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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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A Neglected Road. to the Editor

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 4

SIR.—I would like to call the attention of those concerned to the disgraceful condition of the read through the reserve adjoining Mr. Tranter's place at Pigman Creek. In…

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Train Derailed. Accident on Northern Line. Traffic Delayed for an Hour. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

A derailment occurred on the Northern main passenger line this morning us a result both the northern mail and the passenger train between Strathfield and…

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North Coast to Tableland Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

J.B. Kelly writes from Lismore to the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" on the above subject:—"We in this district have come to consider that the…

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Motor Cars for Teachers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 7

In order to reach the out-back youngster in the sparsely populated backblocks, the Queensland Education Department employs what are…

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North Coast Railway. English Firm's Offer. Finishing the Line Under Contract. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 5

Messrs. Briner and Morton, M's.L.A., have for some time been endeavouring to induce the Government to abandon its present day labour policy in its railway…

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Enormous Railway Bridges

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 3

The most notable features on the prairie section of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway are the large bridges spanning the ravines through which…

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Kyogle Railway Statistics

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

We are indebted to Mr C. [?]. Hudson for the return of revenue received at Kyogle Railway Station for the month ending 29th February…

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Proposed Tramway. for Lismore. a Departmental Report

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

The following copy of a report respecting the proposed introduction of a tramway system to Lismore has been furnished to the local Municipal Council. In…

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Great Asian Railway. Vast Traffic Possibilities. Details of the Scheme

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 3

The greatest transcontinental scheme ever conceived—such, from at least one point of view—is the project for linking the Russian and Indian railway systems by a…

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A Serious Charge. Motor Importer Arrested. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 5

A constable in Melbourne heard a noise coming from a motor, and, on investigations being made, found a girl aged 14 lying unconscious on the seat of a car…

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Casino Railway Returns

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. Ferguson, station-master, Casino, has kindly supplied us with particulars of business done at the Casino station for the month of…

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Tramway for Lismore

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council a resolution was on the business paper with regard to the proposed tramway for Lismore, and read as…

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Railway Accidents. Several Fatally Injured. Toronto

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1912 · page 5

Sixteen passengers were injured and two fatally, through cars being derailed on the Grand Trunk railway, near Varney, where a rail had broken. The car rolled over…

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Dourigan Bridge

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 2

MR R. J. Cullen has completed the bridge over the river at Dourigan, and from all accounts the struct are is in thorough unison with the…

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Railway Commissioner and Government

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 1

The report that there was some trouble between the Chief Commissioner for railways and the Government is…

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Proposed Lismore Tramway

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 4

THE report of the officer appointed to investigate the tramway proposals for Lismore has been furnished to the local council. The route…

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Casino-tenterfield Railway

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 4

The Tenterfield Railway League has appointed Ald. G. H. Mitchell (Mayor) to represent that town at the deputation to wait upon the Minister for Public Works…

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Sensational Smash Up. Tram and Cart Collide. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 5

A sensational smash up occurred in the new South Head road to-day between a tram and a milk cart. The latter was badly broken, while the train sustained a…

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Echo of Tram Strike. Government Action Challenged. Treatment of Two Prisoners. Capetown

Northern Star · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 5

In the House of Assembly, Mr. Patrick Duncan, C.M.G., moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the prison treatment of Messrs. Whitaker and Morant, who were…

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No Road-making Plant for Woodburn Shire

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 7

At last week's meeting of the Woodburn Shiro Council, Cr. Shallard moved,—"That the sum of £600 be set aside for the purchase of a…

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