at Hawthorn, a Melbourne suburb, on Sunday night…
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MEXICO CITY: Rescue workers counted at least 63 dead in the burnt-out wreckage of two trams which…
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The Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.H.R. has advised Armidale City Council that he will lake up with the Minister for…
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The steam train which was substituted for the diesel train on the Armidale - Tenterfield section…
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The diesel train which operates between Armidale and Glen Innes is back on the run again after being taken off and…
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A grant of £3300 has been made to the Inverell Municipal Council under the Commonwealth Ald Roads Act,…
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SYDNEY: Police have recovered a mailbag which they believe is the one which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extensive Road Damage Feared in Severn Shire
Considerable damage to roads and culverts in the Severn Shire as a result of the recent heavy rains, has been reported, the Shire Clerk (Mr. T. Rice) said to-day…
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Many roads throughout the Guyra Shire have deteriorated considerably because of the incessant rain that has fallen since February 15, the president of the Guyra Shire (Cr. Hudson) Raid on Tuesday…
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Mr. J. W. Lindsay, who has taken up duties as engineer to Uralla Shire, made a preliminary report to Friday's meeting of the Council. He said he planned to allocate each grader for a specific area so that each road would be graded at least once in every…
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Owing to heavy rains on Friday night and Saturday morning, 100 motor vehicles were held up at Llangothlin…
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"I would like to see more publicity given to the work of the Road Safety Council in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Glen Innes Roads to Be Sealed Next Week
The bituminous surfacing of important Mads in the Glen Innes district would be started next week, according to a letter from Construction Services Pty. Ltd. read at Hie last meeting of…
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