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

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

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Goonoo Road. Farmers and Settlers' Association

Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 1

The ordinary monthly meeting of the local branch of the above Association took place on January 25, and considering the very important matters…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Side-tracked! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd, write:—"We have never failed, when the true interest of wool growers have been assailed to after timely warning…

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Train Alteration

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

The train now arrives from Tamworth on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, and will return, from Bariaba on…

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Killed by Train. Old Man Cut in Halves

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

An elderly man, whose identity has not yet been established, was run over by a train at Rockdale this morning ami killed. He was crossing, the line at the…

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Record Motor Trip. 2600 Miles in Just Over Seven Days

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

Messrs. J. L. Burton and T.L. Smith, arrived in Sydney this afternoon after completing their motor trip from Fremantle to Sydney, in seven days two…

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Trouble Over Tram Fare

Daily Observer · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

Three men, Bertie Marceau, Arthur Worrier, and William Convery, were committed for trial to-day on a charge of perjury arising out of the prosecution of…

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Vacant Railway Commissionership

Daily Observer · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

No decision has yet been arrived at by the Government in regard to the appointment of a successor to the Railway Commissionership rendered vacant by…

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Too Many Motor Accidents. Coroner's, Comments

Daily Observer · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

In returning a verdict of accidental death in the case of a child, who had been knocked down by a motor car, the acting-coroner remarked that it was…

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Motor Fatality. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred near Moruya to-day, when Mrs. McCartney Noake, wife of the Church of England vector, was killed. The car, in which…

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The War. Bombing the Railways. London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 2

A Reuter's message states that Sir Douglas Haig successfully raided the Flaubaix-Ypres-Staden railway…

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Mutilated Body. Found on Railway Line. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

The mutilated body of a man was found at an early hour this morning on the railway line between Blacktown and Seven Hills. Both feet and hands had…

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Trouble Over Strike. Railway Employee's Suicide. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

When the Acting Coroner held an inquest to-day concerning the death or Gearge Barron, whose body was found in the Parramatta River, the evidence…

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Washaway on Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

The train was delayed yesterday for about two hours owing to a washaway near Breeza…

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Railway Accommodation

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

The conditions of the travelling public cannot be very well considered by the railway authorities. On Tuesday, after the sleeper had been…

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Motor Trip

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Burton and Smith arrived in Sydney on Wednesday from Free-mantle, completing the Journey of over 2600 mailes in seven days two hours…

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American Aeroplane Construction

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday. Increased grants will shortly bring the total for aeroplane construction up to £200,000,000…

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Train Alteration

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 5

The train now arrives from Tamworth on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, and will return from Barraba on…

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News of the North Items of Interest From Au Centres. Annual Railway Picnic

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 February 1918 · page 8

The annual picnic of the Kootinga[?]-Wallangarra section of the northern railway will be held at Uralla on Saturday, March 9. The result of the ballot for…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle Crashes Into Train. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

A fatal acicdent occurred at Darling hurst as the result of a collision between a motor cycle and a tram. Harry Merrick, of Boyce-street, Glebe,…

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Railway Extension. Agreement Signed with Syndicate. Ministers Surprised. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 11 February 1918 · page 2

The Minister for Works has signed an agreement with the representative of a syndicate of the completion of the railway extension from Henly to Billabong,…

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