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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

It is probable, we hear, that the Railway Commissioners will be in Lismore on Friday next on their annual tour for inspection of the [?]. It will be an…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners will be in Lismore on Friday and Saturday in connection with their annual inspectin of the lines…

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A Day at Mongogarie. New Bridge Opened

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

THERE is a true saying -- "actions speak louder than words." This saying may be aptly applied to the residents of that thriving part of the…

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Science and Invention Concrete Railway Sleepers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 3

RE-INFORCED concrete is much in evidence at the present moment, and one of its latest applications is to the construction of railway sleepers. The concrete,…

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Odds and Ends. a Tramp Who Asked for a Baths

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 3

THE village grocer (the only one, happy man !) in the sleepy little community, stood at his shop door one morning, when a wonderfully ragged and dirty…

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The Northern Star Published. Monday, Wednesday, Saturday. Saturday, June 1, 1967. Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

The Act under which the railways of this State are administered provides that the Railway Commissioners shall once atpleast in each year travel over every railway…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit, Deputation at the Station

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 9

Mr. Johnson (Chief Railway Commissioner), and Mr. Kirkcaidle (Commissioner), attended by Mr. J. Harper (Chief Trat[?] Manager), and representatives of the…

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Railway Commissioners

Northern Star · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners, on Saturday made trips to Ballina and Casino, returning afterwards to Lismore which they left this morning by special train on an inspection of…

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The Bridge Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

DR. RUTHERFORD writes- Your references to the bridge accident in last issue was thoughtless to say the least of it. The stranger who drove the pony trap knew…

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Tho Railway Commissioners

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

ON Saturday the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Johnson, and the second Commissioner, Mr. Kirkcaldio, paid a visit to C[?]no. They were to have arrived by…

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Railway Demurrage

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 3

A NEW regulation has been approved of by the Railway Commissioners with reference to demurrage and storage. It is felt to be unreasonable that people…

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Shire Road Works

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 5

The follwoign tenders were accepted at the [?] [?] [?]…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 2

THE Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Johnson), Mr. Kirkcaldie (Commissioner), and party were timed to arrive at Casino last Saturday by special train at two…

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North Coast Railway. Upposed by the Labour Party

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 3

In his address on Saturday night Mr. A. Griffith, M.L.A., speaking on behalf of the Labour Party, said that the party had opposed the North Coast railway, which…

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The Bungawalbin Bridge

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 4

A REPRESENTATIVE public meeting of those interested in the erection of a bridge over Bungawalbin was held at Pursey's Hall, Bungawalbin, last Wednesday afternoon. Mr…

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Visit Of the Railway Commissioners. Some Smart Travelling

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 9

DURING the past week Mr. T. Johnson, the new Chief Commissioner of Railways, and his colleague, Mr. Kirkcaldie, together with Mr. Harper (Chief Traffic Manager),…

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A Tramp's Death

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

On Saturday morning a dualer named William Bridge, when going along Warrah Ridge road, about 3½ miles from Quirindi, discovered a…

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Wants Another Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 4

SOME of the Lismore deputation hinted to Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner, that it would be a good idea to run a line from Tenterfield, via Kyogle and Back Creek, to…

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American Railways. "High Finance," Low Efficiency

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 9

Sydney Brooks writes in the "Daily Mail":— Among the permanent problems of Amberican life and politics, the…

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Jumped From a Train

Northern Star · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 9

[?] Saturday afternoon (says the "Tweed Herald") a man named Andrew Reid fell or jumped from the train near Stoker's Siding. Reid was proceeding to Stoker's Siding and…

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