Motor Service to Emmaville
MR. HARVEY, who is at present running a motor service between Tamworth and Nundle, spent a couple of days in Deepwater, and has decided to start a daily service…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,227 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 62
North Coast Railway. Pressing Onwards
The recent wet weather has proved a serious drawback to the contructors for the first section of the North Coast railway. During the past month there were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brown's Creek Bridge. To the Editor
Sir.—In your issue of Saturday last "R. Hughes" again appears. I thought at first sight that a modern Ulysses had come to light, but on reading further I found it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Byron Shire Council. Numerious Road Complaints
A meeting of the Byron Shire Council was held yesterday at the Council Offices, Byron Bay. There were present:—Councillors Armstrong (President), Collings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retired Railway Servants. Grievance Too Old to Remedy. Sydney
A deputation of New South Waled retired railway servants interviewed the Premier yesterday, and asked that one month's pay for each year of service should be given to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Operation Under Train
By the dim light of railway lamps and candles Dr. Lawrence, of Warrington, in the early hours of the morning performed a surgical operation under a train. A man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Control of Railways in War Time. Melbourne
Addressing a meeting of the Railway Council, Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, said he hoped they would draw up a scheme for the control of railways during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Railway Collision. Paris
The Brest express collided with two trains at the crossing at Courville. All the trains caught fire, and eight persons were killed and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Making Machinery
At the Tomki Shire Council meeting on Tuesday last, the following interesting report upon road-making machines for the Shire was submitted by the Engineer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Never Rode in a Train
The death has occurred at Annan, Dumfriesshire, of Miss Jean Jardine, In her 101st year. Miss Jardine. who was the daughter of a fisherman. had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Will the North Coast Railway be Completed?
Discussing the above question, the Port Macquarie, "News" says:—Mr. Morton says he has it in writing that "the question of starting the fourth section—from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accidents. Many Killed and Injured. Paris
An express travelling at the rate of 53 miles an hour dashed into a goods traio, five trucks being telescoped. The express train from Nogent to Paris ran into the…
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Owing to the pressure on our space this issue, and to the fact that the size of the paper is not regulated by on elastic band, we are compelled to hold over the report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Buggy Destroyed
A motor buggy, the property of Mr. E. J. Board, was totally destr[?]yed by fire on Wednesday evening. The buggy had been under repair, and was being taken for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Disasters. Paris
In the railway disaster when the Brest express collided with two trains at Courville amongst the victims were a wedding party of eleven, of which eight, including…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Killed by a Tram. Sydney
An unknown man was run over by a tram in Oxford-street and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Trials of the Contractors
Under the continued influences of unfavourable weather conditions and the difficulty of obtaining suitable and competent labour, Messrs. Carson, Carey and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bad Roads
Ratepayers were bringing their grievances re bad roads before two of the Terania Shire Councillors last week. The reply was there are worse roads in the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Aeroplane Flight. Melbourne
Mr. Hamond on his aeroplane flew from Altona Bay to Geelong, a distance of 45 miles in 55 minutes. He reached a height of 4000 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Making Plant
At the last meeting of the Tomki Shire Council, Mr. Kirkpatrick, the engineer, submitted a long report on the necessity for acquiring three quarries (at Clovass,…
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