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

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Attempted Train Wrecking

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

An attempt was made to wreck the 9 o'clock passenger train from Chatswood to Hornsby on Tuesday night near Roseville railway station. The…

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Attempted Train Wrecking. Sydney, Thursday, 6 p.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

Frederick Wilton was before the Police Court to-day charged with having placed a piece of wood across the North Shore railway line with intent…

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Train Travelling. Question of Medical Certificates, SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

It is expected that the Government will frame regulations requiring medical certificates for long distance travelling by train…

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Tableland Railway Connection. Tingha's Attitude. Solid for Inverell to Guyra Line

Daily Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 1

The following circular letter has been addressed to the various public bodies on the route, Inverell to Cott's Harbor, via Guyra, by the Tingha Railway…

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"Direct Action" Issue. Adelaide Tram Men to Vote. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

The Adelaide Tramway Union has [?]cided to convene a meeting at an ear[?]date to decided whether it shall adhe[?] to arbitration or adopt direct action…

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Obstructing Railway Line. Accused Remanded for Observation. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Frederick Wilton was brought before the Police Court charged with having placed a piece of wood across the North Shore railway line with intention to…

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Inverell-North Coast Railway, Public Meeting

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 5

A public meeting in connection with the extension of the railway from Inverell to the North Coast was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

Who will be the Henry Ford of the motor cycle industry? is a question asked by one of the leading American motoring journals. There is no doubt…

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Kent's Wonder Port. 300-Ton Guns Sent to France hy Train Ferry. Depot for 20,000 Men

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 7

Now that the veil is removed from some of the war undertakings it is possible to tell the public something of the wonder port of North-East Kent, at…

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Inverell Railway Conference Representatives Appointed. BUNDARRA

Daily Observer · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 4

At a meeting yesterday afternoon Messrs. C. J. Britton, J. N. McHugh, J. Hancock, and J. H. Parsons were appointed to represent the Graziers'…

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Child's Fatal Fall From Tram Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 2

George Nicholls, aged six, fell on his head from a moving tram and his skull was fractured. He was taken to Balmain Hospital, but died before…

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Late Telegrams. Behaving Offensively. Episode on Richmond River. Sydney Tram Employee Arrested. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 2

At the Central Police Court, to-day, Norman Loverberg, a tramway employee, was charged with having behaved in an o[?]ensive manner in a public place…

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Tableland Railway. Glen Innes or Guyra Route? Stormy Conference at Inverell. Guyra and Tingha Supporters Withdraw in a Body. INVERELL

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

A conference of delegates representing local governing bodies, farmers organisations, railway leagues, and other associations throughout the North-wes…

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Masks at Stations. Railway Commissioners' Actions

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided that travellers need wear their masks only when in trains or trams. This is a modification of the regulation…

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Inverell-North Coast Railway, Conference at Inverell

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 3

A conference of delegates representing local governing bodies, farmers' organisations, railway leagues, and other associations throughout the…

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Railways That Never Come

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

The Inverell; railway conference this week is not likely to result in any hastening of the Tablelands railway project. For about 34 years the people of…

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Railway Conference, Dissenting Delegates. Vote for Government Route. TINGHA

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

The dissenting delegates, at the Inverell conference passed a resolution outside that the Government be asked I to at once commence building the…

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Siberian Railways. Appalling Position. Inter-Allied Control Urgent. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

At Omsk mere is dire urgency for me establishment of inter-Allied control of the decayed and interrupted railways, which are the spinal cord of Siberia. The…

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"Red Herring Across the Trail." Port Stephens and the Tableland Railway

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 8

Mr. Duncan McNab, Tingha, writes:—Your leader of 26th inst., referring to the Inverell Railway Conference, might be likened unto a rich lump of gold ore…

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Train Service

Manilla Express · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 2

On the motion of Mr C Reeves the following motion was carried at the F and S Association meeting on Saturday That in view of the unsatisfactory…

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