Additions to Railway Station
A start has been made with the additions to the Lismore railway station, which it is admitted has long been out of keeping with the importance of the town…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,199 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 60
More Money. Railway Concessions to Offerlondon
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese reformer, who organised the late revolution in China, is expected to arrive in London shortly. He has been authorised to offer a number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engineer's Evidence. Cost of Grafton Railway Bridge. Sydney
W. Hutchinson, of the Public Works Department, giving evidence on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Grafton to South Grafton, said the scheme,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Floods. Train Isolated. Brisbane
Further reports of the floods in Queensland state that two bridges on the Laura line have been washed away and the train is isolated between them. One passenger,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Construction in Victoria. Melbourne
The Victorian Government intends to give a million pounds and lend another million pounds, repayable over 31 half years, to Shires for road construction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railways. Heavily Increased Expenses. Sydney
The quarterly report of the New South Wales railways and trams shows a heavy increase in working expenses. The railways expenses increased by about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Telegrams. Fire at Railway Station. Sydney
A fire occurred at the railway station shed at Wallangarra this morning, when four carriages were totally destroyed and others seriously damaged. The shed was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Employees. Implicit Confidence in Officials. London
The advanced section of the recently amalgamated Railwaymen's Unions will submit a proposal to the National Conference on February 10th, empowering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Aeroplane. Invisible at 500 Feet. Washington
The War Department is experimenting with new material for acroplanes, its effect being to render an acroplane invisible at a height of five hundred feet,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident
On Saturday night a motor car accident occurred on the road from Tyagarah to Mullumbimby. A party fr[?] Lismore consisting of Mr. T. Ewing, Mr. Farquharson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nerve-racking Motor-polo
Motor-polo, a game replete in thrills and accidents, threatens, says the New York correspondent of the "London, Telegraph," to supersede all others in public favour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tabulam Railway
The member for the Clarence (Mr. John McFarlane, M.L.A.,) has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop and Commissioner. Railway Concessions Again. Sydney
Archbishop Kelly yesterday agatn referred to the Chief Railway Commissioner's refusul to grant concessions to delegates attending Roman Catholic conferences, He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bernese Alps Railway
A great Swiss work which has been in Progress for the past six years is now nearing completion. This is nothing less than the carrying of a railway line through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling. Road Race
A deposit has been put up with Mr. Harold wotherspoon to bind a match between Tom Sweeney, of Casino, and W. Barling, of Graftno, for a road race from lawrence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Settlees' Struggles. This Roads and Biridges Question. How the District Is Held Back for Lack of Subsidy. Chel[?]ord
Rain is very much needed here at present. We have experienced quite a heat wave during the last few days, Friday and Saturday the thermometer registering 92 and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hungary Motorises Postal Service
By a recent order of the Hungarian Minister of Commerce 600 vehicles are to be purchased by the Postal Department. The equipment will include 250 small cars…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gift of an Aeroplane. London
The Correspondence Schools have presented Colonel Seely with un aeroplane after a lunch at which Sir J. G. Ward, Sir J. W. Taverner, and other Australians were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wedding Train
The South-west mail train that plys between Hay and Junce has [?]aunt the sobri [?]et of the "wedding train." The first journey of many a newly-wedded couple is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Boards. to Allot the £250, 000. SYDNEY
Mr. Griffith says that he will not deprive the shires of the additional £250,000 they had been getting, but he will appoint Main Road Boards, which will grant them…
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