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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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Germany's Through Railway

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

The immense value to Germany in her new Estern enterprises of the Berlin to Constationople through railway is explained by Mr. Crawford Price, a…

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Transcontinental Railway at Standstill. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

The stoppage of track-laying on the trans-Australian railway is due to the failure of the Broken Hill Company's ironworks to supply rails, owing to…

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Land Slip on Railway. Disaster Narrowly Averted. SYDNRY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

There was a heavy land slip on the Mudgee line on Friday night between Capertee and Rylstone. The mail train was delayed five hours,…

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Cockburn Shire Roads

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

Sir,—Will you he good enough to grant me space in your valuable, columns to reply to a letter, signed G. T. Carey, Limbri. I beg to apologise for…

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Railway Smash at Clyde. Wheat Train Derailed. Passengers Have Narrow Escapes. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

A train of 22 trucks of wheat, which had been detached from an online, broke away at Clyde station and crashed into the buffer steps, which were knocked…

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Xmas Tram Traffic

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

The tram traffic receipts for the Christmas and New Year holidays show a gratifying increase on the previous year's total…

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Rail and Tram Men

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Nearly 4000 railway and tramway emloyees have enlisted for service with the Expeditionary Fores, and approximately 3565 are still serving…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

A train of twenty-two trucks broke away at the Clyde station and ran into the buffer stops. The end of the train climbed an eight feet bank and…

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Bookmaker's Heavy Loss. £700 Dropped Out of Motor Car. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Percy Pilcher, a bookmaker, brought home £700, mostly in gold from Randwick races on Saturday afternoon. The following day Mr. Pilcher and his…

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Railway Gamp Affray. Revolver Shots and Stabbing. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

There was a sensational affray at the railway camp at Coff's Harbor. It appears that a quarrel took place between two men, one of whom has been…

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Narrow Escape. Brisbane Express Smashes Motor CarURALLA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Seven occupants of a Napier car had a miraculous escape on Saturday night, coming from Armidale. Nearing the gate-house two miles from Uralla, the…

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Deplores the Passing of the Horse. Postmaster-General Alarmed at Cost of Motor Mails. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

The Postmaster-General deplores, the passing of horses for the carriage of mails and says the new motor car services spell an increasd cost of from 100…

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All-day Stop of the Trams If Unjust Dismissals Take Place. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 2

A mass meeting of tramway employes carried a resolution that, if any member is dismissed on the uncorroborated evidence of any officer, a ballot…

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Aeroplane Activity. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

British and French aeroplanes bombed the Bulgarian camps at Strumnitza…

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Narrow Escape Brisbane Express Smashes Motor Car

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

Seven occupants of a Napier car had a miraculous escape on Saturday night coming from Armidale. Nearing the gatehouse two miles from Urallu, the…

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Deflores the Passing of the Horse. Postmaster-General Alarmed at Cost of Motor-Mails

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

The Postmaster-General deplores the passing of horses for the carriage of mails, and says the new motor car services spell an increased cost of…

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"The Girl in the Train."

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Local playgoers will no doubt be pleased to learn that O'Connor's Comic. Opera Company propose visiting Tamworth on Monday, January 24. The…

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Killed by Train. Death of Armidale Soldier SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

David Whann, a soldier, formerly of Dumaresq, near Armidale, was watching some shunting operations from a passenger train near Clyde, when he…

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Late Telegrams Goods Train in Collision. Terrific Smash. Many Marrow Escapes. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

A terrific smash occured at Clyde during shunting operations this mornnig. Two goods trains came into collision, causing great damage to rolling…

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The War Germany's Grip on Asia Minor. Elaborate Engineering Preparations Long Railway Line. (Per Reuter.) London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Jeffries, the "Daily Mails" Athens correspondent, says Bulgarian co-operation with the Germans in Macedonia is less heartly, while the Turks…

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