North Coast and Dorrigo Railways
MESSRS. BRINER AND MORTON, M.'s.L., A., recently had a long interview with the Minister for Public Works, in which they strongly urged the immediate…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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Motor Cycling Championship
An international match for the motor cycling championship of the world will probably take place at an early date in England. The contestants will be J. de…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Stone Crashes Against Express Auckland
While an express train was travelling, from Wellington to Napier, in New Zealand, a large stone became dislodged from a hill beside the line and rolled down and…
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The Government has transferred the director and the assistant directors of the western railway, on which so many accidents have occurred recently with loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Conference. Chief Commissioner Criticised. Sydney
The annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association commenced to-day. The report referred to the autocratic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Aeroplane Flight. Melbourne
Hammond made another aeroplane flight to-day from Geelong to Altona, covering the distance (45 miles) in 62 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Road-making Plant. in Tomki Shire
THE following comprehensive report, prepared by the engineer (Mr. Kirkpatrick), was read at the last meeting of the Tomki Shire Council, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Instruction for Railway Apprentices
At Adelaide, acting under instructions from the Government, the South Australian Railway Commissioner has made arrangements with the School of Mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Across Africa
A party of Englishmen were to leave Capetown (South Africa) last week with the intention of making a pioneer motor trip from Capetown to Cairo—a distance…
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Those who have advocated the use of motor waggons for military transport purposes will be pleased to hear that arrangements are being made to replace the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Gauges. Commissioners in Conference. Sydney
As the result of the conference of the Ballway Commissioners of the six States of Australia, it was agreed that there should be a uniform gauge of 4 feet 8½…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Repairs
A good deal of money was voted for ex[?] on the roads in the Gundurimba Shire at the Council,meeting yesterday. These works, however, cannot be carried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Flights. Big Efforts by Hammomd, Melbourne
The English aviator, Hammand, made another flight on his biplane at Melbourne this morning, accompanied by his wife, He rose to a height of 3000 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on Fire. London, Wednesday Afternoon
As the result of a train getting on fire seven persons were killed and thirty-two burned, near Perm, in Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Column. Brown's Creek Bridge. To the Editor
Sir.—As your correspondent in his last requests from me particulars of a number of clauses in a specification and agreement I have not seen, I must decline the task…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundurimba Shire Council. Fixing the Genehae Rate. Repairs to Roads
A meeting of the Gundurlmba Shire Coun-. cil was held yesterday at the Council Offices Lismore. Councillor Gollan President) was in the chair, and others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cablegrams. Train Wreck in America. San Francisco
The China-Japan express train was wreeked yesterday at the Palisatde Canyon, in the State of Nevadu. Six curs went over an embankment, and it is extra[?]onary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Depot Burned. Paris
The goods depot of the Western Railway at Havre was burned down last night. The damage is estimated at £120,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers Strike. Sydney
A strike is probable of the employees on the Moree-Munglndi railway line. The mem have demanded an increase in wages, and in the event of a refusal all hands will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Tenders Accepted
The following tenders for works have been accepted by the Tomki Shire Council: Contract 1911-1, bridge over Eden Creek at Dobie's Bight--S. Ward, £509 9s 6d, four…
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