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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

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Railway Accident. Many Killed Ob Injured. Mail Train Engine Somersaults. Two Y.w.c.a. Delegates Succumb. Delay in Arrival of Relief Train

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.—A railway accident occurred in Tasmania through the Launceston and Hobart express leaving the rails. Four people were killed and twelve…

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Australian Motor Requirements. Dodge Brothers Car Specially Adapted to Colonial Needs

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 7

The advent of Dodge Brothers' new car in the Australian marker has been welcomed by many interested in the introduction of a car…

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Up–to–Date Railway One of the Finest in the World. Flemington to Glebe Island. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 2

The new grade railway from Flemington to Glebe Island is to cost one and three–quarter million pounds. It will possess features which will place…

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Motor Smash. a Man Kiled

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Through a motor smash at Port Adelaide Thomas Richardson was killed and another man named Isaacs seriously injured. The accident was…

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Conference of Railway Workers. No Confidence in Labor Party

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The annual conference of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association carried a motion of want of confidence in the Labor party…

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Australian Prime Minister. Arrival at Vancouver. Special Train to Ottawa

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

VANCOUVER, Wednesday.—Mr. Wm. Hughes, Australian Prime Minister, has arrived. He refused an interview. Mr. Hughes departed to Ottawa by special train…

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Tasmanian Railway Accident

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A terrible ranway accident occurred in Tasmanian through the Launceston-Hobart express leaving the…

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Australian Motor Requirements

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 10

The advent of Dodge Brothers' now car in the Australian market has been welcomed by many interested in the introduction of a car…

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Germans in Bulgaria. Take Control of Railways and Forts. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

The "Times" correspondent at Bucharest says that two German divisions art stationed in Bulgaria, no doubt as a permanent occupying force, intended…

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North Coast Railway

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

Several large bridges on the fifth section of the North Coast railway are important works, and will take time and money to construct. That over…

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A Whirlwind Strikes Railway Yards, Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

A whirlwind struck the railway yards at Milevale, near Young, and lifted sheets of iron and iron bark sleepers for a distance of seventy feet…

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Railway and Wharves. Some Fine Features

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The new grade railway from Flemington to Glebe Island now in cost of construction will, cost £1,750,000 sterling: It will possess features which will place…

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Accident at Casino Railway Station

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

On Wednesday morning when trucking the race mare Timber Queen for Kyogle a serious accident occurred at the Casino railway sta tion. While, the mare was being led to the…

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Tasmanian Railway Smash. Death of a Hero

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

LAUNGESTON, Thursday.—Goodchild, the driver of the train which left the rails, died from the effects of the scalding. (The driver acted in a most heroic…

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Motor Accident

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

What might castly have been a serious if not fatal accident happened at the close of the Kyogle race meeting on Wednesday last. There was the usual rush for town per car…

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The Forker Aeroplane

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary to the War Office, said that Forker offered the "War Office in 1913 an aeroplane which…

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Tasmanian Train Disaster. Cause Still Unknown. Several Theories Advanced Hobart

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 5

In connection, with the Tasmanian railway accident all sorts of theories are being advanced as to the cause of the engine leaving the rails. That most…

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Australian Motor Requirements. Dodge Brothers' Car. Specially Adapted to Colonial Needs

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

The advent of Dodge Brothers' new Car: in the Australian market has been welcomed by many interested in the introduction of a car especially…

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North Coast Railway

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 5

Several large bridges on the fifth section of the North Coast railway are important works, and will take time and money to construct. That…

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Railway Accident. Many Killed or Injured

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

A railway accident occurred in Tasmania through the Launceston and Hobart express leaving the rails. Four people were killed and twelve…

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